Meet Our Team
Paul Ashburne
Paul is a qualified Remedial Massage Therapist (HLT50307 Diploma) and has been a member of Massage and Myotherapy Australia since 2009. He completed studies in myofascial dry needling in 2011.
Previous to moving to Seacrest Massage Paul served as a top level senior therapist in Perth’s leading sports massage clinic for 7 years, where he treated many elite athletes and travelled with teams both nationally and internationally. He was privileged to access to a wealth of knowledge from therapists who were educated all over the world.
Paul then moved into more clinical type practices and has worked alongside Chiropractors, Physiotherapists and Pilates instructors at clinics in Trigg, North Beach, Beldon and Sorrento.
Throughout his 15 year career in massage and soft tissue therapy Paul has developed a unique skillset of providing clinical assessment of an injury or area of pain and using various techniques and equipment and provides a holistic approach to his treatments.
Pauls’ personal interests these days after 27 years of playing football (soccer) and rugby union are maintaining good health , running and mountain biking
Lawrence Carty
Lawrence completed a Diploma of Remedial Massage at North Metro TAFE in 2019 (graduating with High Achiever Award) and is currently continuing study at Curtin University (Exercise & Sports Science with a view to transfer to Physiotherapy).
Sport has always been a major part of Lawrence’s life. He has been involved with local sports clubs in Ireland and Australia (hurling, Gaelic Football, soccer) in a playing, coaching and parenting capacity.
Having worked for 20 years as a carpenter, Lawrence has a personal experience of heavy workloads, as well as training schedules, and has witnessed the debilitating effect that they can have on the body. This motivated Lawrence’s decision for a Career Swap to become a Remedial Massage Therapist, and continue study in the rehabilitation and recovery sector.He believes that the best results come from a partnership between client and therapist.
Be it treating Sports People, Tradies or Professionals, Lawrence advises specific stretches and exercises that complement the undertaken treatment for a continuing recovery after leaving the clinic.
Virginia Maniscalco
Virginia aka Vi, completed a Diploma of Remedial Massage in 2023 at TrainSmarts Australia.
She is an Italian mum, who is proud to call Australia her second home.
Virginia dedicated most of her youth to her culinary passions which lead her to become a Pastry chef in 2015.
After becoming a mum , she started her own healing journey and decided to move into the wellness industry.
She truly believes that mind and body are deeply connected and that a healthy mind will always support a healthy body and viceversa.
She believes in the healing power of body work and so she is now determined to help others feeling better through massage practice.
Virginia is passionate about relaxation massages and she likes to incorporates a few relaxation techniques also during a remedial massage to provide her clients the best treatment and to ensure they always leave feeling better and uplifted after their appointment.
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