About

My name is Maryanne Aitken and I completed my BTEC Level 5 Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy with the London School of Sports Massage (LSSM) in December 2017.

I am a member of the Institute of Sports and Remedial Massage (ISRM) and the Sports Massage Association (SMA).

I have undertaken courses in Sports Taping and Kinesiology Taping.

I came to this profession late in life, having worked as a manager in the NHS for nearly 20 years.

I am a runner in my spare time, focusing on longer distances - from marathon up to 100 miles. I am Co-Chair of the 100 Marathon Club and am about to run my 250th marathon.

After deciding to leave the world of the NHS in 2015, I took a 'gap year' and ran a number of marathons. During this time I had regular sports massage which allowed me to run 61 races of marathon distance or longer without getting an injury in spite of my biomechanical shortcomings! I became positively evangelical about the benefits of sports massage and so decided to retrain to become a manual therapist. My Soft Tissue Therapy training took up the whole of 2017.

I don't just treat runners however. I can help anyone who has aches and pains, whether they do any sport or not. I regularly successfully treat office based workers who have stiff shoulders and necks as well as tradesmen who have aches and pains brought on by their jobs.

| also regularly treat clients who just want to have an hour of relaxation and self-care.

I have an interest in chronic/persistent pain and fibromyalgia, and have some training in myofascial release treatments which are more gentle than regular massage.