Fiona Barras

Manual Lymphatic Drainage and Massage Therapist
 
Fiona came to therapies from a background in financial services and university lecturing, but as a swimmer, she has always been interested in massage and exercise.
Following a car accident after which she was unable to continue swimming Fiona trained in Swedish Massage, this was quickly followed by Remedial and SportsMassage at the Scottish Massage Schools in Edinburgh.
 
It was during her training in Swedish massage that Fiona first heard about the specialised massage technique of Manual Lymphatic Drainage.  After her first training course in MLD Fiona was hooked and undertook further training culminating in Combined Decongestive Therapy training in the original Vodder Schule and Clinic in Austria under the tutelage of Professor Hildegard Wittlinger.
 
To complement her training in Manual Lymphatic Drainage Fiona also trained as a Lebed Method Instructor and was a member of the first pioneering group of instructors trained in London in 2005.
Fiona gives individual exercise instruction and currently runs exercise classes funded by Coping with Cancer North East for people at risk of developing Lymphoedema or who have Lymphoedema.
 
Fiona is qualified in Kinesio Tex taping for Lymphoedema and advanced taping for Lymphoedema and has undertaken further training in measurement for made to measure compression garments.

Fiona is also an experienced therapist for Advanced ThermoAuricular Treatments (Hopi Ear candle), Thai Foot Massage and Seated Acupressure Massage. She is the creator of Release Therapies Blended Therapeutic Products www.releasetherapies.co.uk