MY MASSAGE PLACE

About Yvette

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After a few years working for the Hands On Clinic and Sportsmed (now SportsClinic), Yvette decided in 2017 that it was time to pull up her big-girl britches and try her hand at opening her own clinic – where she could treat her clients using all the skills she has, and continues to gain, through post-grad education - without the need for referring to other modalities in the same business just because that’s the way it was done in that environment.

Yvette has experience with referrals from sports doctors, physios, chiropractors, podiatrists, personal trainers, and strength & conditioning coaches; and treating everyone from your everyday average Joe who does little to no exercise, to weekend warriors, national and international-level amateur/semi-pro/professional athletes, and Paralympic/Olympic athletes.

Since 2015 she has worked many sporting events such as the Coast 2 Coast, Tour of NZ, IronMan, Ocean Swim Series, Touch Nationals, 5Passes, Premiership Netball, NRL and Super Rugby. Since 2016 she has been contracting to Australian companies to provide sports massage services to elite professional Australian, NZ and South African sports teams while travelling and competing in NZ.

Since opening My Massage Place in 2017, she has partnered with a few trusted companies in the fitness/health and wellbeing sectors, and started specialising in the treatment of combat sports athletes. After using and loving their products since 2014, 2019 brought about the big step of becoming NZ’s first (and currently, only) supplier of the Arm Bar Soap Company products. An American based company with roots in the BJJ community, that is on a
mission to become the leading all-natural, anti-bacterial/anti-fungal soap maker for combat athletes.

2020 and 2023 saw Yvette dropping to part-time in the clinic to teach massage at the now defunct NZ College of Massage, and Ara/Te Pukenga, and the start of 2024 has seen a shift of the clinic to new premises with Yvette coming back to full time – either in the clinic, or doing home visits for terminally ill/homebound clients throughout Christchurch and North Canterbury.
With experience in a wide range of martial arts, 2021 also brought about Yvette’s retirement from these sports for medical reasons. While not being as actively involved, she is still passionate about keeping martial arts athletes moving and recovering efficiently, while knowing just how the sport-specific movements affect these client’s bodies.

If you can’t find Yvette at the clinic, she can usually be found at the gym, in her workshop working on finishing the long list of project cars, adventuring with her husband and dog, or learning something new (2024 is starting NZ Sign language and finishing a certificate in Project Management!).

QUALIFICATIONS

•  L3 Certificate in Personal Training (NZIS)

•  L4 Certificate in Relaxation Massage (NZCM)

•  L6 Diploma in Health Sciences – Therapeutic Massage (NZCM)

•  L1/2 Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapy

•  Foundation A/B & Advanced Pain Management & Dry Needling

•  Fundamentals & Advanced Kinesio Taping