Meet the Muscle Mechanics - but there is neither a muscle car nor a grease-gun in sight.
Bothers Theo and Matthew Wallis run a sports massage clinic in Dunedin.
The clinic, in the Cromwell Chambers in Dowling St, has stemmed from a shared background in adventure sports, meditation, bodybuilding, yoga instruction and business management.
The brothers, both in their 20s, grew up in Purakaunui and both lead very active and healthy lifestyles.
Theo had previously been living in Bali, running a yoga studio and holistic centre, which gave him an understanding of setting up a business.
Returning to Dunedin, he and Matthew had an opportunity to start learning massage from their uncle David Baillie.
The Muscle Mechanics began two years ago, initially as a part-time business, and both brothers were also working part-time with the intellectually disabled; Matthew with the Mount Cargill Trust and Theo with Pact.
Matthew had previously studied carpentry so his building skills came in handy when it came to establishing their premises.
Their client base continued to grow, including referrals from other health professionals, such as physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors.
The brothers also trained together and had got to know gym managers and personal trainers.
That network meant that if someone came in with issues outside their scope of practice, they had other health professionals to refer to.
Through their father Glenn Wallis, a meditation teacher, they gained concentration abilities that enabled them to "pick things up pretty quickly'' in terms of feeling what was going on with a body.
Clients ranged from secondary school pupils, budding athletes, rowers, cyclists, rugby players and swimmers through to multisport enthusiasts and professional people suffering from the effects of sitting at a desk for 60 hours a week.
There were also clients recovering from injuries and surgery and also quite a few from the health industry, so it was a "huge mix'', Theo said.
It was now at a point where they were thinking of employing another massage therapist within the next few months.
They recently added a second room.
Both Theo and Matthew were seeing about 20 clients a week.
Once they took on greater numbers than that, it affected their ability to give a good massage, they said.
Theo never tired of working with people and helping them, while Matthew said the job was "super rewarding''.
Working with people and seeing different clients also meant they were always learning.
The brother dynamic worked well. They were good friends and they also had quite different skill sets.
Working for themselves also meant there was a certain amount of flexibility and they were both quite conscious of their lifestyle.
"I don't want to be too busy and stressed,'' Matthew said.
"There's a balance there ... if we're working with people, it's really important to be pretty stress-free and have presence of mind.]''
"We can't come in here all stressed out,'' Theo added.
While massage was growing, it was still not seen as valuable as it was for a lot of people, Matthew said.
Theo said sports massage clinics in Australia were "massive''.
He believed people were definitely becoming very aware of health and fitness and how it affected their life.
As for their own massage requirements, they tried to fit in one once a week, with each other.
