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Osteopathy: Fascia the connective tissue
Your body is held together by fascia. Let us tell you how it moves and slides:
Fast facts about fascia:
- Fascia connects all connective tissues ( means muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, and blood)
- Fascia holds together the entire body
- There are four different kinds of fascia ( structural, intersectoral, visceral, and spinal), they are all connected
- In a healthy state they are flexible, supple and glide
Benefits of keeping fascia healthy:
- Improved Body symmetry and alignment
- Increased blood flow which means faster exercise recovery
- Reduced appearance of stretch marks and cellulite, scare tissue breakdown
- Reduces risk of injuries, less day to day pain
- Improved sports performance
What causes unhealthy fascia?
- Sedentary lifestyle
- Poor Posture
- Dehydration
- Overusing or injuring your muscles
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Poor sleep quality
- Stress
Meet Peter – Massage Therapist at Ibiza Balance
How long have you been on the island?
I moved to Ibiza in August 1995 and I’ve been living on the island since. I’ve been working with the Ibiza Balance team for six years now.
What’s your speciality?
Deep tissue massages.
What’s the best thing about your job?
Helping people. It’s the best thing when a client gets off the table with a smile on their face.
What are your qualifications?
I studied Swedish body relaxation massage in London. And I’ve taken courses with Anika to hone my expertise in therapeutic deep tissue massage and stomach massage.
What’s the best thing about your job?
Ibiza Balance is so well organised with really high standards. The team is great and inspiring.
How would you describe the Ibiza Balance client?
Ibiza Balance clients know what they want, so I always experience good moments with them. There are a lot of clients which over the years keep coming back and for a therapist it’s really interesting to work with clients over longer periods.
What do you love about the island?
Its beauty and its variety – one day it’s an early morning, energising swim in aguas blancas, the next day, it’s a crazy afternoon party on a beach. I also love to cook a lot and work in the garden.
How do you maintain your own personal balance?
For me, personal balance includes sport, having a good diet (every morning warm lemon juice on empty stomach, followed by porridge only with water, then a couple of cups of green tea). Although I do also love my chocolate… What do you see in Ibiza’s future?
Ibiza has changed lot since I arrived. Over the past three years the island has got much more busy, but it is still possible to find your peace here.
Passion: deep tissue massage
Mission: to make a real difference to clients through massage
Belief: balance includes exercise, diet and chocolate!
Style: skilled, strong masseuse
Character: trained in excellence
The power of Cupping Therapy
Cupping is well known as pain relief and as a combination with other treatments such as Myofascial Release, Deep Tissue Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, Sports Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Detoxification Massage, Anti-Cellulite Treatments or General Wellbeing.
The effect of Cupping
-The vacuum formed by Cupping draws up the old non-circulating stagnant blood and sticky fluids from the area, bringing them up to the surface and away from the injury, so that healthy free circulation can be restored to the affected area, thus creating space for oxygen, living cells and nutrients for faster recovery.
-Where there is dead, static blood, lymph, cellular debris, pathogenic factors, and toxins present in the body, Cupping can leave marks which indicates that the stagnation or disease has been moved from the deeper tissue layers to the surface.
-A vacuum is created within the cup to draw the skin and underlying tissue into the cup. The produced vacuum creates a suction effect that increases blood and lymphatic circulation systemically and to the local area, relaxes muscle tissue and support, draws stagnation, pathogenic factors and toxins out of the body and releases a myriad of pain causing factors.
Forms of Cupping
- Facial Cupping
- Wellbeing Cupping
- Pedi Cupping
- Orthopedical Cupping
- Abdominal Cupping
- Thai Massage Cupping
- Sports Massage Cupping
- Sinusitis and Jaw
- Detoxification Cupping
- Lymphatic Drainage Cupping
- Triggerpoint Massage Cupping
- Myofascial Cupping
Massage Cupping
Is the combination of massage movements and negative pressure with the use of a suction device on the skin. A cup is positioned at the area to be treated and, depending on the type of cups being used. The intended suction can range from light to heavy. This, along with the movements performed and areas treated by the therapist will produce stimulating (toning) or sedating (draining) effects.
Bruises after Cupping
The most common misunderstanding regarding one of the most powerful and beneficial after effects of Cupping, is the marks that sometimes result. When injuries occur deep in the muscle, bleeding often occurs causing deep bruises. There will also be edema in the area involving the coagulation of sticky proteins. The combining presence of these elements usually results in stagnation of circulation to the area – resulting in pain, dysfunction, and chronic conditions.
Once you understand what these marks are, and feel the results – the concerns disappear!
Time for private yoga retreats
Ibiza Balance offers a program of daily personal Yoga lessons suitable for beginners and experienced yogis alike, with sessions tailored to your skill level and personal goals. Customised instruction can be adapted to fullfil a variety of aims, addressing physical limitations, developing a regular home routine or achieving a deeper and more intensifying practice.
