Kristy Blanch Remedial Massage Therapist in Armidale, New South Wales | Medical and health

Kristy Blanch Remedial Massage Therapist

Locality: Armidale, New South Wales

Phone: +61 408 709 711

Address: 111 Butler Street 2350 Armidale, NSW, Australia

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15.01.2022 As State and Territory governments move to ease lockdown restrictions, your massage therapist may still be choosing to stay closed for a bit longer, while they ...plan a safe return to work. You can support their choice to remain #handsoff . Music: https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music https://youtu.be/sqgtofnRXTI

14.01.2022 "Masseurs and masseuses (predecessors of physiotherapists) serving in the Australian Army since 1915, usually worked in overseas General Hospitals in the rear e...chelons or on Australian Hospital Ships, and provided a range of treatments to injured soldiers so that they could either be returned to duty or classed as an invalid and sent back to Australia (Wilson,1995). Horrific injuries to Service personnel from gunshot and artillery shells during World War One (WW1) required comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation to restore function to the effected area. The treatment provided by the Army Massage Service was far greater than rudimentary massage and was soon recognised as not only being essential to the recovery and welfare of injured Soldiers but also as an important adjunct to their overall medical care. As early as 1915, the Director General of Medical Services recognised the valuable service that the Army Massage Service provided; he advised that joint injuries can be set at once, provided they are transported on ships with facilities for massage, simple electrical treatments As regarding nerve injuries following necessary surgery, as soon as the wound is healed facilities must be provided for their continued treatment on the ship by splinting, massage, electricity (Wilson,1995). Other treatments of the day consisted of massage and hot air baths to open wounds, which had been treated with zinc or copper ionization. An illustration of the amount of work that the Army Massage Service performed is summarised by Butler (1943) who stated that on any given voyage, three thousand treatments were provided to convalescing troops on their return to Australia. Of the different types of injuries seen, Staff Sergeant Beck, a masseuse, wrote in 1916 from Mena House Hospital in Egypt, that there were plentiful supplies of injuries to knees, ankles, and lumbago (Wilson, 1995). Sellentin, R. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, Volume 19, Issue 3, December 2011." During #VeteransHealthWeek, we remember the long-standing contribution of massage therapists, who have been working with veterans since 1915.

01.01.2022 After working several years at The Armidale Massage Centre with amazing colleagues I have moved to new premises. I’m now working from 111 Butler street. If you’d like to make an appointment please don’t hesitate to contact me.