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Great article about bodies that Everyone should read.

Wee Sally — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:57:53 +0000

People often avoid massage due to nervousness, fear and anxiety of the unknown.
This is a great article from a Massage Student which highlights what she has learned from working with the Human Body!

eight things i learned from 50 naked people

We’re Back!

Susan Munro — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:31:11 +0000

Many of you may be aware we had an electrical fire at our Bathgate clinic late last month that managed to burn through paint, supplies and our kitchenette. All in all, it wasn’t the best time of year to suffer a fire, with many people on holiday it’s taken a while to get cleaned up and re-organised.

See the damage here:

We have been operating for the past month in nearby office space, a handy temporary solution, but as you could imagine not ideal for a clinic. We’d like to thank all of our customers for your patience and understanding over this time. The good news is that we have everything painted, installed and arranged, and with the arrival of our new door (a mildly important addition!) we have now re-opened to the public! Woo-hoo! We have a newly co-ordinated reception area, new chairs, lights and a new colour scheme to help you relax.

See our new clinic below:

Long story short, we’d love to see you in for another appointment!

Come and say hi and enjoy our wide range of treatments today.

You can still call 01506 238366 to schedule your appointments, or book online at http://tinyurl.com/bookmassage

Massage and Low Back Pain

Susan Munro — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:36:53 +0000

A study published in The Annals of Internal Medicine has found that massage therapy may reduce or relive chronic back pain for a period of six months or more.

The randomised controlled, paralell-group trial was conducted by Daniel C. Cherkin, PhD, of the Group Health Research Institute, in Seattle, Washington, and colleagues, at a local health care unit. The study focused on 401 people, each assigned either relaxation massage, structural massage, or usual medical treatment.

Cherkin’s team of researchers discovered, “Massage therapy improved function and decreased pain more than usual care in patients with uncomplicated chronic lower back pain [LBP] after 10 weeks.”

“We found that patients receiving massage were twice as likely as those receiving usual care to report significant improvements in both their pain and function,” Dr. Cherkin said in a press release. “After 10 weeks, about two-thirds of those receiving massage improved substantially, versus only about one-third in the usual care group.”

Interestingly enough, the study found that, ”No clinically meaningful difference between relaxation and structural massage was observed in terms of relieving disability or symptoms.”

The test subjects were mostly women with nonspecific chronic low back pain who were enrolled in a single healthcare system that provides treatment to a mostly white and employed population, suggesting more studies need to be done on the wider community in order to generalise the findings across socio-economic, gendered and ethnic borders. Results, however, are encouraging, helping to confirm what we see every day: massage therapy eases pain, promotes a relaxed, alert state of mind and a healthy body. Book a treatment with Wee Sally today to balance mind and body.

Do you work for a Charity or Support Group?

Wee Sally — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 11:28:21 +0000

The therapists at Wee Sally Therapeutic Massage are always striving to become more involved in the community.
Our training provides us with the skills and knowledge to offer assistance for many long term illness, physical conditions, rehabilitation and mental health support.
We would love to offer our services to your Charity or Support group, to meet with the group and present the benefits of Massage for their Physical and Mental Health and Wellbeing.
We will also provide information on research which backs the treatments we offer and the benefits to the conditions that we treat.

We provide these presentations free of charge, and also offer all attendees the opportunity to visit our clinic and receive a complementary session with one of our Therapists.

If you would like to arrange for us to present to your group, please contact us at contact@weesally.com
Some of the conditions that we regularly treat are:

Fibromyalgia
Multiple Sclerosis
M.E
Stroke Rehabilitation
Post Surgery Rehabilitation and Scar Reduction
Chronic Pain sufferers
Eating Disorder Rehabilitation
Mental Health Support and Wellbeing

Any questions regarding what we can support, please don’t hesitate to contact us and ask.

Edinburgh Clinic Re-opens Monday January 16th.

Wee Sally — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:33:20 +0000

We are back at our Edinburgh Clinic on Monday January 16th.
The clinic is located in Daybreak House Wellness Center, 12 Marchhall Cresent, Edinburgh.

We currently have appointments available at the following times:
130pm
530pm
7pm

If you would like to be scheduled for an appointment, please call 01506 238366 ASAP before the times are filled.

We are now available at this location EVERY MONDAY.
So make sure you get booked in advance as spaces are limited.

Free Massage Fridays

Wee Sally — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:03:46 +0000

Every Friday on the Internet is Follow Friday.
Well we have just upgraded this event to “Free Massage Friday”.
For every person who follows our Twitter account @weesally and retweets our #FreeMassageFriday tweet, you will be entered into our Prize Draw for a free 60 min massage.
If you follow us on Facebook, and you like our page/post you will also be entered into the prize draw.

Terms and Conditions:
Only one prize per person.
Massage must be redeemed within 3 months of receipt.
Cannot be exchanged.

Merry Christmas

Wee Sally — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:00:59 +0000

Everyone at Wee Sallys Therapeutic Massage would like to with all our Clients and their families a very Merry Christmas.
We hope you enjoy the next few days with your family and friends, and hope to see you in the new year.

We will re-open on Wednesday Dec 28th, and will be open Wed-Fri 12pm – 8pm.

Lots of love to you all this Festive Season.

New premises

Wee Sally — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:49:48 +0000

Our new premises are now fully set up, and we have two lovely treatment rooms available.

We are located upstairs in the same building as the Clinic, in 48C/2.
This is signposted as the Carlson Suite.

Sally has appointments from 12pm-3pm and them 4pm-8 tomorrow (Thursday Dec 22nd)
Lynn has appointments available between 12pm and 5:30pm.

Call us to schedule yourself in on 01506 238366 or book ONLINE

12 Days of Christmas 2011 – Day 12

Wee Sally — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:00:00 +0000

On The 12th Day Of Christmas, Wee Sally gave to me… Our Lovely Harrison!

Now Harrison is always in the clinic. He greets you as you enter, he can help in finding out what may be causing pain or discomfort, he is educational and even dresses up for holidays… (This year he was a Devil for Halloween.) So who is Harrison? He is our very special Human Skeleton Model.

New Address 48C/2

Wee Sally — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:58:18 +0000

Thank you everyone for the kind thoughts regarding the incident at the clinic.
We can only be thankful that there were no injuries or people harmed in any way, and that we were able to save a lot of our property from the clinic.

We now have a temporary location which will be 48C/2 North Bridge Street.
This is in the same building that the clinic is currently located, but we are now up the first set of stairs as you enter the lane from North Bridge Street.

We will be open as of 12pm Wednesday December 21st, and are still booking appointments, and offering Gift Vouchers for sale.

If you need to schedule your appointment, or would like assistance in finding the new location, you can call us on 01506 238366
We appreciate the understanding during this rough time, and hope that once we return to the main clinic it will be even better than before.