The Remedial Massage Guy Rockingham

29/03/2026

You learn so much when you plan a holiday somewhere you know little about!

The Russians diverted the rivers feeding the Aral Sea for irrigation. The effects, shown in the photos, have been devastating for wildlife and the people, leading to desertification, hotter temperatures and toxic wind dust leading to respiratory diseases.

Think we might give the day trip from Khiva to the Aral Sea a miss.

Check this article below.

https://earth.org/the-aral-sea-catastrophe-understanding-one-of-the-worst-ecological-calamities-of-the-last-century/ #:~:text=This%20leads%20to%20further%20desertification,changes%20cascade%20through%20the%20ecosystem.

29/03/2026

I'm reminded of the end of the national lockdown in 2020.

I had been closed for 7 weeks, plenty of time for pain to pop up. At the same time, there was a great deal of financial disruption and dislocation.

So I posted that when I reopened, it was more important to get pain sorted and not to worry too much about the financial side of things. Worked well.

Many people have already been under the cosh financially over the past few years with the cost of living crisis induced by the invasion of Ukraine, house prices, rents, EVERYTHING!

Some people delayed seeing me for financial reasons, hoping the pain would go away by itself, for example.

My prices are the most affordable in Rockingham for qualified Remedial Massage with HiCAPS and EFTPOS, particularly for someone with over 20 years experience.

I try to make my services accessible to as wide a range of the community as possible.

However, I recognise that the Iran War is creating financial shock waves more like a tsunami for some people, like Covid and the Ukraine invasion combined.

I have one client who lost their job due to lack of fuel, and you hear of FIFO workers sent home due to lack of fuel for the trucks.

That was probably a long winded intro, but here is the good news for existing clients.

If your finances have been turned upside down and you have pain, book an appointment. Pay what you want or can afford. Maybe that means nothing right now and you can repay or part pay when times are better again.

In short, I am flexible. I am here to relieve aches and pains, headaches, and, increasingly, the physical manifestations of stress.

In 2020, several people had free treatments, some half price or whatever or paid later, but the universe looked kindly on me for trying to help others at a difficult time. My theory is that good karma begets good karma!

24/03/2026

Last appointment was in 2005!

I told the client not to leave it another 20 years for the next appointment because I won't be here!

18/03/2026

My new toy! Helps me explain how stretching the spine relieves pressure on the facet joints, magnified in one photo.

16/03/2026

Currently treating an epidemic of gluteal pain spreading from the hip pocket!

16/03/2026

Thought I would share this painting from my clinic.
Purchased from the IGA in Dwellingup, by indigenous artist Maitland Hill.

09/03/2026

As a boy in a church choir in the 1950's, I recall with horror the women's wedding vow was "to love, honour and OBEY".

We've come a long way since then, but women still get the rough end of the pineapple in many regards. So I'm making it International Women's WEEK, for bookings till Sunday March 15.

A gift of your choice from:
- 100ml Karma Rub Liquid Magnesium shower gel
- Hot/Cold pack
- Spikey Massage Ball
- Hand grip strengthener (egg shaped)
- Eagle Balm

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS BOOK THIS WEEK AND MENTION THIS OFFER!

05/03/2026

Great way to relax your pelvic floor!

When it comes to pelvic health—whether it is preventing incontinence in women or curing erectile dysfunction (ED) and prostate issues in men—the universal medical advice has been the same since the 1940s: "Do your Kegels."
Squeeze the muscle, hold it, release.
But modern pelvic floor physiotherapists are realizing this advice is often catastrophic.

For the vast majority of modern humans, the problem is not that the pelvic floor is too weak and loose. The problem is that it is Hypertonic (too tight and completely locked up).

The Stress Clench
Your pelvic floor is a hammock of muscles that holds up your internal organs.
Just like you subconsciously clench your jaw or hike your shoulders up to your ears when you are stressed, you also subconsciously clench your pelvic floor.
After years of high stress, sitting in chairs, and holding your stomach in to look thin, that muscular hammock becomes chronically contracted. It turns into a tight, rigid knot.
When a muscle is permanently clenched, it severely restricts blood flow and chokes the delicate nerves passing through it.
If you take a chronically tight, exhausted muscle and force it to do hundreds of standard "Kegel squeezes," you are just making the knot tighter. You accelerate the dysfunction.

The Biological Piston: The Reverse Kegel
To fix a hypertonic pelvic floor, you do not need to strengthen it. You need to lengthen it.
You achieve this through a process called the "Reverse Kegel."
It utilizes a biomechanical link between your diaphragm (your breathing muscle) and your pelvic floor. They operate like a synchronized piston.
When you take a shallow chest breath, nothing happens.
But when you take a deep, 360-degree diaphragmatic breath, your diaphragm physically drops downward into your stomach cavity. This creates massive intra-abdominal pressure.
That pressure pushes down on your organs, which in turn physically stretch and push the pelvic floor downward, forcing it to open, relax, and fill with fresh blood.

⚡ VitalShot Protocol:
How to master the Drop:
This is profound for prostate health, libido, and core stability.

The Position: Lie flat on your back with your knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Place one hand on your lower belly and one hand on your chest.

The Inhale: Take a slow, deep breath through your nose. Your chest should not move. Only your lower belly should rise.

The Expansion: As your belly fills with air, consciously imagine breathing all the way down into your tailbone. You should feel a gentle expanding, bulging, or "dropping" sensation in the perineum (the space between the ge****ls and the a**s).

The Release: Exhale slowly. The pelvic floor will naturally recoil back up.
Do 10 of these deep drops every morning. You are manually massaging your nervous system and restoring blood flow to the most vital center of your body.

📚 Source: International Urogynecology Journal, "Hypertonic pelvic floor muscle dysfunction", Pelvic physiotherapy review.

05/03/2026

Calling out a libellous anonymous comment saw the commentator beat a hasty retreat, dropping their nickname (known to the admins) like a hot potato as they hurtled for the hills.

10,000 views in a week? Not too shabby!

Far from denting my practice, I think I inadvertently increased awareness of it!

02/03/2026

Clinic now open 7 days a week until trip to Uzbekistan...

19/02/2026

Judging by the initial number of reactions and comments, in a very short period of time, to this post on Rockingham Public Notice Board, I think I have posted a balanced response to a libellous anonymous comment. Certainly a bit more balanced than I felt when I saw the libel yesterday! I'm now officially over it and looking forward to Bali and am fully booked today and tomorrow!

18/02/2026

I have found using ChatGPT more helpful than I expected. Most existing clients go to my website and click on the van and make a booking and don’t look at the rest of the website. However, I have changed it to make it visually easier to read for potential clients opening the website for the first time on a mobile phone.
Check it out!

Https://Arthurgalletly.com