Soft Tissue Release (STR)

Muscles often contain specific areas of tightness, perhaps due to fibrotic changes or to scar tissue, and massage alone does not always address these adequately. Soft Tissue Release (STR) is a deep tissue technique commonly used by sports masseurs to encourage tight fibres to stretch.

What you’ll learn:
With Jane Johnson, Chartered Physiotherapist, learn to apply STR to all the major muscles of the body through clothing and at the end of the day will incorporate STR into a lower limb massage routine.

We will practise the application of STR using your forearms, fists and elbows and learn the use the Straight Leg Raise Test to measure the effectiveness of this technique on hamstrings.

What do you need to bring?
A couch and massage supplies.