Bamboo Therapies

08/11/2025

🎄47 Days!🎄

Not long now until the season of gifting, mulled wine, carols and celebrations arrives.

If you are wanting to gift a voucher, please purchase early to guarantee availability. I bought more last year and sold out by the end of November so have more in stock this year 🙌 I have however, already sold quite a lot.

My best selling winter warmer will be released very soon- the perfect gift of total relaxation.

PLEASE NOTE:

My prices will be increasing 1st January 2026 or all treatments. Should you purchase your voucher before this date all treatments will be honoured at the 2025 prices.

03/11/2025

Causes of Tattoo Flu:

1. Immunological Response
When you receive a tattoo, your immune system perceives both the tattoo ink and the tattoo needle used in the needling process as foreign intrusions. It kicks into gear, causing inflammation as part of the natural healing process.
2. Ink Allergy
It may come as a surprise, but you can be allergic to tattoo ink. Reactions can vary, with some people experiencing itching or swelling that mimics flu symptoms. Red and yellow inks are often culprits, but any color could potentially cause a reaction.
3. Infection Risks
A fresh tattoo is an open wound, which means it's exposed to bacteria that can lead to infection. Signs of an infected tattoo include excessive redness, warmth, worsening swelling, pus, or if you start to feel unwell with fever-these symptoms can mimic those of the flu.
4. Stress Factor
Getting a tattoo can be a stressful experience, both physically and emotionally. The pain and discomfort of the needling process, combined with the anxiety or excitement of getting a new tattoo, can take a toll on your body. Stress weakens your immune system, making you more susceptible to illness and infection.

Common Symptoms of Tattoo Flu:
Here are some common symtopms that you should pay attention to.
~Fever
~Chills
~Fatigue
~Headache
~Muscle Aches
~Joint Pain
~Nausea
~Loss of Appetite
~Swollen Lymph Nodes

DRAIN DRAIN DRAIN

Lymphatic drainage- helps to sp*ed up the elimination of toxins helping the body heal quicker.

Getting a new tattoo? Get yourself booked in for treatment before and after.

21/10/2025

I am currently very very busy. I have very limited availability left for the end of November and December. Please do not wait until the last minute to request an appointment as I will not be able to accommodate you.
If you are on a treatment plan or due to have surgery soon, please book ALL your sessions to guarantee availability.
Any cancellation slots advertised must be paid in full to secure the slot to avoid no shows.

Please also note- if you have failed to attend an appointment and not paid me for your session, I will not rebook you until the missed session is paid for in full. It’s how I run my business.

I am very easy going with changing and swapping appointments and will always try and work with you to ensure you can get in with me for treatment. Hence I take a 50% booking fee. All terms and conditions are sent to you on confirmation of booking with me first time.

19/10/2025

🚨Netty Nerd Alert🚨

Dr Vodder School Uk.

Well, you all know how I love a challenge and set myself constant business goals each year 🙌

Jan 2025~ set my goals and intentions.
Mar 2025~ implemented my goals- signed up with the Dr Vodder School to raise the bar for advanced medical lymphatics in my local area.
April 2025- strained my brain cells harder than ever, studying for 7 hard months.
Sept 2025~ passed the Dr Vodder theory exam despite a couple of meltdowns!
Oct 2025 ~ completed the practical clinic training in Edinburgh with the best team, 4 days of intense training then an additional day for my clinical exam. PASSED🙌

2025 GOAL ACHIEVED🥇

I am now Dr Vodder qualified to apply medical lymphatic drainage for all aspects of manual lymphatic drainage.

As you know I already treat lots of post op surgical patients so will be continuing to focus on more medical advanced treatments to help you all heal more effectively and ensure your scars are as minimal as they can be.

My next goal is to train to the highest level and work with lymphoedema and lipodema patients.

