Karina Phillips - Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist

14/10/2026

Back by popular demand... 😆
Musings from the massage couch!

This was recorded at the end of March so that's how on it I am with social media this year 🤷🏼‍♀️ oh well! 2026 debut halfway through October it is!

The important message here though, is have you spent any time lately being grateful for just how amazing your body is? Thanked it for it's endless hard work that happens regardless of how well, or not, you're looking after yourself? Shown yourself a little bit of love, just because you deserve it? Telling your inner critic 'thanks but thats enough from you'!?

These small things when done often make a big difference not just to your mood but to your physical body, your experience of pain and in fact the very way that your body is able to function and ultimately, your enjoyment of life... what have you got to lose!?

19/09/2026

Yay! Graduated 🎓

I first came across Jing Massage in 2013 at a therapy show, I immediately knew I wanted to train with them... but I was a bit of a scaredy cat back then and very much didn't know what was good for me even when it was staring me in the face!

I eventually signed up for the ACMT in 2017 and then, having learnt sooo much amazing stuff, thought I'd better take some time to reflect and absorb - doing this course literally helped me change my life, the Jing collective gave me confidence in myself and my abilities, enough so that I left my full time employment and went self employed to follow my dreams ✨️

Then 2 years ago I started feeling the urge to get back to Jing and take my training all the way - meeting an entirely new and wonderful group of people to share this part of the journey with - well, what a ride - and perfect evidence that we get to the things we're meant to do in life exactly when we're supposed to!

What a beautiful day of celebrations, with friends, mentors, hero's and an absolutely inspiring bunch of nutters- thank you to everyone who was part of it!

Special shout out to Damon and Anna for being the best, of all the people, ever!

03/09/2026

Just a little update on something I've been working on this past 2 years...

My level 6 BTEC final year was spent completing a research study and then writing up my dissertation into the effects of the Jing Method of Clinical Massage on the mental health of women with Chronic pain.

A subject that was close to my heart before is now etched into my purpose in life in such a meaningful way! I've shown what an incredibly positive result the work I do can have for women suffering with both chronic pain and mental health conditions! Never doubted it for a minute but it feels great to have some solid evidence.

Jing Massage
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01/05/2026

You are enough! Exactly as you are!
You can choose to disregard anything, including the voices in your head, that tell you anything different!
Remember that the majority if not all of the messaging suggesting something other than this are trying to encourage you to buy something! And that's cool, but make the choice from a place of loving yourself amd not from a place of not feeling enough as you are!!

Love yourself, choose joy, be perfectly imperfect - exactly as you are!!!

30/04/2026

It's here!!!
The hardbound copy of my dissertation into the effects of the Jing Method of Clinical massage on the mental health of women living with chronic pain!!!
And yes, the colour matches my branding - love it!!

So very proud of what this symbolises and of the results I got!

If you want to join the Conference on 30th June to see me presenting my findings as well as hearing about all the other wonderful studies that the 24-26 BTEC cohort poured our hearts/heads/hands (IYKYK) and love into.... follow the link and get signed up!

https://jingmassage.com/product/online-clinical-massage-research-conference-30-6-26/

13/04/2026

*disclaimer - this is a very big and complex subject, I'm not sure why I thought it would be a good idea to try and address it with a 3min post! This doesn't even scratch the surface... the intention is purely to give a v brief and high level idea in case you want to investigate more!

Pain is created in your brain 100% of the time.
This does NOT mean it's 'in your head' or imaginary, or any less real.
It just means that your brain is what takes on board all of the information available to it from all sources of information and decides whether or not to create pain in response to certain stimuli.

This stimuli includes:
- info from your senses
- info from your memory (both conscious AND subconscious)
- info from your current state, I.e your mood, your feelings, your emotions

The brain pieces this information to decide whether or not pain is required so that it can protect you and encourage you to remove yourself from the situation, i.e hand out of the fire!

If, as an example, your back 'goes into spasm' because you picked up a washing basket, or a banana (this happened to me once!), or because you bent down, this is likely to be an indicator of there being a lot more going on...
What are your stress levels like right now? Honestly!
What is p1ssing you off right now?
Are you fearful about something? Unhappy with the direction life is taking? Feeling stuck? Holding onto things that have happened to you in life?

Sometimes just spending a little time thinking about these things can be really helpful, note them down maybe, show your mind and body rhat you care enough to sit ans give it some time, trust what comes up, your body and mind already know the answers, you just might not consciously be aware and accepting off them right now.

Anyway, musings over!
If you want to know more about the complexities of Chroni pain I recommend the following books...
The painful Truth (Dr Monty Lyman)
The Way Out (Dr Alan Gordon)

19/03/2026

What a week!
Well, what a couple of years really - in fact, what a decade - I started with Jing in 2017 and have now gone all the way to the top of their qualifications!

As it seems to be the way with this beautiful life of mine, I've not followed the normal path, I've done it in my own time and I'm so pleased I have - had I done it any other way I wouldn't have allowed the precious time for absorbing knowledge between courses, I wouldn't have revisited content to develop a deeper and more meaningful understanding and most importantly I wouldn't have met the wonderful people that have been my BTEC cohort for the past 2 years 🥰 That's the power of divine timing!

Feeling so blessed, grateful and incredibly proud of myself and my colleagues! Also a little sad - but still get to see everyone again for graduation in September!

Here's to returning to a study free life for a while so I can absorb all the wonderful learnings from the past 2 years while growing my lovely little business some more 😊

23/01/2026

Clinical massage with me is about so much more than the physical massage...
- it's taking time to hear what you have to say and how whatever it is that your seeing me for is impacting your life
- it's genuinely caring about how we can improve whatever it is that is causing you pain or stress
- it's creating a space in which you are not rushed
- it's making sure you're super comfy on the couch
- its advising you about changes that you can make or habits you can introduce that will make a positive difference to your life, and if for whatever reason you're not managing to implement specific homecare I give you, it's altering the plan to something that is acheiveable, or suggesting ways that you can fit it into your life more seamlessly
- it's checking in with you to see how you reacted to the treatment and answering any questions or queries you have between appointments

It is so.much.more than simply massaging you!

If you want to make a difference to your health and wellbeing, come work with me and I'll help you feel great!

18/12/2025

🥰😍❤️
My absolutely stunning Mandala, hand-crafted just for me, with love in every single dot, by the incredibly talented Niki (apologies for getting your surname wrong in the audio 😆🤦🏼‍♀️)
Appropriately named 'Purple Sun'.
Love love love!!! Couldn't be happier!!!
Now I want one for home 🏡 😆

16/12/2025

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