Equilibrium Massage Therapies
(Manchester UK)

why massage?

Detoxify, Release Stress/Pain & Immuno Boost with DRY CUPPING THERAPY...

You may already be aware of Cupping, as it has started to become popular in recent years, especially amongst sports professionals. I now use sturdy plastic cups, which are placed on pre-oiled skin, and a pump is used to create a vacuum within the cup, drawing the skin upwards slightly. It is an ancient part of Chinese Medicine, designed to draw out toxins, lift out muscle adhesions, knots, remove blood stagnation and inflammation around muscles (all these things can cause long term pain in the body).

The intensity of the vacuum and pressure in the cups can be altered to suit your comfort and needs, through a hand pump, connected to a valve on top of the cup. The treatment should not hurt you. The marks left after the cupping treatment are only darker where a problem has been found, such as blood stagnation, inflammation or toxins drawn out. Lighter marks will disappear within a couple of days. Darker ones will take a week or so to disappear. 

Traditionally Cupping is applied to the back but they can also be attached to arms, legs, any muscle groups where there are issues that need addressing.

If you are suffering with any of the below then you may well find Fire Cupping beneficial for you...

• Pain caused by inflammation, lack of blood flow (stagnation)
• Pain cause by adhesion, sticking and knots in muscles
• Weak immune system (ie you keep getting regular colds, etc)
• Slow Immune system (recently slowly recovering from illness and want to speed up recovery)
• Emotional stress in the body
• Tiredness and sluggish feeling most of the time
• Feeling like you need to detoxify your system

Read more details about Dry Cupping Therapy...

* £5 OFF Dry Cupping Therapy (30 minutes) for only £20!

** OR You can combine with any existing massage for only £15 extra!

Please quote "CUP FULL" when you make your booking.

Offer ends Friday 7th November, 2025

If you have any further questions or wish to book a session then please contact Andy!

Detoxify and Strengthen Immune System with LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE...

This treatment is very gentle and works on stimulating the Lymph nodes and associated vessels and capillaries around the body. The Lymph system processes waste, excess fluid, viruses and bacteria found in the body, and also holds your immune system.

Lymphatic Drainage helps to manually stimulate the whole Lymphatic system and make it more efficient, therefore detoxifying your body, strengthening your immune system and boosting energy levels.

It may be very helpful with the following conditions:

• Weak / Slow Immune system
• Tiredness and sluggish, toxic feeling
• Stressed and drained
• Water swellings under the skin
• Stubborn boils, scars, swellings (including after surgery or sports injury)

Read more details about the Lymphatic Drainage treatment...

* £10 OFF Lymphatic Drainage treatment (60 minutes) for only £35!

Please quote "LYMPH ENLIVEN" when you make your booking.

Offer ends Friday 7th November, 2025

If you have any further questions or wish to book a session then please contact Andy!

* My Holistic/Massage Treatment Reviews from 50+ Clients can be found on my Google Business Entry...

EQUILIBRIUM GIFT VOUCHERS... a perfect, healing, loving present for Christmas!

Wondering what to buy that special person in your life for Christmas, as a loving, relaxing, grounding treat? Well, why not take the stress out of your life and theirs, by giving them an exclusive Equilibrium Gift Voucher?

Have a look at my list of massage and holistic treatments and request the gift voucher to any amount. Then contact Andy, with the name of the person you want to gift and how you would like to pay (Internet Bank Transfer, Paypal, Card, Cash). I will then sort the rest for you, your present buying stress relieved and the special person in your life can look forward to a blissful, relaxing, pampering gift!

Show your love with a healing surprise! :-)

The service you get at Equilibrium...

