Myotherapy

Alyse Cherry
 
Bachelor of Health Science – Myotherapy.
Member of the Institute of Registered Myotherapists of Australia (IRMA)
Member of the Professional Myotherapists of Australia (PMA)
 
Alyse was born in Traralgon, and apart from moving to Melbourne to study
Myotherapy, has been a Latrobe Valley girl all along. She completed her 4
year Myotherapy degree in 2007.
 
Alyse enjoys working with people of all ages and in the past has worked
with the Traralgon Swimming Club swimmers at major competitions including
the Victorian Country Swimming Championships and the Gippsland Swimming
Championships.
 
What is Myotherapy?
 
Myotherapy, or “muscle therapy” is the specialized assessment, treatment
and management of soft tissue (muscle, tendon, ligament and fascia) pain
and dysfunction affecting movement and mobility.
 
Degree trained Myotherapists have high diagnostic/assessment knowledge and
skills, and can utilize a number of different modalities/treatment
techniques in the treatment of their patients.
These modalities can include, but are not limited to, Massage, as well as
Dry Needling, passive/active muscle stretching, ischaemic compression,
electro-mechanical stimulation, heat therapy, Cryotherapy (cold therapy),
cupping, corrective exercises and trigger point therapy.
 
(Trigger points (“knots”) are tender, irritable areas which can refer pain
and other symptoms to areas close to or often distant to the trigger
point. They can be caused by many factors e.g. poor posture, overuse of
muscles, stress, incorrect lifting and lack of sleep.)