Services
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy treatments provided by a Registered Massage Therapist can offer significant benefits for a variety of conditions and for diverse patient populations. Whether you need to have a moment of relaxation, reduce muscle tension or attain relief from chronic pain, massage therapy can enhance your overall well-being. Massage therapy can help alleviate musculoskeletal disorders associated with everyday stress, muscular overuse, physical manifestation of mental distress and many persistent pain syndromes.
Massage therapy can be an important part of your health maintenance plan by:
• Reducing or eliminating pain
• Improving joint mobility
• Improving lymphatic drainage
• Reducing muscular tension
Massage therapy can treat both acute and chronic conditions. RMTs work with a wide variety of patients in the treatment of illness, injury, rehabilitation and disability.
Massage therapy can prove beneficial to many conditions, including but not limited to the following:
• Anxiety and Depression
• Arthritis
• Asthma and Emphysema
• Cancer
• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Dislocations
• Edema
• Fibromyalgia
• Headaches
• Inflammatory Conditions
• Insomnia
• Lymphoedema
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Muscle Tension and Spasm
• Parkinson’s Disease
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Post-Surgical Rehabilitation
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Pre-Natal and Post-Partum Massage
• Sciatica
• Scoliosis
• Scoliosis
• Sports Injuries
• Strains and Sprains
• Stress and Stress-Related Conditions
• Stroke
• Tendinitis
• Whiplash
Massage therapy can also be used as part of a preventative care program. This includes sports training, injury prevention, ongoing stress management and more!
Your massage therapist will require an overall picture of your current health and a detailed health history in order to design a treatment plan that’s right for you. If a massage therapist determines that your condition would be better treated by another healthcare professional, they will make the appropriate referral.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists have in-depth knowledge of how the body works and specialized hands-on clinical skills to assess, diagnose, and treat symptoms of illness, injury and disability. Physiotherapy includes rehabilitation, as well as prevention of injury, and promotion of health and fitness. Physiotherapists often work in teams with other health professionals to help meet an individual’s health care needs.
Primarily concerned with the remediation of impairments and disabilities and the promotion of mobility, functional ability, quality of life and movement potential through examination, evaluation, diagnosis and physical intervention carried out by a physiotherapist.
A physical therapist helps take care of patients in all phases of healing, from initial diagnosis to restorative and preventive stages of recovery. Physical therapy may be a standalone option, or it may support other treatments.
Some patients are referred to a physical therapist by a doctor, while others seek therapy themselves.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the practice of penetrating the skin with thin, solid, metallic needles which are then activated through gentle and specific movements of the practitioner’s hands or with electrical stimulation.
Acupuncture is part of the ancient practice of Traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners believe the human body has more than 2,000 acupuncture points connected by pathways or meridians. These pathways create an energy flow (Qi, pronounced “chee”) through the body that is responsible for overall health. Disruption of the energy flow can cause disease. Applying acupuncture to certain points is used to improve the flow of Qi, thereby improving health.
Acupuncture has been practiced for centuries and today is widely accepted and implemented in Western medicine. Whether you have pain, discomfort or a specific health concern, our acupuncture therapists take the time to assess the exact cause and will work one-on-one with you to help you achieve a greater level of health. Treatment is very comfortable and patients experience relief from a wide variety of conditions and ailments.
Reflexology
Reflexology Therapy is based on the principle that there are zones and reflex areas in the feet, hands and ears which correspond to every organ, gland and tissue in the body.
It stimulates energy to neural pathways between the points of stimulation on the feet & corresponding organs in the body to treat many conditions. Treatments begin with a warm soothing foot bath, while taking a comprehensive health assessment. Using specific pressures applied by thumb, finger and hand techniques to stimulate nerve endings thus helping to clear the energy pathways throughout the body. Each treatment will nourish the nerves, improve circulation and strengthen the immune system. Reflexology Therapy helps normalize blood pressure and is also effective in the treatment of a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions such as fibromyalgia, herniated disc and other forms of back pain and conditions. Healing means to restore and promote total body wellness.