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Development

Hideki started massaging when he was little, it was all sibling’s mission to massage dad through out a week, who was a hard working police man, not knowing that it will unfold in to his career.

As a youngster Hideki trained for baseball in famous junior baseball team in local area. As the result of intense training, he developed baseball elbow and learned the importance of treatments and self care. He also practiced several different martial arts in school and a local Dojo. It taught him importance of basics and discipling. Laster when he became teenager, he was absorbed in modifying and fixing motor bike, it eventually became his one of first profession. He thinks his foundation of diagnostic skill had developed with this occupation.

Coming to abroad

Hideki really enjoyed surfing in Japan so it led him to come to Australia to practice surfing while learning English. He dwelled in Margaret River to enjoy surfing life and farm work. He fall in love with nature and wants to give back something to the wild so he started to seek a career in Wild life care(becoming vet).
While seeking work opportunity and education, he encountered Vipassana meditation, which led him to go to India to learn meditation, energy and spirituality. While he, who stayed in a yoga ashram and had practiced yoga, met a Thai yoga massage practitioner who offered energy treatment through massage. Soon enough he decided to take Thai yoga massaging course in South India. Later with the qualification, he further learned more Traditional Thai massage in Sydney. This put him in a direction of healthcare professionals.

Career as Massage therapist

He worked in traditional Thai massage ,Traditional Chinese massage , Scoliosis physiotherapy clinic and Remedial massage clinic. As he learned different types of massage, it made him understand the application of techniques better, which laid the foundation of his current skill sets.
Hideki still follows his martial arts Sensei instruction that the importance of the basics and repetition, for that he has been practicing the principles over and over.

Education

While/ after his Remedial massage course, he also learned Regenerative Detoxification from one of well-known Naturopathy Dr in USA, which taught him mechanism of disease and what are the causes . This strongly influenced his Remedial massage therapy: application of techniques and view point about health.

He simply enjoys efficiently making muscles loosen up. Clients’ smile and thanks make him grateful and that encourage him drive into deeper in the field.

Information

Qualifications: Diploma of Remedial Massage, Diploma of Business, Cert IV in Vet Nursing, Cert IV in Marketing

Workshops, skill development: Detoxification specialist, Reiki level 2, Myofascial Unwinding work shop( positional release and unwinding), Pregnancy massage, Myofasicial Cupping therapy

Interests: Full marathon completion twice, Half marathon once, Karate, Kendo, Judo, Kenjutsu, self-development, Surfing, Baseball, Motorbike, Science, Environment, Animal welfare, Health, Healing

Background:

Max, originally from Chile, has lived in the Northern Territory for 4 years – initially based in Alice Springs and now settling in Darwin. With a background in physiotherapy and rehabilitation, Max is now exploring the field of remedial massage.

Passionate about optimising patient function and well-being, Max's sessions are grounded in manual therapy and incorporate a variety of massage techniques including:

o   Passive Joint facilitation 

o   Trigger point therapy 

o   Deep Tissue 

o   Pin and Stretch 

o   Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) and muscle energy technique (MET)

o   Myofascial release 

As well as being dedicated to the science and practice of massage therapy, Max is an avid sports enthusiast. He has been Olympic Weightlifting training for two years and enjoys playing volleyball socially . His personal involvement in sport has deepened his understanding of sports biomechanics, movement and exercise physiology, enabling him to provide more holistic and comprehensive treatments to his clients.