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Massage 4 Sport and Activity

Sports massage therapist · Clifton-Sumner, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses.

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Checked12 October 2026
Your marketChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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Massage 4 Sport and Activity

Sports massage therapist · Clifton-Sumner, Christchurch

Where you stand#168of 203 physiotherapy businesses
Overall health1.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

05Facebook page8.9

Where we can help

04Listings and social3.107Google search and traffic2.802Reviews1.608Opening hours1.503Map positions0.901Google listing0.106Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Massage 4 Sport and Activity is a sports massage and physiotherapy clinic in Sumner, Christchurch. Established in 2015, it offers sports, deep tissue and relaxation massage, manual lymphatic drainage and corporate treatments. Therapists work with elite athletes through to office workers, parents and active children, and focus on targeted treatment and firm pressure techniques.

Massage 4 Sport and Activity is a sports massage and physiotherapy clinic based in Sumner, Christchurch. The practice was established in 2015 and is located within Female Federation at 9 Humphreys Drive, Ferrymead.

Services include sports treatment, deep tissue and relaxation massage, corporate massage and manual lymphatic drainage. The clinic describes over 20 years of experience in sports treatment and lists specialisms that cover muscular injury care and maintenance for a wide range of people.

Therapists are noted on the clinic website for applying firm pressure and working to reach deep tissue layers. The stated approach is suitable for elite athletes, people working in offices, parents carrying children, gardeners, weekend warriors and children who do a lot of sport, reflecting a focus on both injury treatment and ongoing muscular maintenance.

Locally, Massage 4 Sport and Activity positions itself as a targeted-treatment clinic serving Christchurch clients who need hands-on physiotherapy and massage therapies. The combination of sports-focused services, manual lymphatic drainage and corporate options is presented as its practical offering for a broad mix of customers in the Sumner and Ferrymead area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Massage 4 Sport and Activity presents a very low health score on Google Business Listing (0.5/10). Overall health is poor, indicating critical gaps in essential listing details. Strengths include a visible listing title, a listed phone number, a complete address, and a main image. Key opportunities focus on adding a website link, updating open status, claiming the listing, expanding the description, and adding more photos.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.
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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

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    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Sports massage therapist · Clifton-Sumner
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Massage 4 Sport and Activity shows very low health from Google reviews with a 0.9/10 health score. The main findings point to very few reviews, no response to existing reviews, and an unclear star rating. Focusing on encouraging positive reviews, responding to all feedback, and building a visible review profile will improve trust with potential clients.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #171 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search Performance health for Massage 4 Sport and Activity is very low, with an overall health score of 1.0 out of 10. This indicates limited visibility in Google Maps searches and a need to focus on local presence. Key finding: the borough/local searches show minimal presence, while some broader queries yield small visibility gains.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
0.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Seen in 1 search across Christchurch, top three in none
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Surf Side Physio5.0 ★ (6) · Sports massage therapist
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Take Care of You - Sonia Faucci5.0 ★ (20) · Sports massage therapist
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Andrew Bolton Sports Massage5.0 ★ (88) · Sports massage therapist
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Canterbury Sport & Spinal Physiotherapy5.0 ★ (8) · Sports massage therapist
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Map positionsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #185 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

The overall health of the Citations & Social Presence for Massage 4 Sport and Activity is low, reflecting limited active profiles and directory listings. The strongest known achievement is a highly trusted Facebook Profile, which supports local visibility and audience trust. Key opportunities lie in establishing active Instagram, TikTok, Neighbourly, LinkedIn, and Yellow Directory listings to broaden reach and credibility.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
15 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
3.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #141 for listings and social
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    Recommendations on your pageYour recommendation count is one of the deeper collections in this market, and enough of it is written by other people that the page does some of the arguing for you.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    People following your pageYour following sits ahead of half the pages here, so an ordinary post reaches a real local audience without you paying for it.
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    What your page says about youYour intro carries more detail than most pages in this market and is doing the work of a short landing page for the visitors who never reach your website.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Lymphatic Drainage, Sports Massage, Relaxation Massage and Corporate Massage A Member of Massage New Zealand. Southern cross Easy-Claim provider. Located in Ferrymead inside Female Federation (Men...2
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★ 11 reviews · recommended ✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #24 for your Facebook page
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Your website

The On-Page SEO health for Massage 4 Sport and Activity shows a below-average score of 3.8 out of 10, indicating room for improvement. Strengths include a valid favicon, a small page size, an SEO-friendly URL, fast load times under 3 seconds, and secure content via HTTPS. Opportunities focus on meta description and title tag lengths, reducing render-blocking resources, and ensuring a healthy text-to-page size ratio.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
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    Meta descriptionThe summary under your name in search results is either too brief to say anything or long enough that Google cuts it mid-sentence.
  • 3
    Page titleYour home page headline does not fit the space a search result gives it, so a searcher sees either a half-empty line or one that trails off before your name arrives.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Separate sites linking to you
2Meta description
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How people find you on Google

Massage 4 Sport and Activity shows below-average website traffic health, with a 2.9 out of 10. Organic traffic value is improving and above the 25th percentile, but paid traffic remains unclear and largely undeveloped. Key opportunities focus on initiating targeted paid campaigns and improving paid search presence, while continuing to refine organic fundamentals and site navigation.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
2.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Massage 4 Sport and ActivityNot in these results
31About 3 visits a month from search, across 4 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #146 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Massage 4 Sport and Activity currently has no recorded opening hours, so temporal alignment with local demand cannot be measured precisely. The report flags a very low health score because published hours are missing; without hours it is impossible to identify which high-demand city-level windows are covered or missed. Adding accurate opening hours will immediately enable targeted adjustments to match peak customer search times.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
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Opening hoursChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #173 for opening hours
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#168of 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses
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Christchurch physiotherapyOverall · 203 businesses
You are #168 overall
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