NZBMA provide top-tier soft tissue manual therapy for your well-being, enhancing health & performance for a positive impact.
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Shop The Armour’s Collection via our website 🧡 We believe in addressing all aspects of an individual going beyond just the physical aspect of a person, where manifested illnesses are most apparent. We do not serve as a Band-Aid or a onetime fix treatment.
However, we will have an ongoing journey of discovery in search of more answers and ultimately; living better, being healthier, and striving for wholeness. Our sessions are designed specifically for you. In them, we use many tools and techniques, but above all we use our heart to hold you in safety, love and presence. Through the initial consultation we will establish your needs and design the session together from a complementary medicine perspective.
03/12/2025
Here’s a great ‘Hip/Glute/Groin/LB’ exercise with a clear and concise explanation on progressive adaptations. Yes, not a revolutionary exercise, however, still a very useful tool for your injury prevention toolkit!
The following serves as an appendix of videos specifically designed to support full-body maintenance with the goal of improving or preserving functional mobility. Wayne has chosen these videos with the following in mind:
💥 Functional Mobility: The ability to move within one's environment to perform daily tasks and maintain independence.
💥 Body Mechanics: Principles for maintaining posture and body alignment during physical tasks to prevent injury.
💥 Range of Motion (ROM): The extent to which body structures or segments can move, essential for functional activities.
💥 Interventions: The specific exercises and techniques used to enhance mobility, such as transfers, balance training and targeted exercises.
👨🔧More will be added as time passes, however, this will be a great resource for you when seeking aid. Enjoy…
Let’s start with Fascia!!
Being a critical, complex system of dense connective tissue that permeates the entire body, playing vital roles far beyond simple separation of muscles. This intricate web contributes significantly to overall bodily function in several ways:
- Stabilisation: It provides structural support, helping to maintain organ and muscle positioning.
- Load Transfer: Fascia acts as a continuous network for distributing tension and forces throughout the body, essential for movement efficiency.
- Movement & Posture: By maintaining tension and contributing to flexibility, it is crucial for coordinated movement and supporting correct posture.
- Separation and Enclosure: It wraps around muscles, organs, bones and nerves, creating compartments and reducing friction between structures.
Fascia is increasingly recognised as an active, sensory tissue with nerve endings, contributing to proprioception (the body's sense of self in space) and pain perception, making it a focal point in contemporary manual therapy and sports medicine.
As always if unsure good to www.nzbma.com and make an appointment for individual advice and guidances 😉 This is a great guide not a replacement.
Welcome to NZBMA,Your functional movement experts, established in 2016 by the mother & son duo, Dawn & Wayne Armour. Who seek to offer services that move beyond conventional thinking & traditional soft tissue manual therapy approaches & massage techniques. NZBMA’s ethos is grounded in the power of...
22/11/2025
For all those swimmers out there who need this info:
Is your swimming technique outdated? Do you still pull with an S pattern? Breathe every 3 strokes? In this video you'll find out how to update your swimming ...
16/11/2025
We are back from our holidays and ready to get stuck in again. Dawn and Wayne will be back at work tomorrow, the 17th of November. There are still appointments available this week and next, so head over to our website and book online (link in bio). It is the easiest way to secure your spot. Look forward to seeing you soon!
05/11/2025
“Two roads diverged in a wood and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
Yep, quoting “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost. Symbolising our journey far north. Agreeably, it’s the literal exploration and the emotional meaning of choosing to spend time together, so fits well. We’re back in the clinic the week of the 17th.
21/10/2025
For those of you who are looking for cycling info, biomechanics and guidance, checkout these guys. They are great at explaining all of the things 👇
2342 Followers, 2 Following, 20.9k Likes - Watch awesome short videos created by RoadCylingAcademy
21/10/2025
Overcoming failure doesn’t mean success wasn’t learnt! To fail can be the greater teacher if there’s a willingness to achieve more than fearing failure 🩵
Swim coaching coming soon, checkout our website for more 🏊
Audio is of Denzel Washington’s motivational speech. Sorry, couldn’t find the referring link.
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Dawn’s on a roll in this episode of ‘Elbow Deep with Wayne’ and she’s not holding back. From the people who can’t indicate… to well umm… just nothing escapes her rant radar. Equally, Wayne tries (and fails) to keep up, while quietly questioning his life choices for starting filming. It’s fiery, funny and frighteningly relatable.
Grab a cuppa ☕️ because Dawn’s got opinions and Wayne’s just trying to survive them. Link 👇
No more back-&-forth or repetitive emails/phone tag with Dawn (because Wayne's hopeless). This marks a big change & the last of NZBMA's pre-COVID era. Dawn & Wayne are elated to offer a system that's easy, simple & seamless.
