Myotherapy

Myotherapy provides evidence-based assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for a wide range of musculoskeletal pain and associated conditions.

Your soft tissue can quite often cause a variety of discomfort, pain and dysfunction around your body from local tenderness, referral pain to other locations of the body, limiting and restricting full range of movement through joints and overall feeling of fatigue and aching pain.
There are many reasons as to why our muscles end up in this condition creating dysfunction and pain, some of these include trauma (via injury), poor postures, stress, overuse, fatigue and repetitive strain.

Some conditions that we would treat on a regular basis are:

• Headaches – muscular tension, tinitus
• Jaw pain – TMJ and associated headaches
• Neck pain- whiplash, nerve impingement, pins and needles, degenerative conditions ie arthritis, wry neck torticollis
• Shoulder pain-  impingement syndrome, tight pectoralis, frozen shoulder, capsulitis
• Sciatica – either spinal induced or Piriformis Syndrome
• Low back pain – SIJ, hip issues, stiffness, disc issues
• Knee pain – ITB tension, patella tracking issues, patella tendonitis, running issues
• Sports injuries
• Rehabilitation- post surgery
• Repetitive Strain injury

Treatment and management of muscle pain with Myotherapy is done using a variety of techniques from:

• Soft tissue manipulation including trigger point therapy, deep tissue massage, myofascial release
• Dry needling
• Cupping
• Manual Lymphatic drainage (MLD)
• Joint mobilisations
• Muscle stretching, corrective or rehabilitative exercises
• Electrotherapies

These techniques allow our patients muscles to feel relaxed with reduced/no pain, less restrictive and increased strength and flexibility which then begins the process of creating healthy functional muscles and soft tissue.

Meet our Myotherapy team

Meet our very kind and talented Myotherapy team below. We come from a variety of learning and professional backgrounds however have your care and goals as our priority. We very much function as team and share clinic presentations with each other monthly and participate in annual continuing education in clinic along with individual education upgrades.

Daniel Collins

• Advanced Diploma Myotherapy
• Diploma Remedial Massage
• Registered with Massage and Myotherapy Australia (MMA)

Special interest: Nerve pain presentations, Manual lymphatic drainage

Daniel joins the Contagious Enthusiasm team having changed careers to follow his passion of helping people be the best version of themselves. Having worked in trades and office based employment Daniel understands the toll this places on the body. Your treatment goals are my goals and am prepared to help you navigate your way into being the best you can be, using a combination of manual techniques and corrective exercises. I am passionate about treating the cause of your symptoms not just your symptoms the body has a strange way of communicating with us and with my understanding of this and your enthusiasm for a change I can help you be the best version of yourself.

Laura York 

• Bachelor of Exercise Science
• Graduate Diploma of Education
• Diploma of Remedial Massage
• Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy
• Registered with Myotherapy Australia (MA)

Special interest: Athletic presentations & event preparations

After having completed a teaching degree I headed over to teach PE in the UK. Deciding to return to Melbourne to challenge myself and expand my knowledge, following my passion for the human body, movement and the musculoskeletal system. I completed a Diploma of Remedial Massage followed by an Advanced Diploma in Myotherapy. ​I have also had the opportunity to work with the Melbourne United basketball team as well as the National Institute of Circus Arts.

I have a love of trail running and have a background in athletics and through these I have been able to obtain a greater understanding of the body. Also having experienced a number of injuries over my sporting life, I have gained an insight into how important treatment is for both prevention and in the rehabilitation process. This has stimulated my desire to help others back from injury and discomfort and help get them back to the activities they love.

Jodie Lasker

• Advanced Diploma Myotherapy
• Diploma of Remedial Massage
• Cert IV Training & Assessment
• Diploma of Beauty Therapy
• Registered with Myotherapy Australia (MA)

Special interest: Pregnancy/Post partum and Chronic Pain 

I began my career with Carlton Football club, where I developed a passion for working with athletes. I then moved onto the Golfing arena which led to travel to the ski slopes of Canada working with injuries from athletes & patients on the snowy mountains. The patients in Canada became mainly elderly and ability challenged from Fibromyalgia, MS to musculoskeletal conditions like Scoliosis.

At that point and looking for a change I added to my skills in a Diploma of Beauty Therapy, Diploma of Remedial Massage and Diploma of Aromatherapy. This led me to the tropical paradise of Hamilton Island and Cruise Ships, to where I eventually managed.

The Last 10 years I have been Leading/Supervising a team of incredible therapists to be their most passionate, ​knowledgeable and confident therapist that they could be. It was in this role that I worked with lots of pregnancy-and post-partum dysfunction giving me great knowledge and experience in this area.

Whichever condition, helping people get the most out of there bodies by reducing there pain and increasing their motion has been the most satisfying part of my career for the last 18 years.

Natalie Hartwig

• Advanced Diploma Myotherapy
•  Cert IV Training and Assessment
• Registered with Myotherapy Australia (MA)

Special interest: Shoulder presentations and Chronic pain 

Pain for many people can be debilitating and really effect their everyday activity and prevent them from living a full and happy life. Managing your muscle and soft tissue pain is really passion of mine, being able to help remove poor pain patterns and postures allowing for your body to rehabilitate and restore to a healthy function is always my goal.

My treatments are always aimed at offering you a personalised hands on approach to your requirements, working through specific muscles groups, muscle education and home management tools and alternating pressures and techniques in order for you to leave feeling to benefits of this fantastic therapy.