Jo Cork Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy

Fully qualified, insured and accredited Level 5 Sports and Remedial Massage Practitioner. 

As a professional dancer and choreographer, I know the trials of maintaining optimum health and fitness. It can be the most frustrating thing in the world to be unable to do, pain-free, what used to be effortless. Knowing this battle of body maintenance and fending off injury, and having throughout my career in dance and in my wider experience of illness and dysfunction seen the benefits of massage in rehabilitating and preventing injury and reducing symptoms and pain, I sought to train in Sports And Remedial Massage Therapy at the highly regarded North London School of Sports Massage (NLSSM). 

I work with runners, swimmers, surfers, cyclists, field athletes, dancers, aerial artists, actors, puppeteers, musicians, singers, arthritis sufferers, fibromyalgia sufferers, and those wanting to redress long-term dysfunction or chronic pain, or simply reduce stress levels and offer their body a regular dose of care and attention for their overall improved well-being. 

Rehabilitation from injury
Post-surgery recovery and rehabilitation
Addressing postural and bio-mechanical dysfunction
Pain relief and management
Preparation for competitions, events and performances
Pre- and post-event treatments
Prevention of injury and body maintenance throughout training
Optimising sporting/athletic performance
Stress relief and reduction in anxiety
Restoring and developing proprioception
Restoring range of motion and flexibility
Improvement to lymphatic system and fluid exchange
Aiding digestive complaints
Optimising health of soft tissue and the musculoskeletal system
Reducing symptoms of arthritis
Rebalancing of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems

Every good soft tissue therapist will listen carefully to your needs and reasons for seeking treatment - they vary a lot! There is no one-size-fits-all way to manage a specific complaint, injury, condition or dysfunction. 

In order to tailor your treatment to suit your goals, treatment includes a range of assessment and planning, including appropriate home care advice and exercises to help you continue improvement and maintain the benefits of treatment beyond the clinic.

Assessment of medical history and conditions effecting soft tissue and physical performance
Assessment of injury and compensatory effects
Postural and bio-mechanical assessment
Tissue assessment
Diagnostics
Goal setting
Development of treatment plan with home care for on-going and sustainable results

Professional sports and remedial massage therapy uses a wide range of techniques. Amongst those I use on a regular basis are:

Muscle Energetics Technique
Soft Tissue Release
Neuro-Muscular Techniques
Myo-Fascial Release
General Massage Techniques
Positional Release
Trigger Point Release
Scar Tissue breakdown