Massage & Reflexology · Milton Keynes
Training can leave you tight, sore and reluctant to move freely. A demanding stretch of life can leave tension sitting in your shoulders, back and body long after the day is over.
Massage at Hanbury gives you dedicated hands-on time to address what your body is holding, with a different approach depending on what brought you here.
Sports Massage with George. Relaxing Massage with Kelly. Reflexology with Kelly.
You do not need to know which technique to choose. Start with why you are here.
With George
For a body under load.
Training for something, dealing with persistent muscular tightness or noticing the same niggle returning? George combines sports massage with 15 years of Strength & Conditioning experience, so the conversation goes beyond where it hurts to how you are training, loading and moving.
30 minutes £40 · 60 minutes £75
With Kelly
For a body that needs to let go.
When stress and tension have accumulated, this is slower, calmer hands-on time designed around relaxation rather than performance. Long Swedish massage strokes and pressure-point work give you space to switch off and leave feeling calmer and less held.
30 minutes £40 · 60 minutes £75
With Kelly
For a different kind of hands-on support.
Reflexology works entirely through the feet using structured pressure-point techniques. Some people choose it simply for relaxation; others prefer its focused, foot-based approach rather than a full-body massage.
60-minute appointment · £75
When training starts showing up in your body.
You may be building towards a marathon, returning from an event, increasing your gym work or simply staying active enough that your body sometimes feels the load.
Sports massage gives George time to work specifically on muscular tightness, restricted areas and soft-tissue issues that can begin to interfere with how comfortably you move or train.
But the massage is only part of the conversation.
George is also a Strength & Conditioning coach. That means he can look at what is presenting in the context of your training: where load may need adjusting, whether an exercise could be modified and what might reduce the chance of the same issue repeatedly returning.
You do not need to be an athlete. The same principles apply whether you are preparing for a marathon or simply want your body to cope better with the exercise you enjoy.
30 minutes
Best when there is one clear area to focus on.
A runner with a calf problem, for example, may need work not only through the calf but through the ankle, knee, hamstrings, quadriceps and glutes that contribute to how the lower limb is loading.
60 minutes
More time for broader muscular aches, multiple areas or a more complete session across the lower body, upper body or back.
The longer appointment also gives George more room to discuss your training load and how what he is finding fits into the way you are currently exercising.
Techniques can include deep tissue work, effleurage, petrissage, PNF stretching, other assisted stretching and joint mobility work, selected according to what is appropriate for you.
Strength & Conditioning thinking, brought into the treatment room.
George has spent 15 years working across Strength & Conditioning and Sports Massage, including eight years focused primarily on youth athletic development across rugby, netball and golf.
His background in sports science, biomechanics and coaching shapes the way he approaches hands-on work. The aim is not simply to work harder on the place that feels tight. It is to understand how that area fits into the way you are training and moving.
MSc Strength & Conditioning, St Mary’s University · BSc Sports Science, University of Manchester · ITEC Level 4 Sports Therapy · CSCS (NSCA) · 15 years’ experience
Sometimes muscular tightness is just muscular tightness. Sometimes the story is more complicated.
George works directly with Hanbury’s physiotherapy team. Physiotherapy clients may be referred to him for Sports Massage as part of a wider rehabilitation plan. The physiotherapist can brief George beforehand, the massage can sit within the plan they have already established, and George can feed back afterwards.
And if something you present with looks more like an injury or problem requiring clinical assessment than something massage should simply work through, there is a physiotherapy team in the same building.
You are not expected to decide which professional owns the problem before you arrive.
When what your body needs is less effort.
Not every tight shoulder or heavy back is asking for another training intervention.
Sometimes tension has accumulated because life has been busy, work has been demanding or you simply have not had much opportunity to stop.
Kelly’s Relaxing Massage is intentionally different from George’s Sports Massage.
The focus is not on training load or sports performance. It is on giving your body time to settle.
Using Swedish massage techniques, long flowing strokes and Shiatsu pressure points, Kelly works at a calmer pace with relaxation and general wellbeing at the centre of the session.
60 minutes
A full-body treatment using Swedish techniques.
