Meet Emily Mc Carthy!

Emily began her training as a Swedish and holistic massage therapist, moving on to a Level 5 qualification in Advanced Clinical Massage with the Jing Institute in Brighton.

She offers tailored treatments, with a style that seamlessly integrates the more soothing, flowing style of Swedish and holistic massage with a more clinically focused approach through direct and indirect myofascial release, trigger point therapy, deep tissue work, and more.

Emily's passion is bringing clients into a deeply relaxed state, however each treatment will be personalised to you - whether you are looking to completely zone out with minimal communication; or are in search of more clinically focused work where dialogue and feedback are an important part of better understanding, and treating, your pain condition.

Emily is a registered member of the Association for Soft Tissue Therapists (SMA) and will be available for bookings on Friday mornings at Clinical Massage London in N16, London.

What is a Trigger Point?

Trigger Points ares an often overlooked source of musculoskeletal pain. But what is a trigger point? And how can it be treated in massage therapy?

A myofascial trigger point - also simply known as a  ‘trigger point’, is a tender, hyper-irritable spot within a muscle. When provoked, it can refer pain and other sensations to a fairly predictable target zone - usually located peripheral to the trigger point, but sometimes also central to it. These hyper-contracted bands of muscle fibre can even occur within a muscle that may not otherwise appear to be have an abnormally high tone. And whilst the causes of myofascial trigger points are not well understood, their associated symptoms and patterns of referred pain have been documented with great consistency over the years.