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The Bowen Technique is a cross fibre muscle release technique that balances and stimulates energy flows, resulting in a deep sense of overall relaxation. There are regular pauses between the series of gentle moves to give the body the required time to allow the body to reset and heal itself.
There are various schools of protocols originating from the teachings of Mr Tom Bowen, the founder of the Bowen Technique. The healing is not considered massage but rather a non invasive muscle release technique consisting of a series of gentle cross fibre moves that have long term benefits as long as the injury or pain is not re-aggravated.

Bowen Technique strives to find the origin of a problem and is therefore very effective for muscular-skeletal problems, including ankle, knee, lower back and neck pain.
Other problems addressed by the Bowen Technique include:
* Sciatic pain * Asthma * Dizziness * Frozen shoulder * Migraines * Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) Whiplash * Carpal Tunnel Syndrome * Many muscle or joint pains of unknown origin.
A treatment usually requires the client to lie on a bed or treatment couch and can be performed through light clothing. Sessions can last from 30 minutes to an hour. It is usually recommended to have two to three sessions of the Bowen Technique with a break of 7 to 28 days between each session.
Paula’s regular clients have enjoyed benefits from 2- 14 years before the old injury re-surfaced, usually due to their busy lifestyles and having to work in their chosen fields.

The Best Pregnancy Massages in Cairns.

Absolute Massage and Wellness is famous for treating hundreds of mums-to-be to a prenatal massage and is Paula’s absolute favourite. Firstly, the one and only famous full-length custom designed pregnancy massage table that allows you to lie face down in complete comfort, safety and luxury. This will ensure that you will be properly positioned and supported throughout your treatment. Your appointment includes a professional consultation to understand your specific needs and concerns to be addressed. You are welcome to visit from the end of your first trimester until birth time.

Pregnancy massage can help you with:

Low back and hip pain
Headaches
Neck and shoulder pain
Muscle spasms
Sciatica (sharp/shooting pain or numbness/tingling down your leg and feet)
Increased energy, better sleep
Reduced stress hormones, reduced depression and anxiety (also improve outcomes for the baby in utero)
Swelling (Edema) in feet, ankles and hands
Enhanced lactation and enhanced mother’s “nesting” instincts and abilities to nurture her infant
Increased blood flow and lymphatic circulation, assisting removal of wastes

Pregnancy is seen as the most beautiful and exciting time of woman’s life, but sometimes it can bring along many aches and pains. The body is adjusting everyday with physical and emotional changes happening over a short period of time. You might experience various physical pains and aches as your growing belly shifts the centre of balance and muscles in your lower back and glutes (buttocks) have to work harder. Hormonal changes in woman’s body might make you feel stressed or anxious, or even cause nausea or calf cramps. When an expectant mum lives with chronic stress, her baby in utero is also affected by the constant flow of stress hormones circulating in the maternal blood stream. It is important to remember that nurturing yourself during pregnancy means also nurturing your baby at the same time.

If there have been any complications with your pregnancy, I kindly ask discussing with your doctor if massage is safe with your condition prior to your massage appointment. After all, we want the best possible outcome for you and your baby!

This technique reaches down to the deep layers under the skin, up to 3 inches !
Cupping also uses heat to suck out toxins and accumulated stress and tensions.
The suction created through cupping method will loosen impacted nerve endings thus restoring them to their original state.

I was lucky enough to attend my first introduction course with Ian White himself, the founder of Australian bush flower Essences in the early 1990’s in Yunguburra, far North Queensland.

I bought my first flower kit and was making them for everyone and quickly found it was a powerful combination with the body work. It’s really where I first got the concept of frequencies, and was truly blown away with some of the results that we got happening. I’ve been using them in my clinic ever since. Ian has developed many powerful combinations for all types of conditions. We can personalise a combination suited just for you! Safe for everyone.

What are they?

Also known as flower essences, these are highly diluted extracts from the flowers of wild plants. There are many types of flower remedies from around the world. The most well known in Australia are the Original Bach Flower Remedies, developed in the 1930s in England, and Australian Bush Flower Essences, developed in Australia in the 1980s.

