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Massage Gift Vouchers Now Available

24th November 2025

If you’re looking for a thoughtful gift this season, my massage gift vouchers are now available. They’re a lovely way to give someone special a moment of calm, deep rest, and much-needed time for themselves. Each voucher can be used for a 90-minute treatment in my private Oxford studio — ideal for easing tension, supporting recovery, and helping someone feel truly cared for. Vouchers are valid for six months from purchase and can be emailed directly to you or collected…

Is your running style causing your injuries?

31st May 2023

Nikki Carrol

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Are you a runner who is plagued with running injuries, aches or pains? Do you constantly seem to have hamstring strains, Achilles issues, knee pain, shin splints or other issues? If this sounds like you then it is possible that your running style and physicality is causing the issues. If you are a runner, it is very likely that you will have previously had your gait assessed on a treadmill when purchasing new shoes so you may already know if…

NEW SERVICE !!! Running Gait Analysis

31st May 2023

Nikki Carrol

We are pleased to announce our new service “Gait Analysis For Runners” So who will this help? It will help all runners. You might be an experienced runner who is trying to improve your race times or perhaps you are constantly plagued with running related injuries such as shin splints, Achilles or general ankle issues, plantar fasciitis, runners knee, or more general knee, hip or back pain. Alternatively, you might be completely new to running and experiencing unfamiliar muscular issues…

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering Physical Therapy sessions

31st January 2023

Nikki Carrol

We are pleased to announce that we are now offering Physical Therapy sessions in conjunction with our Soft Tissue Therapy sessions, to help you achieve long term pain relief from your muscular aches and pains. Often if you are suffering with a niggling muscular pain, that hasn’t been caused by an accident or injury, there will be a muscular imbalance somewhere else that is causing the issue. For example, if you are suffering with lower back pain and you have…

We are delighted to announce that we are now offering Dry Cupping as part of our range of therapies

3rd October 2021

Nikki Carrol

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What is Cupping? Although it is very trendy now, it has been used for thousands of years to primarily remove, or “suction” unwanted materials from the body. Today it is used as a complementary and alternative therapy to help treat a variety of muscular issues and provide relaxation. The therapist places special cups on your skin to create suction and this suction draws fluid into the treated area. The suction force expands and breaks open your tiny blood vessels (…

We now offer Dry Cupping Therapy

3rd October 2021

Nikki Carrol

We are very excited to introduce DRY CUPPING to our list of therapies. Although it is very trendy now, (remember the 2016 summer Olympics when Michael Phelps sported his red and purple spotted back) it is an ancient form of alternative medicine, used for thousands of years to primarily remove, or “suction” unwanted materials from the body. Today it is used as a complementary and alternative therapy to help treat a variety of muscular issues and provide relaxation. Although there…

COULD YOUR CORE BE CAUSING YOUR PAIN?

6th December 2020

Nikki Carrol

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Your core may be strong but is it stable? So many clients that come to me with inexplicable aches or pains, whether they are back pain, tension headaches or even plantar fasciitis, have one thing in common, an unstable core. Even those clients that regularly train and exercise, may have unstable cores, strong but unstable. So what is the difference, why does it matter and how can it cause pain? So firstly, the core is not just made up of…

NEW ONLINE LOW IMPACT CORE & MOVEMENT CLASS coming soon

6th December 2020

Nikki Carrol

We are really excited to announce our NEW ONLINE core and mobility classes that will be running from January. These classes will be focused on improving core stability and strength as well as mobility, flexibility and functional movement so will be ideal for those suffering with muscular aches and pains from back pain to tension headaches and even those with lower limb issues like knee pain or sciatica will benefit from these classes. The simplicity of the movements mean…

Has the recent lockdown affected your POSTURE and could this new posture be the cause of your PAIN?

16th August 2020

Nikki Carrol

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Lockdown could actually be bad for your back! Since reopening after lockdown, so many of my clients are coming to see me with new aches and pains that, in many cases, have been triggered by their new posture. Lockdown has caused many of us to adopt unfamiliar postures, whether we are now working at home on our sofas or at the kitchen table, or whether we have massively increased or reduced our activity levels. If you are suddenly noticing new…

WE ARE OPEN!!!

11th July 2020

Nikki Carrol

We are very excited to announce that, following the recent government briefing, we will be reopening our doors on Monday 13th July. We are looking forward to seeing you all again. We will be following the new COVID secure policies, guidelines and procedures so there will be some changes to your booking and treatment experience. I wanted to outline the key ones below, so that you know what to expect when you book. In order to minimise the amount…