Newbody Massage Clinic is a small clinic on Level 1 at 101 Main Highway in Ellerslie, run by Mary, a former registered physiotherapist who has worked in Ellerslie since 2010. It offers massage and lymph therapy, and Mary specialises in headaches, shoulder and back pain. The clinic is a member of Massage Aotearoa New Zealand and a Southern Cross Easy Claim provider, so sessions can be claimed through Southern Cross or other private health insurance. It opens at 10am on weekdays and Saturday, and closes on Sundays and public holidays. Afternoon appointments on Tuesdays and Saturdays need booking two days ahead.
Customers say the work feels different from a typical Swedish or shiatsu massage, and that it responds to what their body needs. Many have been coming for years, some fortnightly or weekly, and describe Mary as kind, skilled and calming. Our pick in Ellerslie for a regular massage from someone with a physiotherapy background.