Why use them?

Flower remedies are used to balance the mind, body and spirit, and help you cope with emotional problems, which can sometimes contribute to poor health.
What to expect?
Much like a counselling session, the therapist will ask questions and listen to you talk about yourself, the problems you are experiencing and how you feel about or approach certain situations. This enables the therapist to prepare a remedy – usually a blend of essences – tailored specifically for you, which is taken in water several times a day.

What is the evidence?

Scientific evidence does not support the use of flower remedies for treating diseases. However, anecdotal evidence suggests they are helpful for reducing fear, anxiety or depression.
After surgery, I was so fearful that the cancer would return. My naturopath gave me Bach Flower Remedies for fear, shock and exhaustion. These helped me relax and I became more realistic about my situation.

The Bush Essences are a system of healing that anyone can use for themselves or prescribe for others. Although Flower Remedies have been used by many cultures for thousands of years, the Australian Bush Flower Essences meet the great need for remedies that help people address the issues of the 21st century – sexuality, communication skills and spirituality to name but a few. The answer to this need (which has come from the Australian plants), has been developed and researched by Naturopath, Ian White, a fifth generation Australian herbalist.
Ian grew up in the Australian bush. As a young boy his grandmother, like her mother before her, specialised in using Australian plants and would often take him bush walking. From her deep understanding she would point out the many healing plants and flowers. He learned a profound respect for nature through her and went on to become a practitioner and a pioneer working with and researching the rare remedial qualities of Australian native plants.
Australia has the world’s oldest and highest number of flowering plants exhibiting tremendous beauty and strength. Also Australia is relatively unpolluted and metaphysically has a very wise, old energy.
At this time there is a tremendous new vitality in this country. This, combined with the inherent power of the land, is why the Australian Bush Flower Essences are unique. Practitioners and prescribers world-wide are now incorporating the Australian Essences to form an integral part of their therapy.
The Bush Remedies not only help to give clarity to one’s life but also the courage, strength and commitment to follow and pursue one’s goals and dreams. They help to develop a higher level of intuition, self-esteem, spirituality, creativity and fun. The more the Essences are used, the more one is likely to experience greater awareness and happiness in one’s life. Then everyone benefits…. the individual, society and the planet.
The effect of these Essences is similar to that of meditation in that they enable the person to access the wisdom of their Higher Self. This releases negative beliefs held in the subconscious mind and allows the positive virtues of the Higher Self – love, joy, faith, courage etc. to flood their being. When this happens the negative beliefs and thoughts are dissolved, balance is restored and true healing occurs.

Relaxation at it’s most sublime.
Swedish massage is the most commonly offered and best-known type of massage. If it’s you’re first time Swedish massage is the perfect place to start.
Paula uses massage oils to facilitate smooth, gliding strokes along with kneading, friction and stretching.
Swedish massage uses firm but gentle pressure to promote relaxation, ease muscle tension and create other health benefits.

After very personal cancer journeys with family and dear friends from 2010, I began treating people with cancer. In 2020 I decided to embark into formal Oncology massage trainings. In 2022 I completed advanced trainings with Oncology massage.

It continues to fascinate me at the difference made to people’s wellness by receiving this type of massage. In the early days of my massage career there was no fear around giving or receiving massage if you had cancer. Over the years, it has turned into a more general concern that massage could increase the risk of cancer cells spreading to other parts of the body? There is absolutely no evidence that this occurs.

I have only ever witnessed positive results and many scientific studies have shown that Oncology Massage is effective in reducing symptoms such as stress, pain, anxiety, depression, nausea and fatigue in people who have had chemotherapy or surgery for cancer.

I always make the client is as comfortable as possible and we work with many props. I have a massage chair for those who do not want to lay on their chest or be in a prone position. There are many sponges, cushions, towels, soft music and a room temperature suitable for the client.

The massage style itself is slow light strokes working with the fascia, engaging the relaxation response. It is a beautiful experience where you will feel supported, knowing your therapist is aware of the contraindications to specifically tailor the massage to your needs.

