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The Chameleon approach to body therapies.

Emmett Technique is a safe and simple muscle release therapy developed by Remedial Therapist Ross Emmett. It is used to address pain and discomfort, improve body movement and can restore a positive emotional state. Description of the principle behind the Emmett technique

Emmett Technique is a special form of body therapy that involves application of light finger pressure at specific points. These are in sequences that enable gentle releases for common problems which include neck, shoulder and back pain. Techniques derived from Ross's observation skills that are also integrated within the treatment to encourage homeostasis. Emmett Technique can be used as an effective adjunct to enhance the treatment value of other types of muscle release and neuro-musculoskeletal therapies, for example: Massage, Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Occupational therapy or may be used as an effective therapy on its own. Accurate and fast assessment of imbalances present in the body are an integral feature of this technique. The therapy addresses tissues that may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue (fascia), as well as lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system. Critical Point Analysis

In the science of Critical Point Analysis it is identified that in any highly complex system there is a specific, critical point at which the smallest input will result in the greatest change, where the least force exerts the greatest effect (for example a light touch on a small cog can halt the largest engine). It is with this understanding that the Emmett Technique influences the most complex system known – the human body. Working within this principle the Emmett Technique is able to affect two types of receptors, sensory and muscular, which may also activate an emotional state. These are overlapped together at specific junctions where each one can and will influence the other. The therapist is compared to a body electrician who has the power to locate these overlaps or re-set buttons. The muscle that has tripped out due to overuse or overload may only need a light pressure to re-set.

15/12/2025

🎄 Personalised Christmas Gift Cards from Rusty’s Place 🎄
So many messages to choose from — or create one yourself.

💛 Warm messages
✨ Merry Christmas — may this gift bring ease, relaxation, and a body that feels lighter.
✨ Merry Christmas — a little care for your body, just because you’re worth it.
✨ Merry Christmas — may your body receive this with total ease and gratitude.
✨ Merry Christmas — here’s a moment just for you to slow down and breathe.

😂 Funny messages
😄 Merry Christmas — because your body has put up with enough this year.
😄 Merry Christmas — no socks, no candles… just body magic.
😄 Merry Christmas — relaxation included, adulting not required.
😄 Merry Christmas — consider this a reboot for your body.

💼 Work / professional messages
🌿 Merry Christmas — wishing you rest, balance, and a well-earned reset.
🌿 Merry Christmas — a small thank you for all that you do.
🌿 Merry Christmas — here’s some time to unwind and recharge.
🌿 Merry Christmas — because taking care of your body matters.

💫 Simple & heartfelt
💛 Merry Christmas — a gift of care, ease, and feeling better.
💛 Merry Christmas — may your body thank you for this.
💛 Merry Christmas — created with kindness, just for you.

🎁 Gift options
✨ 45 minutes — $95
✨ 60 minutes — $125
✨ 90 minutes — $165

💳 Payment
✨ Bank transfer

📱 How it works
✨ Text the message you’d like on your gift card to
📞 0438 412 769
✨ I’ll create a personalised video for you
✨ And send it back for you to share or text to family or friends on Christmas morning 🎄

✨ What I do at Rusty’s Place
I offer gentle, hands-on bodywork using Access Consciousness Bars® and the Emmett Technique — supporting your body to relax, release tension, and reset naturally.

People often leave feeling lighter, calmer, and more at ease in their body — sometimes straight away, sometimes unfolding over the days that follow.

It’s not about fixing you.
It’s about giving your body space to do what it already knows how to do.





08/12/2025

✨ Book online - I’ve just switched over to a brand-new booking system, SimplyBook.me.

With the new system you can:
• See all your upcoming appointments
• Change or cancel your bookings yourself
• Opt in for updates and future events
• Manage your own details with total ease

I’m still fine-tuning everything behind the scenes (so if anything looks odd or doesn’t read quite right, please let me know 🙏).
There are so many buttons and choices it’s overwhelming… and yes, only a couple of quiet profanities hav eleft my lips so far 😅

If you already have appointments in my old system, I’ll be transferring them across — so you may see a notification or two pop up.

How is your body?
Ready to book your next treatment, Bars session, or Emmett treatment?

👉 Book online here:
rustysplace.simplybook.net/v2/
or go to: https://www.rustys-place.com

Thank you for your patience, your kindness, and for choosing to have your body cared for with me.
I can’t wait to see you and keep creating magic together ✨



04/11/2025

How does it get better than where I get to work and also create for beautiful universe? 💫💫💫

28/10/2025

Story 2. So funny that I only realised making this series of videos…
Access Bars has actually saved three members of my family.

My life at the start.
My son’s life in the floods.
And my daughter Sunny’s life — twice — after she tried to take her own life.

This story isn’t about me.
It’s about what happened with Sunny —
and the moment I had no idea what to say, no words that could fix it…
only a pair of hands and a tool I could use.

She was raging, screaming, shut down, gone from reach —
and the only thing I knew to do
was ask her to lay in my lap
and let me run her Bars.

No words.
Just touch.
Just those 32 points on the head.

And it changed everything.

The third time, she wouldn’t even talk.
She slept through the whole thing —
and something in her world still shifted.
Like the fight just… disappeared.

That’s what I love about this work with the Bars.
You don’t always need the right words.
Sometimes you just need a tool that works when nothing else can.

(Watch the video below to hear my story.)

Book online for a class or a session:
https://www.rustys-place.com

21/10/2025

✨ So many people walk through life convinced they’ll be rejected — and without even realising it, they make choices that prove themselves right.

They don’t speak up.
They don’t reach out.
They don’t ask for what they really want — in relationships, in careers, in friendships, even in the bedroom.

And here’s the sneaky part: by not choosing, they create the very rejection they’re trying to avoid.
The belief — “I’ll be rejected” — becomes real, not because anyone has actually said no, but because they never gave the situation a chance to say yes.

It’s self-protection dressed up as certainty.
A way to stay “safe” from disappointment.
But what it really does is quietly keep doors closed that were never locked in the first place.

💭 What if the only thing standing between you and everything you desire… is the moment you decide to choose anyway?

🌱 If something in this stirred something inside you… maybe that’s the part of you that’s ready for change.
Come explore what else is possible — book a treatment or join a class here:
👉🏼 www.rustys-place.com

Address

447 Draper Street
Cairns, QLD
4870

Opening Hours

Wednesday 8:30am - 5pm
Thursday 8:30am - 5pm
Friday 8:30am - 5pm

Telephone

+61438412769

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