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Deep Tissue Massage

Type

Massage Therapy

Duration

55 min

What's included

5 deliverables in this treatment

  • Progressive warming of superficial tissues before deep-pressure application
  • Sustained directional pressure using hands, thumbs, and elbows into deep muscle layers
  • Trigger-point ischaemic compression — 30–90 sec per point until release
  • Fascial release techniques — transverse, longitudinal, and cross-fibre
  • Optional silicone cupping for negative-pressure myofascial decompression

Deep tissue massage at Physio Clinic Suchánek targets the muscle layers and fascial structures beneath the superficial tissues — the regions where chronic tension, painful nodules (trigger points), and movement-restricting adhesions accumulate over years of postural stress, athletic loading, and overuse. The therapist applies sustained, directed pressure using hands, thumbs, elbows, and where indicated, silicone cupping tools to reach depth that conventional massage cannot achieve. The result is often more durable relief from localised chronic pain than lighter modalities provide.

About this treatment

Deep tissue massage addresses a physiological reality: many of the tension patterns that generate chronic pain or movement restriction in adults are not located in the superficial muscle bellies but in the deeper compartments — the muscles sandwiched between fascial layers, the deep hip rotators, the deep spinal erectors, the subscapularis, and the suboccipital muscles at the base of the skull.

Reaching these structures requires sustained directional pressure applied slowly and progressively rather than the rhythmic stroking of relaxation massage. At Physio Clinic Suchánek, the therapist applies this pressure through hands, thumbs, and elbows depending on the target area and the force required. Trigger points — hypersensitive nodules within a muscle band that generate local and referred pain — are addressed with ischaemic compression: sustained…

Fascial techniques are integrated throughout: slow transverse friction across myofascial junctions, longitudinal release along the direction of muscle fibre, and cross-fibre work to address adhesions between adjacent muscle bellies or between muscle and tendon. Silicone cupping may be incorporated on broader muscle surfaces (thoracic back, quadriceps, hamstrings) to provide negative-pressure myofascial decompression in areas where direct compression is…

Good to know

Duration options
55 / 85 / 110 minutes
Depth
Deep muscle layers and fascia
Tools
Hands, thumbs, elbows, silicone cups

Who is this for?

Chronic muscle tension, trigger points, adhesions, postural pain from desk work, athletes with soft-tissue load, those unresponsive to lighter massage

Preparation required

Stay hydrated before and after. Do not book immediately after acute injury. Communicate pressure tolerance clearly during the session.

About the clinic

Reviews, team and credentials

Independent review links and clinic-reported team information.

Clinical team

The clinic is led by Bc. Jakub Suchánek, owner and certified ART® (Active Release Technique) therapist. The physiotherapy team includes Mgr. Libor Dobšák, Mgr. Klára Pavlíková (women's health and paediatric physiotherapy specialist), Bc. Ivan Jirák, Mgr. et Mgr. Jana Koubková, Bc. Tomáš Porjanda, and Mgr. Aneta Kučírková. NRT therapy is delivered by Mgr. Tomáš Zloch. The massage team includes Mgr. Marie Ševčíková…

Languages: Czech

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