Traditional Thai Massage
There was a photo of me in the Body & Soul Section of the Sunday Star Times today. A snap taken while I was being bent back into shape by the lovely Siriyada at the Thai Massage Clinic on Croyden Rd, West Auckland (09 827 7465). Years of violin as a child followed by hardcore PC use has made the centre of my back seize up. If I try and sit at a computer for more than an hour now, I get shooting pains in my mouse arm. Classic RSI.

I've tried a Chiropracter but what has worked wonders is chucking away my office chair (I now work on a yoga mat), and a fortnightly Thai massage. It's like having someone do yoga with you. Ever knot is kneaded (sometimes by Siri's knees) and you are literally stretched back into shape. By the end of a blissful hour and a half I am walking tall and feeling loose limbed. Siri even does full spa treatments with a sit in steamer using traditional Thail oils, lotions and herbs. As Karen Holdom says she really does have magic hands. But remember boys - Siri is a qualified massage therapist, so don't bother asking for 'extras'.