James Maddock - Remedial Massage Therapist

01/11/2025

What the heck is Dry Needling, anyway?

"That's like acupuncture, right?" — well, we use the same types of needles, but that's kind of where the similarity starts and stops.

Read more about what Dry Needling is, and what it can do for lots of different musculo-skeletal pain problems.

https://massage.melbourne/dry-needling-electro-needling-e-stim-release-reset-and-restore/

Dry needling and electro-needling (“E-Stim”) are advanced clinical techniques for relieving muscle pain and tension. Very fine, sterile needles are inserted into tight or painful muscle trigger points…

21/10/2025

It's why I do what I do.

What can you *not* do in your life now, that you *want* to be able to do?
(With your physical body, that is!)

08/10/2025

It's confusing, the variety and number or different therapies out there. It's hard to figure out which one you need.

Hopefully this will help to clarify things a little for you.

The short answer: The right therapist for you is more important than the modality. People constantly ask me about this. What’s the difference between physiotherapy and myotherapy? Or…

20/06/2025

Is it burnout.... or is it perimenopause?

One of my clients asked *exactly* this question about six months ago, nearly word-for-word. I sent her to her GP for some hormone testing and her eostrogen had nearly fallen off a cliff.

She was suffering from what is now known as Perimenopausal Depression. As it turns out, females between the ages of 45 and 49 in Australia currently make up the largest group of completed suicides among adult women in the country. The reasons for this are many, not just hormonal, but it does make me wonder whether hormonal upheaval in this age group could be contributing.

Perimenopausal Depression (which is similar but *different* from PMDD—PreMenstrual Dysphoric Disorder, which is a whole 'nother thing...) comes on suddenly, usually over the course of a few months, around the age of 40, give-or-take a few years. Each individual's timing and strength of onset is a little different, but it usually comes "out of nowhere" and the person says things like "I have no reason to feel depressed, but nothing I do seems to shake it" and "it keeps getting worse and I don't know what I'm doing wrong."

Often the person has tried all sorts of things to get on top of it: exercise, diet, meditation, *everything.*

And then, their doctor (if they don't know about Perimenopausal Depression) inevitably prescribes SSRI anti-deppressants.

And everything gets WORSE.

These are all signals that the person needs specialist help from someone who understands perimenopause in-depth, for a full assessment. ❤️

20/06/2025

GET IT, GURRLLLS

Strength training is GREAT for femmes. Building strength, resilience, and controlled mobility sets you up for MUCH, MUCH greater quality of life through the entire lifespan.

It can help avoid joint injuries and reaplcements, OA, bone density issues, and birthing problems. It boosts immune function and (when trained well) help regulate hormones, particularly eostrogen and testosterone.

Don't let nobody tell you that ladies can't lift.

If you're lookig for an excellent Personal Trainer to guide you through it, I strongly and personallyu recommend Larissa at Healthy Society. She is also a practising Naturopath and understands everything you need to get the most out of your training, and your health!

17/06/2025

14/06/2025

"Risk of Injuries Associated With Sport Specialization and Intense Training Patterns in Youth"

Citation: Jayanthi NA, LaBella CR, Fischer D, Pasulka J, Dugas LR. Risk of Injuries Associated With Sport Specialization and Intense Training Patterns in Youth: A Prospective Cohort Study. Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine. 2015;3(7):2325967115596279.

Study Design: Prospective cohort study involving 1,206 youth athletes aged 7–18 years.
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KEY FINDINGS:

Athletes who specialized in a single sport were 1.5 times more likely to sustain overuse injuries compared to those who participated in multiple sports.

Training more hours per week than the athlete's age (e.g., a 12-year-old training more than 12 hours weekly) significantly increased injury risk.

A ratio of organized sport hours to free play exceeding 2:1 was associated with a higher incidence of injuries.