• All client enquiries usually answered within a few hours, sent via Whatsapp, Signal messenger, Text or Phone Call (all to 07946 609429).
• Spaced out appointments so that you always have time to rest after your treatment. This ensures that you never feel rushed or any anxiety caused by the next client arriving during your session.
• You get what you pay for! If you pay for a 60 minutes treatment then you get at least this (or sometimes more!). I do not start the clock ticking during consultation or check-in with you, so you can relax. I start counting the time from when the treatment starts and always allow you to have time to relax and slowly gather your thoughts after the session ends.
• Thorough consultation for new clients and check-ins for all follow-up appointments. Details are written down so that issues are not forgotten and your therapist is aware of what is going on with you.
• Personalised treatments, devised from consultation and follow-up check-ins with you.
• Warmed massage oil and heated massage table to ensure your extra comfort.
• Intuitive, energetically informed treatments. I can easily sense dysfunction and pain within the body and have built up a flexible tool box of techniques to help combat these over my 13 year career in massage/holistic therapies.
• Holding space for you to release any emotions that need to come out during your treatment.
• Non-judgmental and open healing environment, where all are welcome, of whatever background.
• Treatment Follow-up support always available when needed.

See my Updated Treatment Price List...

Remember that all New and Regular Clients always get a £5 discount. And I do bigger promotions on specific treatments every couple of months.

See my Current Special Offers...

NEW Clients must now pay a Deposit for their First treatment

Due to a growing number of New Clients simply not showing up for their first appointment then All New Clients must now pay at least 50% of their agreed treatment cost in advance, to get their appointment confirmed. Please see details...

SELECT YOUR WAY TO PAY...

I have expanded the various ways in which you can pay for your treatments, so hopefully everyone can find a method that suits them. For details of how to pay via Cash, Bank Transfer, Paypal or Debit/Credit Card...

Escape Stress, Enter Tranquility & Keep Toasty...

We all need some time nowadays to escape from the growing challenges and stresses that come into our lives. Time for ourselves, letting our mind slow down, and a calm place to allow us to enter a state of tranquility.

Through talking to you, finding out where you are at, I will then make your massage treatment personal to your needs. To further your comfort and help deepen your relaxation, I now have a lovely new electric warmer blanket installed on the massage table....

Why not give yourself some time out, that you deserve? Contact Andy today...

I am fully VTCT qualified and provide a range of massages, from gentle aromatherapy to deep tissue massage, or a fusion of different styles to suit you. For reviews of my treatments by my clients, please see my Google page.

NEW CALMING THERAPY ROOM NOW OPEN... we are still at the same address but now you have your consultation and treatments in my much more luxurious therapy room. Click the picture below or this link for more pictures of my new treatment room.

Keep the balance in your life with Equilibrium....

Massage is becoming an increasingly popular form of holistic and pro-active therapy, enjoyed by millions of people every day. It effectively reduces stress levels, stimulates the body's self-healing processes and helps replenish our vital energy, restoring equilibrium and balance. Enjoying a massage regularly (such as weekly or monthly) may help repair the body, relax and refresh the mind and enhance spirits, so that we are more able to face the challenges of life with a renewed sense of confidence and ease. If the pressures of life are not released through natural therapies, such as massage, then they can gradually have a more detrimental affect on the person as a whole.

Depending upon the choice and combination of massage techniques, the body can either be relaxed or stimulated, making it a useful and enjoyable form of therapy. Massage may alleviate stresses and strains on both the body and mind at once and the effects can often be felt quite instantly after a massage session.

People also use massage as an important complimentary therapy in helping to relieve various ailments and unwanted behaviours in their lives. Massage may help with many, including the following:

• Anxiety and Depression: helps relieve the various symptoms of anxiety, depression and alleviate the psychological strain caused.
• Insomnia and bad sleeping patterns: calms the racing mind down and makes the body feel naturally tired and ready for sleep.
• Lack of concentration and short term memory: helps to calm the mind and senses, enabling the mind to operate in a more focused way.
• Cutting down on Alcohol: as a compliment to cutting down alcohol consumption and counseling/support, massage may clear toxins from the body, aid restful sleep and alleviate depression.
• Blood Pressure: can help to lower high blood pressure.
• Painful areas that cannot be moved: may relieve strain on muscles and joints in the body and speed up their repair. Causes can be bad posture, awkward movement or minor accidents. Massage may also help prevent Repetitive Stress Injury.

Further information about massage and its benefits (physical and psychological)

Page last updated: 22nd September, 2025