The Remedial Massage Guy Rockingham

08/11/2025

Reposted. Raising money for charity instead! No limit per client.

Every home and FIFO worker needs this combo!
You can freeze, cool or microwave the all purpose pack, and the spikey massage ball is ideal for working on trigger points.
Normally $12 each. A cash donation of $10 or $12 FOR THE PAIR is welcomed.

ALL proceeds go to Mine Clearance in Cambodia and Prosthetics in Laos. Over $16,500 raised and donated to date.

Designed so you can manage a few aches and pains better until you get the opportunity to book an appointment.

Great as a stocking filler to give to a friend!

I have about 80 pairs, hoping to raise around $1,000, goes to:

COPE Laos (Prosthetics) in a country still reeling from the 80 million unexploded bombs dropped by the US in the Vietnam War

Apopo HERO RATS, African rats who sniff out unexploded mines in Cambodia, courtesy of the Pol Pot regime.

Not for me walking Australia to raise money! I'd rather think of trying to provide you with useful gear which can help your health!

05/11/2025

My clinic really IS different! This magnificent original is a gate to the City of Angkor, in Cambodia. Many people don’t have time to appreciate all the artworks, including from Laos and Myanmar! We’ll have to bring some back from Uzbekistan!

04/11/2025

Having a break before the peak holiday season when I get busier.

And booked a holiday in May next year with Air Asia. $1,000 return to Tashkent. So we are off to Uzbekistan. Sometimes it costs that just to fly to the Pilbara! Some of the cities on the old Silk Roads are older than Rome. Looking forward to seeing Samarkand, world tourism capital 2023, which is about 2,700 years old. In the 14th century it was the centre of the Timurid Empire, forged by Tamerlane, (Timur the lame, - he had a limp), reputedly a descendant of Genghis Khan.

Sadly, our western view of history is distorted, and I found it fascinating to visit Kazakhstan last year. I would love to go to Mongolia some time and live with the nomads in a yurt for a few weeks.

21/10/2025

Took a while, but I have reached 100 reviews on Google. The quality of the 100th review has made me feel like a cricketer reaching their century with a six into the grandstand!

19/10/2025

At 9:45pm last night, Lorna Buchan was leading in the Mayoral election. Counting resumes today for remaining wards and to allocate preferences.

18/10/2025

This year I reached 7,500 clients served, which I thought was a decent milestone. That's more than the entire population of some Australian towns and cities, and is probably a quarter of the people in Rockingham who have tried Remedial Massage. Not too shabby for an invisible home based clinic in a quiet cul-de-sac!
I had hoped to reach 10,000 before I dropped off the perch, but that is now looking optimistic due to several factors such as the cost of living crisis, ever increasing competition, more fake Remedial Massage and so on.

The next milestone is 100 reviews on Google.
I currently have 99 reviews, of which 94 are five star. This is significantly more than any other solo practitioner in a home-based clinic, and is more than some multi-practitioner practices, so I am well pleased to be on the verge of this milestone.

I'm just hoping the 100th review is not by a troll!

Last year I had, in my opinion, an unfairly poor review by someone who gave four other businesses a one star review, some for the most trivial of reasons, and also received 4 devastating one star reviews about her own business. I think there is a message for her here, spread bad karma at your peril, it can come back to bite you!

18/10/2025

After years in pain and spending thousands on chiro, physio and acupuncture, I found relief through Remedial Massage and decided to change career. To provide relief from pain in as few visits as possible. And to try and change and raise the perception of Remedial Massage in the eyes of the general public, which I did when practicing in Churchill Park at the beach at weekends from 2004 to 2013 after Sunday trading came in.

But clearly a LONG way to go for the latter objective of raising the profile of Remedial Massage!
The author of this review below of physiotherapy treatment was very happy to resolve golfers elbow in ONLY THREE MONTHS, MULTIPLE SESSIONS, through rest and exercises.
It shouldn't take that long!!

Golfers and Tennis Elbow are caused by tightness in the forearm muscles, often due to RSI. I put it this way, if you tie a few knots in a piece of string, it will be shorter than before. A muscle is the same. The tightness in the forearm muscles tugs at where they attach to the elbows, causing pain.

Some serious work simply loosening the muscles generally relieves the pain symptoms of Golfers and Tennis Elbow in just one to three sessions, which would be much cheaper than a whole bunch of sessions with physio! And wouldn't warrant a review!

It will still take a long time for Remedial Massage to get the recognition it deserves, partly because the name is not protected and ANYONE can advertise Remedial Massage without being qualified, which is holding our profession back!

10/10/2025

Spring has definitely sprung. Somewhere around here there is rumoured to be a clinic, but no buildings are visible!

06/10/2025

What allowances you have for Remedial Massage which you don't us, aren't rolled over. They are GONE! You get a new allowance from January 1. So, if you haven't used up your allowance, you have a couple of months left for a maintenance appointment or to deal with the little niggles you have been putting off treatment for in the hope they are going to go away by themselves!

05/10/2025

Morton's Foot and Morton's Neuroma.
MORTON's FOOT
Morton's Foot is where your second toe is longer than your big toe. It was considered drop dead sexy in Greek times, as shown in this statue. However, it can cause issues. Painful issues!!
Just as you have an instep curve, there should also be a curve under your toes, so that when walking, your foot should land on your heel and big and little toes first. With Morton's foot, the curve can go the wrong way, and your foot lands heel and under the second toe first, leading to pain, and sometimes contributing to Morton's Neuroma.
MORTON's NEUROMA
is a painful pinched nerve between the third and fourth toes. Caused by wearing high heels or other narrow shoes, Morton's foot or several other factors.

If you have either of these issues, please book an appointment!
I recently treated someone whose podiatrist recommended surgery, but whose pain went down considerably after massage and a homework exercise!

22/09/2025

I've started to use my chi machine more and more in my clinic. Initially I used it just for cases of chronic back pain where structural damage is involved, not just tight muscles.

However, there are so many benefits from using this "relaxerciser", I have written a new page on my website.

Please don't hesitate to include a 10 minute trial in your next appointment. I don't sell them, just an opportunity to see if you think the health benefits are worth the investment...

https://arthurgalletly.com/chi.html

Benefits of a chi machine

04/09/2025

This reel explains some of the damaging effects of stress.

My experience suggests also that stress makes muscles tight in the neck and shoulders, which can restrict your head movement, cause headaches and other issues.

Fortunately, I find that CranioDural Therapy relieves tight muscles, increases range of motion and reduces headaches.

But it can also help to reduce these other symptoms of anxiety, depression and 'brain fog'.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/796279733051517