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Sports massage was originally developed to help athletes prepare their bodies for optimal performance, recover after a big event, or function well during training. Sports massage emphasizes prevention and healing of injuries to the muscles and tendons.

Shamans, in Ireland called spiritual healers, are the keepers of a body of spiritual techniques used to maintain good health, or to heal ourselves and others. Shamans use meditation, visualisation, yoga, massage, prayer, poetry, songs, or drumming to induce altered states of consciousness, so that the patient relaxes their body, allowing healing to take place at a subconscious level. When the body is deeply relaxed, tension disappears, the racing mind slows down, and the body’s own natural healing mechanism steps in.

Clients will feel immediately at home on entering the tranquil Ache Busters massage clinic in the quiet Caisleán Riada estate in Coosan. I was greeted on arrival by Gyongyi Karasz, who set up Ache Busters in June last year, and masssage therapist John Picard, with whom she teamed up as her business expanded.