Kelly works progressively through the body using long, flowing strokes, beginning through the lower body and moving through the legs, arms and torso, with time for areas such as the scalp, face, neck and shoulders as appropriate.
You then turn over so the same unhurried approach can continue through the back of the body.
30 minutes
A shorter appointment focused on one area rather than a full-body treatment.
That might be the back, shoulders or legs, depending on where you are carrying the most tension.
The intention in either appointment is simple: less tension, less noise and some genuine time to come down a gear.
Thirty-three years of hands-on experience.
Kelly has worked in body therapies since training in 1993 and also teaches Yoga and Pilates at Hanbury.
Those roles remain distinct, but they share an understanding that bodies do not always need to be pushed harder. Sometimes progress comes from movement. Sometimes it comes from allowing tension to settle.
ITEC Aromatherapy · IEB Anatomy & Physiology · insured through BABTAC · 33 years’ experience since 1993
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Explore MovementFocused entirely through the feet.
Reflexology is different from both massage options on this page.
Rather than working through muscles across the body, Kelly applies structured pressure to specific points across the soles of the feet, following the traditional maps and patterns used within reflexology.
Some areas can feel more tender than others. Overall, however, the treatment is intended to be a calm, focused experience.
People come to reflexology for different reasons. Some simply prefer a treatment centred entirely on the feet and find the process deeply relaxing. Others seek reflexology because they prefer its focused, foot-based approach when they have a particular wellbeing concern.
We do not position reflexology as a substitute for medical assessment or as a treatment for a diagnosed medical condition.
Your appointment is booked as a 60-minute slot, allowing time to settle in and talk before and after the hands-on treatment.
The reflexology itself lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Kelly works across each foot twice. The first pass allows her to work methodically through the pressure points and notice areas of tenderness or sensitivity. She then returns through each foot with more focused pressure where appropriate.
You remain clothed throughout, with only your feet needing to be accessible.
Kelly trained at The British School of Reflexology and has more than three decades of experience in body therapies.
You might arrive knowing exactly which treatment you want. Or you may simply know that your body feels tight, overloaded or in need of some attention.
That is enough.
And because all three sit inside Hanbury Health, massage does not have to exist in isolation. Physiotherapy, movement and recovery are here when the bigger picture calls for them.
No membership is required.
No. George works with athletes and people training towards events, but you do not need to compete in sport. If regular exercise, work or everyday activity is leaving you with muscular tightness or a recurring area that feels overloaded, Sports Massage may still be an appropriate starting point.
Choose Sports Massage when the main issue relates to training load, muscular tightness, a particular area that is interfering with movement or an event you are preparing for or recovering from.
Choose Relaxing Massage when your priority is reducing general tension and having time to properly switch off.
If you are unsure, contact us and we can help guide you.
If you have an acute injury, persistent or unexplained pain, significant loss of function or symptoms that feel like more than muscular tension, Physiotherapy may be the better first step.
You do not have to make that judgement alone. George works alongside the physiotherapy team and we can guide you towards the most appropriate starting point.
Massage works directly through muscles and soft tissues across the body. Reflexology is a separate modality using structured pressure-point work on the feet only.
A 30-minute massage works well when you have one particular area you want to focus on. Choose 60 minutes for a broader Sports Massage or a full-body Relaxing Massage. Reflexology is available as a 60-minute appointment, including approximately 45 minutes of hands-on treatment.
For Relaxing Massage, you will be given privacy to undress to the level needed for the areas being treated, with appropriate draping throughout.
For Sports Massage, comfortable clothing is useful, particularly if George needs to look at how an area moves before beginning hands-on work.
For Reflexology, you remain clothed and only need to remove footwear and socks.
Kelly does not currently offer Relaxing Massage during pregnancy. If you are pregnant, or if you have a recent injury or medical concern that may affect whether massage or reflexology is appropriate, contact the Hanbury team before booking and we can advise you on the most appropriate next step.
You do not need to diagnose the difference between tension, training load and something that may need a clinical assessment.
Tell us what you are noticing and we can point you towards the most sensible place to begin.
Contact the Hanbury team