Keep your eyes p*eled for my next post explaining what Dr Vodder is all about 🙌

Next goal has been set- watch this space 👀

15/09/2025

𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓾𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓲𝓷𝓰?

-𝓢𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
-𝓔𝓪𝓻𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓮
-𝓟𝓾𝓯𝓯𝔂 𝓳𝓪𝔀/𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷
-𝓝𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓵 𝓭𝓻𝓲𝓹
-𝓟𝓾𝓯𝓯𝔂 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻 𝓮𝔂𝓮𝓼
-𝓝𝓪𝓼𝓪𝓵 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷
-𝓢𝔀𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷 𝓰𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼
-𝓢𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓪𝓽
-𝓥𝓮𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓰𝓸
-𝓗𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼
-𝓟𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓒𝓸𝓿𝓲𝓭 𝓼𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓼
-𝓞𝓷𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓵𝓭/ 𝓯𝓵𝓾 𝓼𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓼

𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭, 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓷𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓸𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓵𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓱 𝓷𝓸𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝔀𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓲𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓱𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶 𝓲𝓼𝓷’𝓽 𝓬𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓻𝓮𝓰𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓻𝓵𝔂.

𝓣𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓫𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓵𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓾𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓰𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓼𝓮 𝓼𝔂𝓶𝓹𝓽𝓸𝓶𝓼.

𝓙𝓾𝓼𝓽 5 𝓽𝓸 10 𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓽𝓮𝓼 𝓪 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓬𝓪𝓷 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓪 𝓫𝓲𝓰 𝓭𝓲𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮.

𝓗𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝓰𝓸 𝓪𝓽 𝓴𝓲𝓬𝓴𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓲𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶.

𝓝𝓸𝓽 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓷𝓸𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓶𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝓫𝓮𝓽𝓽𝓮𝓻, 𝓲𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓷𝓰𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓲𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝔂𝓼𝓽𝓮𝓶 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓴 𝓶𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝓮𝓯𝓯𝓲𝓬𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓵𝔂.

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In this video, I show a short, easy routine of lymphatic drainage of the face to stimulate the lymph nodes and lymphatic system to improve immune health to r...

01/09/2025

EMOTIONAL BODY MAPPING
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Did you know?

Many clients that come for massage, ask for it “as deep as you can go”

Whilst you may think this will benefit you and reduce pain, it can actually do the total opposite.

Many types of body/muscular pains arise from suppressed emotions. These can mistakingly be thought of as tension and muscular problems.

Excessive deeper massage doesn’t do much for suppressed emotions. Pain receptors can be blocked meaning you don’t actually feel the damage a super deep movement is doing. In fact it can sometimes make your symptoms worse, raise blood pressure and compromise the lymphatic system and not relieve what you think is tight muscle.

A lighter touch has been proved to upregulate your parasympathetic nervous system. This means it calms the body, has a soothing effect on the nervous system and basically slows the body down to rest/ reset and digest. Think of somebody gently stroking or tickling your skin gently and how soothing it feels.

This is the reason why some clients can feel emotional or cry after a more relaxing massage. They are releasing emotions that are hidden.

Click the image and zoom in, take a look at where emotion can manifest as pain and tension. Do you recognise any of this in yourself.

I absolutely love a deep massage but I also love a slow relaxing, anti stress one.

16/08/2025

ARE YOU HYDRATED??
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As we are experiencing this glorious weather again and temperatures are rising☀️it’s important to stay fully hydrated. Our bodies function far better when the cells are pumped with water.

Symptoms of dehydration in adults and children include:
feeling thirsty
💧dark yellow and strong-smelling p*e
💧feeling dizzy or lightheaded
💧feeling tired
💧a dry mouth, lips and eyes
💧p*eing little, and fewer than 4 times a day

Dehydration can happen more easily if you have:
💧diabetes
💧vomiting or diarrhoea
been in the sun too long (heatstroke)
💧drunk too much alcohol
💧sweated too much after exercising
💧a high temperature of 38C or more
💧been taking medicines that make you p*e more (diuretics)