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Remedial Bodywork

Remedial bodywork is a comprehensive approach designed to address the original source of your pain, injury, or discomfort, not just the symptoms. It’s often the best solution for chronic pain or complex injuries, as it can involve a combination of three powerful and effective treatment styles: Remedial Massage, Neurokinetic Therapy, and Dry Needling.

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This integrated approach helps to rebalance muscle and soft tissue length, promoting normal joint health and function. We trace discomfort to its root cause, which can often be an old injury or past issue, and tailor the treatment specifically to your unique nervous system and physical history. The goal is to reduce abnormal stress on your joints, improve mobility, and speed up your body’s own natural healing process.

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Whether you're struggling with tightness, feeling out of balance, or suffering from long term conditions like a nagging tendonitis, sciatica, or post surgery recovery, remedial bodywork can help. We focus on getting you longer lasting relief and empowering you to move pain free. Treatments may include deep tissue work, muscle testing, joint mobilisation, and the use of very fine needles to release chronic tightness, all designed to treat overworked or injured soft tissue.

Image of Kirsten at Koru Therapies in Redcliffs, Christchurch doing remedial massage therapy.
Remedial Massage

Remedial massage treatments will focus on your specific complaints and treat the soft tissue in these areas including muscles, ligaments, and tendons.  

 

If you have suffered a moderate injury or strain resulting in structural pain, loss of function and movement restrictions, then remediation may be required to reduce or eliminate pain and help restore function to normal.  

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PRICING:
60 minute treatment - $120.00 or $125.00 with dry needling

45 minute treatment - $100.00 or $105.00 with dry needling

30 minute treatment - $80.00 or $85.00 with dry needling

Neurokinetic Therapy & Scar Tissue Therapy

Neurokinetic Therapy  and Scar Tissue Therapy will find and treat the cause of your pain, not just your symptoms.

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When dysfunctional movement and scar tissue are properly assessed and treated, your body can heal more efficiently, easing pain, restoring function, and helping prevent future injury.

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PRICING:
60 minute treatment - $120.00

45 minute treatment - $100.00

Image of Kirsten at Koru Therapies in Redcliffs, Christchurch doing neurokinetic therapy.
Image of Kirsten at Koru Therapies in Redcliffs, Christchurch doing dry needling during remedial massage therapy.
Dry Needling

Dry needling is incorporated into a remedial massage treatment. It assists in reducing muscle pain, treats trigger points, referred pain and restores function to overworked and injured muscles. 

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Dry needling is a westernized approach to acupuncture dealing with musculoskeletal issues and is designed to provide therapeutic relief from muscular pain and tightness. The primary aim is to address neuromuscular conditions to help improve flexibility, speed up recovery and increase your range of motion. 

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PRICING:
60 minute treatment - $125.00

45 minute treatment - $105.00

30 minute treatment - $85.00

Note: each treatment includes dry needling with remedial massage.

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"Highly recommend Koru Therapies - Kirsten not only gives the best therapeutic massage I have had in ChCh but also explains what is causing the muscle pain and gives you exercises and movements to help and to prevent reoccurrences. Definitely recommend!"

- Louise

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