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Massage + Movement

Expert manual therapy, movement programming, and habit coaching in the heart of Hobart. We don't just treat the pain. We solve the problem. Private health rebates on site.
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A complete approach
for your body.

Massage
Pain-Relief Massage
Hands-on manual therapy focused on releasing tension, decreasing chronic pain, and supporting recovery. Perfect for immediate relief.
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Movement
Movement as Medicine
Custom rehabilitation and longevity programming. Learn the exact movements your body needs to build strength and prevent future injuries.
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Mindset
Guru Training
A long term intensive covering massage, movement, habits and detox, followed by a year-long program to keep the progress going.
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Ready to make a
change for good?

Guru Training is for people who've tried massage, physio, and everything else, and are done with temporary fixes. Depending on where you're at, we work together over 6 weeks, 3 months, or 6 months, covering movement, habits, detox, and massage, then send you home with a plan that works for a year or more.
  • 3, 6, or 12 sessions with Armani depending on your tier
  • Personalised daily movement program
  • Habit and detox strategy built around your life
  • Take-home program booklet, good for 12+ months
  • Weekly check-ins throughout the program
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Reviews

Some words from
our happy clients

We have 88 five-star reviews on Google, plus 120 more on Fresha.
Here are a few of our favourites.
Armani is changing my life. I get instant results from every treatment. I’ve suffered plantar fasciitis for years & after 1 treatment pain gone. Have a torn meniscus & with to much work it has flared up again. Treatment today & I can already feel the difference & the relief in the tightness around my knee has gone. Thank you.
Donna P.
via Fresha
I have been to so many massage places over the last few years. Armani gives a massage like I’ve never experienced before, from the minute he starts, you know it’s going to give the best results, he knows where all the hurty spots are and how to fix them. Not only that, but they are lasting. He is brilliant at his craft. Highly recommend.
Holly S.
via Google
OMG. Where do I start? Armani has turned my life around. When I went for my first visit I had been suffering chronic back pain, where I was medicating to sleep and it took everything I had, to get through the day. It is now 2 months since that first appointment and I am pretty much pain free, and sleeping a lot better.
Felicity S.
via Google
Amazing service, I have had chronic hip pain that has never improved for many years. I have had 3 visits and the improvements have been remarkable. Pain is subsiding and big improvements in my range of motion. I am given exercises and stretching to do in between my visits.
Highly recommend!
Triesa B.
via Fresha
Armani is very knowledgeable & good at what he does
Leave an appointment feeling much better. Relief from lots of aches and pains
Highly recommend ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Tammy R.
via Fresha
From the clinic

Pain, movement, and
how the body works.

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Stories from School: Day in Darkness

  • Armani Antonellis
  • September 17th, 2026

When I was in uni, I spent a whole day blindfolded. Why? It was a trending practice at the time, to desensitize our nervous systems, look within, and tune into our other senses. I did it with a friend, and we had two ‘caretakers’ for the day, who watched over us and helped us eat. […]

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Fasting: what I learned having no food for 10 days

  • Armani Antonellis
  • August 11th, 2026

The Story In university my brother and I traded bucket lists. One of the things on my list was: no food for 10 days. I had experimented with ketogenic dieting and intermittent fasts, even done a few 40 hour fasts. But 10 days would be the big one. 10 days would be epic. I did […]

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My Annual Mountain Swim

  • Armani Antonellis
  • July 13th, 2026

What are the real benefits of cold plunging? I get asked this question all the time. Honestly, it depends on the person. For some people it will be a nervous system reset, for others a resilience practice, but to answer the question I’ll rank them in this order: After coaching others through cold plunge for […]

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Primal movement

The foundations your body is built around
Primal movement patterns – squat, hinge, push, pull, carry, rotate – are the movements the human body is built around. Most chronic pain and postural problems trace back to dysfunction in one or more of these. Restoring them is often the most direct path to lasting relief.

Particularly effective when there's no clear injury but something has felt "off" for a long time, or when pain keeps recurring without an obvious cause.
Posture
Chronic pain
Foundations
Full body
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Skills

Motor control and movement quality
Skills training develops specific movement patterns and the motor control to perform them well. Whether that's returning to a sport, managing a daily activity, or simply learning to move in a way that doesn't hurt. Quality of movement matters as much as quantity.

Particularly effective when pain is linked to how you move rather than how much, or when previous injury has disrupted your movement patterns.
Sport-specific
Daily movement
Rehab
Motor control
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Strength

Building capacity that lasts
Strength training builds the muscular capacity to support your joints, stabilise your posture, and handle the demands of daily life or sport without breaking down. Most people are surprised to find that getting stronger is one of the most effective ways to reduce chronic pain.

Particularly effective when pain is linked to weakness, instability, or joints that aren't being adequately supported by the surrounding muscle.
Posture
Joint support
Chronic pain
Sports performance
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Flexibility

Range of motion and tissue health
Flexibility work restores and improves range of motion in the muscles and connective tissue. Without it, the body compensates by loading the wrong structures and creating new pain elsewhere. Essential for moving freely and recovering properly.

Particularly effective when movement feels restricted, stiff, or when pain appears at the end range of common actions like bending or reaching.
Stiffness
Mobility
Recovery
Postural restriction
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Nervous system regulation

Calming the system down
When the nervous system is in a chronic stress state, physical symptoms follow: tension, fatigue, pain sensitivity, poor recovery. This approach focuses on downregulating the system rather than loading more pressure into already-reactive tissue.

People dealing with stress, anxiety, burnout, chronic fatigue, or conditions where tension keeps returning no matter how much bodywork they get.
Stress
Anxiety
Chronic fatigue
Burnout
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Kinesiology taping

Between-session support
Elastic tape applied to the skin to support joints and soft tissue without restricting movement. It stays on for several days, providing feedback to the nervous system and reducing load on an area between sessions.

Most useful when an area needs ongoing support during daily activity or sport while it's recovering.
Rotator cuff
Back pain
Tendonitis
Joint support
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Postural work

Neuromuscular retraining
Looks at the patterns driving your posture, not just the muscles that are tight, but the movement habits and compensations your body has developed over time. Works on the neuromuscular system to rebuild how you carry yourself.

People with desk-related neck and shoulder issues, whiplash history, or patterns that keep coming back despite regular treatment.
Poor posture
Whiplash
Neck strain
Chronic compensation
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Sports massage

Movement and load-related injury
Addresses soft tissue damage from repetitive movement or physical load. Works across the full range of a joint, targeting the tendons, ligaments, and muscles involved in the injury pattern. Can be used during training blocks, not just post-injury.

Active people, tradies, anyone doing physical work or sport with an ongoing niggle.
Tendonitis
Plantar fasciitis
Frozen shoulder
Pinched nerves
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Trigger point therapy

Referred pain patterns
Trigger points are tight spots in muscle tissue that send pain to a different part of the body. A point in your shoulder might be causing your headache. The technique involves sustained pressure on the trigger point until it releases.

Particularly effective when the location of your pain doesn't match where you'd expect the source to be.
Headaches
TMJ
Rotator cuff
Referred pain
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Remedial massage

Deep tissue work
Slow, sustained pressure applied through the deeper layers of muscle and fascia. The pace matters. Working too fast doesn't allow the tissue to respond. Sessions focus on the specific areas driving your symptoms, not a full-body sweep.

Best suited to people with chronic or recurring pain, postural issues built up over time, or conditions like sciatica and carpal tunnel.
Back pain
Sciatica
Chronic tension
Carpal tunnel
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