Massage Therapy

'Tis the Season

September 29, 2009

For massage therapists, Christmas usually comes pretty early…. about 4 months early. After business slows to a crawl in the summer, September usually brings a pretty sharp spike in business. It seems that every year as soon as the weather starts to cool a bit there is a flood of new clients looking for a [...]

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The Beauty of Combining Massage & Acupuncture

August 23, 2009

My favourite method of treating is becoming the combination massage & acupuncture session. From what I have seen, it gives a better chance of success for relieving chronic or acute pain and also gives a more pain free, comfortable release compared to massage therapy alone. In a typical combination Acupuncture & Massage session, I do [...]

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Yoga for Pain Reduction

August 19, 2009

Since becoming a massage therapist, I have quickly found the limits my body can go before it needs help. The work is tiring and physically demanding and burns out many RMT’s by the 5 year mark. This is why I religiously follow a program of postural awareness, stretching exercises, epsom salt baths, weight training and [...]

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How to Travel Without Low Back Pain

August 4, 2009

The weekend road trip to Montreal seemed like such a great idea until 500km later when I stepped out of the car and found my entire low back in spasm. I almost couldn’t straighten up and was starting to walk with a limp. Oh how I was almost tempted to go into some downward dog [...]

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