About
Hello, I'm Ellie
I'm an advanced clinical and sports massage therapist.
They say, you give what you need! At times, I have felt very isolated by pain and stress, I think a lot of us have. Through professional training and personal experience, I know how, individual, complex and frustrating patterns of pain, tension and stress are.
We are a diverse bunch, each one of us has a unique blend of genes and life no one else lives. The heart of my work is to understand your experience and how we can improve how you feel. I work to;
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Understand your reason for seeking treatment.
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Identify where the body has pain, tension or dysfunction and how it affects you.
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Treat the body with manual therapy.
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Give support and advice that is relevant and realistic to you, where you are now.
My mission is to deliver supportive and practical physical therapy, that is non-judgemental and effective.
“Alone we can do so little,
together we can do so much”
Helen Keller
My Background
I graduated in 2004 with a degree in Sports Science, followed by a postgraduate diploma in outdoor education. I liked sport, exercise and being outdoors. I still do! For 10 years I balanced striving to engage the youth of North Edinburgh in sport and outdoor learning with ski seasons and teaching folks of 3 to 90 skiing up Cairngorm Mountain.
During this time, I would have bouts of debilitating back pain plus I was born with a genetic condition and hypermobility that create confusing issues at times. I needed my body to work and was eager to fix it. Some massage and a nougat of simple movement education made a big difference. In 2010 I signed up to a massage course at the weekends, I was interested in how to maintain my own and others physical movement. Today I am still here trying to understand how to keep myself and others feeling good and able to engage positively in life. These days I have considerably more experience and education.
Qualifications
2004
BSc Sports Science
2011
Swedish Massage
2013
Sports and Remedial Massage
2014
Taping
2014
Advanced Stretching Techniques
2015
Pregnancy Massage
2018
Exercise Rehabilitation
2018
Scar Tissue
2020
Clinical Massage
2020
Trigger Point Therapy
2021
Advanced Myofascial Release
2023
L6 Btec Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage
2024
TRE (Tension and Trauma Release Exercises)