Our new streamlined online system makes it easy to:
* View Dawn & Wayne’s real-time booking availabilities.
* Book at either of our clinical locations with ease & no frustration.
* Manage appointments, rescheduling or cancelling with simplicity.
Scheduling is now at your fingertips & your health is autonomous, putting you in a supportive space while you drive.
New Service with the Booking System!
💥 90-Minute Ultimate Body Mechanic Treatment ($180): Wayne’s new 90-minute session offers deeper insight for optimal outcomes. This innovative neuromuscular approach goes beyond traditional soft tissue work, restoring myofascial dynamics, discomfort-free mobility & better movement via biomechanics, evidence-based techniques & body-cognitive strategies with homecare. A deep dive addressing movement patterns, releasing restrictions & providing sustainable strategies for long-term mobility with you in the driver’s seat. Yes… 90 minutes with Wayne! Eek… joking (or are we…)!
💥 90-Minute Remedial Massage ($150): Dawn’s thorough, therapeutic full-body overhaul targets muscular imbalances, chronic discomfort & restricted mobility. More time with Dawn’s magic hands, maybe with a snooze while she works your neck.
These extended sessions allow holistic assessment, treatment & future treatment planning, perfect for complex issues, athletes or those seeking true value (we are the best, at what we do). Notably, please be patient with us during this transitional phase as mistake will happen, we’ll do our very best to midgait where possible, yet we’re also in unfamiliar waters. Thank you for understanding.
Jump over to our website to learn more www.nzbma.com
03/10/2025
Wayne is left alone with the camera and mic still on…😅
This is the part of the episode where Dawn left Wayne unsupervised with the a camera and a microphone on. What followed was…well no filter…no safety net…just...
03/10/2025
YouTube version is uploaded! Enjoy NZBMA’s oversharing authentic content 😂
Let’s go elbow deep into one of life’s most universal struggles: Imposter Syndrome. Wayne admits he feels like he has accidentally bluffed his way into adult...
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It all started 30 odd years ago, when Our NZBMA Mother Dawn, was lucky enough to have a son that would grow into quite the swimmer! Because of this, Dawn had to learn the art of massage to assist him in his journey to become the best swimmer he could be. And that son (Wayne) managed to head to the Commonwealth games!
While swimming and finding out how good he was, Wayne also was training as a therapist. He was always told he has “heavy hands” and could never be a massage therapist. This of course was not good enough for him, so he developed his own techniques and learned his own skills. He successfully ran his own business in Brisbane for five years.
Meanwhile, Dawn had moved to NZ and was diagnosed with cancer and this meant she went through a rough period and recovery. After some discussions with her Son Wayne, Dawn decided to re-skill herself in massage again, this time Aromatherapy. This immensely assisted with her recovery emotionally.
Fast forward, a couple more years and Wayne went through a hard period in Brisbane. Combined with his parents being in NZ, he decided to pack up everything and move out to the lovely Land of the Long White Cloud. This meant he had to start from scratch. Starting with no clients in 2016, Wayne pushed hard and drove his personal business, so people would know who he is.
At the same time, Dawn was getting tired of her Aeronautical Engineering role and saw there was an opportunity with her son to go into business. And that was the start of Blue Moon Alchemy! In Late 2017, Wayne and Dawn decided to start by building a clinic which is now known as the (old) ‘Avonhead Clinic’. It was completed in January 2018. At the same time, Wayne had been busy working on his reputation and was ready to move out of his current treating environment. The bright idea of both Dawn and Wayne working together and building a brand where the focus would be on “Holistic Healthcare combined with clinical treatments”. Now a bit of a side storyline, 6 months after Wayne moved to NZ, he met Danual, a person who was managing a small team at Mitre 10 who had a lot more knowledge that Wayne knew he was wasting. While over the 2 years Wayne spent building his business, Danual slowly was drawn more and more into NZBMA, he is now heavily involved with stretching and even doing his own (non-invasive) treatment style!
In 2018, it was collectively decided to have ‘one location’ to work from, and that’s where 69 Saint Asaph as our clinic became the location to be. We have since added two extra employees, Olivia and Hannah. Both of whom are great therapists and thought we have generic treatment options, each of them have their own unique take on each of their respective options.
We also pride ourselves on our values. Those are: FAMILY, TRANSPARENCY and EDUCATION. Because at our heart, we will always be the Mother- Son business that now incorporates all our 5 therapists and Father Ian as maintenance man. We want to maintain transparency on everything we do, whether that be prices, business strategy and most importantly, how we spread Education. Which is of course the last value. Educating our clients to better understand themselves, better look after themselves and lastly, better know how their bodies can perform at their best.
