Simon Venezia
Massage Therapist Therapeutic massage, connective tissue massage, reflexology, manual lymphatic drainage ASCA certified (RME recognition from September 2026)
Hands can do remarkable things. They can release a muscle that has been guarding for months, restore movement to tissue that has stiffened, calm a nervous system stuck in high alert, and help the body drain what it no longer needs.
Simon is a massage therapist whose work goes far beyond relaxation. His approach is therapeutic: each session starts from what your body actually needs, whether that is relief from chronic tension, recovery after an injury or surgery, support for circulation, or simply helping an exhausted body let go.
At Centre Ichigo Ichie, Simon brings the hands-on, tissue-level dimension to our integrative health pathways. He works closely with the rest of the team, sharing his observations in our collective case reviews, because what the hands find often completes what other approaches reveal.
Four complementary techniques
Simon combines four therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person and each session.
Therapeutic massage is the foundation. It targets muscles, tendons and joints with precise, structured techniques to relieve pain, release chronic tension, improve mobility and support recovery. It is particularly valuable for back and neck pain, muscle tension linked to posture or stress, and recovery after physical strain.
Connective tissue massage works on the fascia, the web of tissue that wraps and connects everything in the body. When fascia loses its suppleness, through stress, injury, surgery or lack of movement, it can restrict mobility and maintain pain far from its original source. By restoring elasticity to this tissue, connective tissue massage often unlocks patterns that classic muscle work cannot reach. It also acts on the nervous system through reflex pathways, which explains its deeply regulating effect.
Manual lymphatic drainage is a very gentle, rhythmic technique that stimulates the lymphatic system, the body's natural drainage and immune network. Unlike blood, lymph has no pump. It depends on movement and, when it stagnates, on skilled hands. Lymphatic drainage helps reduce swelling and water retention, supports recovery after surgery or injury, relieves heavy legs, and gives the immune system a helping hand. It is also profoundly calming.
Reflexology works through the feet, where reflex zones correspond to the different parts and functions of the body. Beyond its deeply relaxing effect, it offers a gentle way to support the body's self-regulation, particularly useful for people who prefer not to be massaged directly on a painful or sensitive area.
Why therapeutic massage matters
Massage is one of the oldest forms of care, and modern research keeps confirming what hands have always known. Therapeutic massage reduces muscle tension and pain, improves circulation and tissue recovery, lowers stress hormones and activates the parasympathetic nervous system, the branch responsible for rest, digestion and repair.
In other words, massage does not only treat the body part under the hands. It shifts the whole system towards recovery. For people living with chronic stress, persistent pain or exhaustion, this shift is often the missing piece that allows other therapies to work better.
A natural complement to the team
Simon's arrival completes our integrative model in a very concrete way. Many of our patients arrive with concerns where tissue work makes a decisive difference.
Within our Pain & Mobility pathway, his therapeutic and connective tissue massage works hand in hand with acupuncture and kinesiology: where acupuncture rebalances and kinesiology releases stress patterns, massage directly restores the tissue itself.
For patients in our Exhaustion, Stress & Emotional Wellbeing pathway, his work offers the body what talking and mental techniques cannot: a direct, physical experience of letting go, which reinforces the work done in somatic therapy, sophrology and hypnotherapy.
His lymphatic drainage adds a dimension our centre did not have before: circulatory and immune support, post-surgical recovery, and care for heavy legs and water retention, which complements naturopathy and micro-immunotherapy beautifully.
And because our team meets regularly to review pathways together, what Simon observes in the tissue feeds directly into your overall care plan.
Who can benefit
Therapeutic massage with Simon can support you if you experience:
- Back, neck or shoulder pain, and muscle tension linked to posture, work or stress
- Chronic pain or restricted mobility
- Recovery needs after injury or surgery
- Swelling, water retention or heavy legs
- Chronic stress, difficulty relaxing or poor sleep
- Physical exhaustion, when the body needs help to recover
It is also an excellent regular practice for prevention: keeping tissue supple, circulation active and the nervous system balanced before problems settle in.
Part of a team that talks to each other
At Centre Ichigo Ichie, Simon does not work in isolation. Within our integrative health pathways, his hands-on work complements acupuncture and Chinese medicine, kinesiology, somatic therapy, sophrology and hypnotherapy, and naturopathy. The team meets regularly to review pathways together, so each practitioner knows where you are in your journey.
If pain, tension and exhaustion show up together, you will not have to explain your story five times. We already share it. That is what integrative care means to us.
Practical information
Sessions take place at Centre Ichigo Ichie, Grand-Rue 68, 1110 Morges.
Sessions are CHF 120 per hour.
Simon ASCA certified (RME recognised from September 2026, from that date, certain services may be reimbursed by your complementary insurance). Please check the terms of your policy with your insurer.
Book online via our booking platform or contact us at contact@ichigo-ichie.ch.