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Remedial Massage by Sonia

Sports massage therapist · Belfast, Christchurch

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

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Remedial Massage by Sonia

Sports massage therapist · Belfast, Christchurch

Where you stand#95of 203 physiotherapy businesses
Overall health5.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews8.608Opening hours8.103Map positions6.807Google search and traffic6.705Facebook page6.2

Where we can help

04Listings and social4.901Google listing3.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Remedial Massage by Sonia is a Christchurch-based remedial massage practice located in the Belfast area. Sonia offers remedial, sports and pregnancy massage, along with dry needling and a mix of clinic and mobile treatments. The practice emphasises personalised care from a therapist with more than 16 years' experience and a focus on restoring movement and easing pain.

Remedial Massage by Sonia is a remedial massage practice based in the Belfast suburb of Christchurch. Sonia originally founded the business in Wanaka in 2009 and now works from Christchurch, offering both clinic appointments and mobile visits to suit client needs.

Services include remedial, sports and pregnancy massage, along with dry needling. Treatments are described as tailored to each client's situation with a focus on long-term health and restoring natural balance. The practice supports people wanting to return to activities such as golf, running and cycling, or those seeking everyday movement improvements.

Clients commonly report noticeable relief from pain and improved mobility after a small number of sessions, and reviews highlight Sonia's knowledge and effectiveness at addressing sports and stress-related injuries. Feedback also mentions a comfortable, cosy studio and a personal, hands-on approach that combines different skills to target specific issues.

Locally, Remedial Massage by Sonia is positioned as a hands-on remedial service in Christchurch that combines mobile convenience with a clinic base in Belfast. With over 16 years' experience and a history dating back to its Wanaka beginnings, the practice places emphasis on personalised treatments aimed at getting clients moving more comfortably over the longer term.

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Your Google listing

Remedial Massage by Sonia shows a below-average overall health score for its Google listing, with room for improvement in branding and visuals. The listing already provides a live open status, a listed website, a phone number, and a claimed listing; the main strengths include accessibility and verified control for updates. Primary opportunities focus on adding a logo and expanding photos, with ongoing description enhancements.

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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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    LogoYour listing has no logo, so in a list of local results yours is the one with a blank space where every competitor has a mark.
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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingYou have fewer photos than nearly every business here, so a customer comparing you against them builds a picture of their work and guesses at yours.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
3.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (24)
Sports massage therapist · Belfast
Open 6 days · late Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri ✓
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From the business

16+ years experience. Having initially founded Remedial Massage by Sonia in Wanaka back in 2009, Sonia now brings over a decade of valuable experience and expertise to Christchurch. With a solid track record of exceeding client expectations, you're in capable hands, and your satisfaction is our guarantee.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Remedial Massage by Sonia shows a very high health score on Google reviews, reflecting strong overall performance. The business has a top-tier star rating and a broad base of satisfied clients. A key finding is the lack of engagement with reviews, which could be limiting customer trust and visibility; addressing this could improve engagement and perceived responsiveness.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.

Top three opportunities

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    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.
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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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remedial massage 5injury relief 4relaxing environment 3physiotherapist 3exceptional skills 3knowledgeable staff 3
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Google reviewsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #30 for your Google reviews
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Where you show up on the map

Remedial Massage by Sonia has a moderate overall presence on Google Maps, with a health score of 5.2 out of 10. The strongest performance is in sports massage related queries, especially in Belfast and surrounding areas, where several top results are held. The borough and aggregate scores show room for improvement in local visibility.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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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.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.8Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "sports massage therapist" in 14 suburbs, seen in 57
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Remedial Massage by Sonia15.0 ★ (24) · Sports massage therapist
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Shadeofgrey Cottage4.9 ★ (50) · Sports massage therapist
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AB Massage5.0 ★ (43) · Sports massage therapist
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Andrew Bolton Sports Massage5.0 ★ (88) · Sports massage therapist
Map positionsChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #65 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Remedial Massage by Sonia shows a healthy online presence with strong Facebook and LinkedIn profiles, supporting trust among local customers. The overall health score is 4.8 out of 10, indicating room for improvement, particularly on social channels and directories. The top findings are solid Facebook activity and an active LinkedIn listing, with opportunities to expand across additional platforms.

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.
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    LinkedIn ProfileWe can see your LinkedIn Profile listing (https://linkedin.com/in/sonia-hunt-a1385298) found via: Google search results, Your website.
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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/remedial+massage+by+sonia-18240977) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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 6 of them.
4.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Cylexremedial+massage+by+sonia-18240977Remedial Massage by Sonia | Cylex✓
LinkedInsonia-hunt-a1385298Remedial Massage by Sonia | LinkedIn✓
FacebookremedialmassagebysoniaRemedial Massage by Sonia | Facebook✓
Freshalp/en/bt/massage/in/nz-christchurch/belfastRemedial Massage by Sonia | Fresha
EzyBook PagealvivaremedialmassageRemedial Massage by Sonia | EzyBook Page
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #104 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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    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.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
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    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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Your website

Remedial Massage by Sonia shows a low overall health for on-page SEO, with a 2.4 out of 10. Key strengths include a valid favicon, HTTPS content, a suitable word count, a relevant title tag and an H1 tag. The main opportunities focus on missing meta description, improving the on-page SEO score, refining the title tag length, reducing load time, and aligning text-to-page size more logically.

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 file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

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    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
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    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Remedial Massage by Sonia shows an above-average health score for website traffic, indicating solid visibility with room to grow. The most notable findings point to paid traffic opportunities and a strong organic position in the 50-75% local band. Cautious paid testing paired with continued organic momentum could lift overall performance.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    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.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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321No ads from you on any search
Remedial Massage by SoniaNot in these results
About 346 visits a month from search, across 71 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
You are #67 for Google search and traffic
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Your hours against demand

Remedial Massage by Sonia's opening hours align well with most local demand, especially weekday mid-mornings and Monday mid-afternoon. Key strengths include Tuesday 10-11am, Thursday 10am, Wednesday 3pm and Monday 2pm. Missed opportunities occur early mornings and Sunday afternoon-closed Sunday 1pm and several 7am slots on Tue, Wed, Thu and Fri. Two evening hours (Mon 7pm, Fri 7pm) show low demand and could be reduced.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover more of the busy stretches than the middle of the field, so you are open for most of the searching that happens near you.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours 1
Monday8am-8pm
Tuesday8am-8pm
Wednesday8am-8pm
Thursday8am-8pm
Friday8am-8pm
Saturday10am-5pm
SundayClosed
Opening hoursChristchurch physiotherapy · 203 businesses
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02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#95of 203 Christchurch physiotherapy businesses
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Christchurch physiotherapyOverall · 203 businesses
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