​What is Amatsu Therapy?

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Amatsu Therapy is a modern adaptation of a soft tissue therapy that was used in Japan for thousands of years. It combines principles of osteopathy, cranio-sacral therapy, visceral (organ) manipulation, muscle/soft tissue manipulation and Japanese mobilisation techniques. 

 

​The body is looked at as a whole, each part effecting the other through its connection through a crystalline matrix (fascia). Adjust one part, the effect will be felt globally.

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When viewed this way, the body becomes a self-organised unit comprised of tension and compression forces that are in a constant state of negotiation.  During movement, these forces distribute load throughout the body via the body's proprioceptors, tiny nerve cells located in muscles and tendons that detect movement. Changes in tension or compression in the muscles, tendons and bones through injury, trauma, environmental toxins or even food allergies, are registered locally but their impact is global.

 

Amatsu practitioners are trained to look at the whole body and understand how it operates as an organised whole. Changes to one part of the body effects the whole. A ligament strain in the ankle for example will affect balance. This then has a knock-on effect on the whole body, throwing it out of alignment with each step. ​

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 Amatsu Therapy uses a broad set of tools to understand patterns of dysfunction in the body, locate the origin and make skillful adjustments. There is usually one point in the body, that when skillfully adjusted will kick start the unwinding of an established pattern of dysfunction.

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