INGRID
Ingrid has been practicing yoga for more than 15 years. She initially studied it in Argentina and later continued her studies in Ibiza. “My primary objective”, says Ingrid, “besides turning more and more people on to a healthier, more peaceful lifestyle that continually challenges them to grow, is to teach a system of exercise that fully integrates the body, mind, and spirit. The new trend towards yoga is not surprising, given that the body is limited and the mind is limitless. The combination of body and mind creates an incredibly broad range of fulfillment, including top physical condition and a calm, peaceful, clear mind.”
Her teaching flows between the dynamic yang practices of Vinyasa, Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga or Ananda Yoga. She loves to emphasize her classes on synchronized movements & the breath in order to deepen the experience of the practice.
ESTHER
She is a professional Yoga teacher since 2012. What she loves the most about her job is to be able to share with people a state of well-being, healing and happiness. Her personal journey started with the ‘Gestalt Therapy’ that lead her directly to India to study Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga. This is the reason why didn´t stop for the last 6 years developing those skills. Through Yoga practice she leads the discovery of inner
balance, surrounding peace, connection with your own essence and the physical body. As a Massage Therapist she focusses on nourishing, health-giving and rejuvenating elements of the treatment as well the awareness of the moment and the attention to our entire being. Her underlying passion and curiosity of personal development has been guiding her to wonderful discoveries of balance between mind, body and spirit. That becomes her life’s mission to share this with the world.
CLAUDIA
Claudia is certified a Kundalini Yoga Teacher, and when she teaches she finds her passion.Kundalini Yoga gives her the tools to be tolerant and flexible to the constant change of life. This is why she loves to elevate others watering the seed of awareness. Kundalini Yoga it´s a gradual process where we increase our consciousness breaking fears and limits with love and being kind to ourselves. A Kundalini Yoga class
includes a set of asanas (postures), meditations, mantras and pranayamas (breath techniques). Claudia’s teachings are full of love, light and she guides the students very carefully holding the space for a deep
experience. Yoga will always be her foundation and her path of life.
CLAUDIA
Claudia is a renowned expert in the field of natural health with a wealth of experience in yoga, pranayama,
Ayurveda, mindfulness, nutrition, detox, weight loss, stress management and natural healing therapies.
Her desire to focus more deeply on yoga and meditation practices led her to India where she studied
with great teachers such as Sri K Patthabi Jois of Mysore, the founder of Ashtanga Yoga and Sri O.P.
During her years of living in India, she experienced first hand, the ancient, traditional healing system of
Ayurveda. She completed her Ashtanga Yoga Teacher Training in Thailand, in a world renowned yoga teacher training and retreat center, where she spent three years implementing the spa, numerous successful detox, weight loss, health & wellness programs and leading yoga & wellness retreats.
TOMAS
His 15 years working and researching on “The Human Behaviour on the Social Field” led him to seek answers of the personal concerns, He is studying, teaching and practicing more than 10 years yoga, meditation, breathing techniques and how to integrate these tools in daily life in order to optimize the integral health. He studied the main yoga styles and meditation techniques in India, but his interests are far more profound as he is constantly challenging himself to fit the methods of each and every class to client’s anatomy and emotional needs. Since 2012 Tomas is offering high quality yoga sessions, meditation and breathing techniques for the Ibiza Balance. Tomas is Spanish nationality. He lives and works in Ibiza
all year long. It is here were he treats and trainings.
MedSpa Ibiza: Accupuncture and Massage
Acupuncture is now becoming widely recognised as a scientific therapy with far ranging results and possibilities.
Accupuncture and prevention
It is also important to note that Acupuncture is also a preventative medicine.
A bi-monthly treatment can help to build immunity, boost liver function and clear post viral fatigue.
Accupuncture indications
Acupuncture is particularly effective for Pain syndromes, Hormonal Imbalances, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Insomnia Arthritis and other Inflammatory conditions.
Acu-Detox Treatment
This is a treatment based at pulling the toxins put of the body through cupping and auricular acupuncture. It is a strong treatment that often helps to relive pains in the muscles and joints created through toxicity. It stimulates blood flow and stimulates the body’s vital energy. Whilst providing a strong surface level detox through the cupping the auricular acupuncture as been shown to affect the internal organs encouraging them to restore balance and rejuvenate their function.
Preparation for ‘Arrival’ Acupuncture
This acupuncture treatment is especially designed to prepare the mother for the birthing journey. It is useful to being this preparation several weeks before the due date, normally suggested from week 37 onwards, unless the baby is showing a breech presentation in which case it is more beneficial to begin the treatment around week 35.
It helps to establish a state of calm and to help prepare the body for the big job of giving birth.
About Accupuncture Specialist Helen
During the last 25 years she has been studying intensively as well as delivering treatments and classes. She began with the aromatherapy in 1991 and being a naturally curious person with a strong desire to assist in people’s wellness in an effective and targeted way it led herto the comprehensive study of acupuncture. This was an 8-year study resulting in graduating through The University of Beijing at their associated school – Acu Medic in London.
For appointments at home or in our permanent location MedSpa Ibiza please contact Ibiza Balance