You are welcome to be treated while you are on chemotherapy or radiation, your massage will be adjusted to suit around your program, ports or other devices that maybe attached to you. Some people who have had chemotherapy experience tingling in their hands or feet, peripheral neuropathy. This is often helped with massage. Radiation, we will not be working within a hand distance of the direct radiation site or use any lotions or oils in that area until some weeks after your last treatment.

Oncology massage adjusts pressure, speed, duration and the direction of strokes to provide a safe session for a person with cancer at any stage of the disease. It is particularly helpful in reducing lymphedema, swelling caused by a build-up of

lymph fluid. Manual lymphatic drainage knowledge is essential and to follow these protocols.

Having a regular massage means someone else is keeping an objective eye on the affected limb/area to assess changes. Comprehensive notes are kept, and some cases are escalated if there are any signs of trauma, heat, redness, tenderness or swelling.

Manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) also helps to maintain mobility and flexibility and relieves discomfort and tightness in the affected areas. Scarring techniques have also been very successful, and the reduction of cording equally fascinating and so quick to disperse.

I personally like to give some home-care instructions to my clients, I find if they give their areas a lot of love and do the self-massage or scarring techniques at home, beneficial results can occur much faster.

What is Oncology massage?

Oncology massage is a gentle safe and effective touch. It is calming and nurturing working to a cellular level, bringing the client into balance and homeostasis. Supports anyone with cancer, a history of cancer or in a fragile state of health.

Oncology massage safely addresses the needs of a cancer client, with specialised therapists to understand the science and pay close attention to the physical, emotional and psychological needs of the client during diagnosis, treatment, recovery, survivorship or palliative care.

Oncology massage is mindful, intentioned massage that is adapted to suit the needs of and to work safely with the person who has cancer.

Oncology massage is a therapeutic form of massage provided by specifically trained therapists to identify the unique and special needs of people with cancer and perform a safe and supportive massage in a medical, wellness or private setting.

Oncology massage is a gentle, mindful touch with a specifically trained Oncology massage therapist who will adapt their massage techniques to work safely with clients living with cancer and other degenerative illness.

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“oncology massage makes cancer less”

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“oncology massage offers a peaceful space to clients living with cancer”

“oncology massage provide supportive caring touch throughout YOUR cancer journey”

OM-Oncology Massage Training

OM Ltd is a not for profit training organisation, teaching massage therapists how to work safely and effectively with clients with Cancer. We encourage an interactive approach that involves all members of a client’s cancer care team. Our training is the only one of a kind in the world with a national standardised training program. We also fund ongoing support and mentoring to all therapist’s post training. Research, community awareness and regional and rural training for therapists are key goals. Our aim is to have OM available to anyone with cancer regardless of where they live.

Oncology Massage Limited | ABN: 47 163 001 045Not for Profit Charity with Deductible Gift Recipient Status Visit our website | Join us on Facebook

I just love my Healy, I personally run three programs a day and a lot of digital medicines. It’s just frequencies right! I try to run just about everyone*, in conjunction with the body work some frequencies for everybody as well, this is at no extra cost and you are just strapped in!

Great for extreme stress, depression, anxiety, chronic pain and mental balance.

Why not?

*NO PACEMAKERS OR PREGNANCY

What Are the Healy Editions About?
Holistic Health is the sense of unity and coherence of body, mind and soul, experiencing an all-inclusive wellbeing and vitality. It allows you to participate in life to your full capacity.

To help you get started with the right combination of a Healy device and its Individualized Microcurrent Frequency (IMF) program groups, we have put together several Healy Editions for your convenience. Each consists of a Healy device and a number of Healy IMF program groups for harmonization of your Bioenergetic Field.

Programs for Wellbeing
Healy has organized the Healy’s Individualized Microcurrent Frequency (IMF) programs into different program groups, covering various aspects for the harmonization of your Bioenergetic Field. Each program group contains a number of Healy IMF programs for a specific application field, e.g. “Beauty” or “Job”.
The Healy’s IMF programs can support you after just a 20 minute application, no matter where you are: playing sports, relaxing, at work, at home, or on the go.