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Neck & Shoulder Tension · Mornington
Tight bythree o'clock.
That band across the top of your shoulders that's there most days by mid-afternoon. Rubbing it helps for an hour. Forty minutes to find out why it's back again tomorrow.
$97 from this page · normally $160 · pay on the day
Does this sound like you?
- Turning to reverse the car has become a whole-body movement.
- You wake with a stiff neck often enough that you have a routine for it.
- The ache builds through the day and peaks late afternoon.
- Someone digging their thumbs in feels incredible for about an hour.
- You've had massages that helped, but nothing that lasted past the weekend.
Necks and shoulders are the most common thing Dale sees — and the most commonly treated with something that feels excellent and changes nothing by Wednesday.
"Isn't that just a massage?"
No. A massage treats the tightness. Myotherapy asks why your neck has tightened up every single day for the last two years.
A neck that goes tight daily is doing it for a reason. Where your head sits over your shoulders, what your mid-back is or isn't doing, and how you spend the eight hours before it tightens — that's what the assessment is for. The reason the relief only lasts an hour is that nothing about the eight hours changed.
"A massage helps for a day and then it's exactly the same."
What patients tell DaleForty minutes. Nothing wasted.
This is not a warm-up appointment where you come back next week for the actual treatment. All four of these happen on the first visit.
History
What you do, what set it off, what you've already tried, and what it's stopping you doing.
Examination
Neck range, what the mid-back and shoulder blades are doing, and where the load is actually landing. Testing, not guessing.
Explanation
You get told what's actually going on, in plain words, before anything else happens.
Treatment
Hands-on work starts in the same appointment, plus the two or three things to change between now and next time.
Senior Myotherapist · 25 years
Dale Peirson
Twenty-five years of hands on people who'd been told it was just stress. Dale's caseload is chronic and complex — the necks and shoulders that have already been through a few other pairs of hands.
He's the only myotherapist here, so the person who assesses you is the person who treats you, every visit.
What people actually say
I was dealing with terrible neck pain and stiffness, but Mornington Peninsula Myotherapy & Massage changed everything. The massage was perfectly tailored to release all my neck tension—if you're on the peninsula, this is the place to go.
Chronic neck pain had been ruining my sleep for years. The targeted myotherapy and remedial massage here finally gave me the relief I couldn't find anywhere else.
Verbatim from the clinic's Google profile · 5.0 from 60 reviews
The first visit
40-minute assessment and treatment · nothing to pay until you arrive
- Full history and hands-on examination
- A plain-English explanation of what's driving it
- Treatment starting in the same appointment
- What to change before the next visit
Pick a time with Dale.
Booked.
With Dale Peirson at 12/1140 Nepean Highway, Mornington. Parking on site. Wear something you can move in — you stay fully dressed.
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Monday to Thursday · 12/1140 Nepean Highway, Mornington
How many massages have you had that felt superb and changed nothing? The point of the assessment is to stop paying for the same hour over and over.
Practical bits
- Where
- 12/1140 Nepean Highway, Mornington VIC 3931. Parking on site.
- When
- Monday to Thursday. Closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
- Wear
- Something you can move in. You stay fully dressed throughout.
- Bring
- Any scans or reports if you have them. If you don't, that's fine.
- Phone
- 03 5947 4896
Straight answers
What if I'm getting pins and needles, numbness or weakness?
Tell Dale at the start, and expect to be pointed next door. Pain, pins and needles or weakness are nerve signs, and the spine and nervous system are a chiropractor's field rather than a myotherapist's — sciatica and radicular pain especially. Mornington Peninsula Chiropractic is in this building, so an assessment is a walk down the corridor, not another search.
Do I need a referral?
No. Book directly.
Will it hurt?
Some of the hands-on work on a long-standing neck is firm, and Dale will tell you before he does it. Nothing happens without you knowing what and why.
Is it my posture?
Possibly, but posture is usually the symptom rather than the cause. What matters is what fatigues, in what order, and how long you hold one shape before it does.
I get headaches with it. Is that related?
Often, yes. Headache driven by the neck is common and commonly missed. If that's part of your picture, say so at the start — it changes what gets examined.
Is this covered by private health?
Myotherapy is claimable with most funds that include it in extras cover. Check your level of cover — rebates vary.