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Chinese medicine practitioners have been using therapeutic fire cupping for thousands of years to treat a wide range of health issues.  It is designed to help the body reduce inflammation by using suction.  Think of it like getting a massage in reverse, just another way of attacking the muscles. The cups are pulling and stretching…

Did you know that aside from physical benefits, massage therapy also provides numerous mental and emotional benefits?  If you’re struggling with stress and anxiety, then taking time out to get a massage may be exactly what you need. Stress and anxiety are tough to handle and affects many people. Massage therapy can help decrease you…

Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) is a type of stretching often used by massage therapists and other health-care professionals to comfortably stretch clients’ muscles. PNF stretching was created by Dr. Herman Kabat, and Margaret Knott, PT. The 2 most common ‘types’ of PNF stretches are hold-relax and hold-contract. Hold-relax is used when there is pain present…

Hydrotherapy is common practice in multidisciplinary clinics and in households. Have you ever used a heat pack on your sore neck after a long day of work? Or an ice pack on a sprained joint? You’ve practiced hydrotherapy! Massage therapists have used hydrotherapy for years. Heated tables and ice or heat packs are often used…

Whiplash is a common occurrence in car accidents, and typically effect the stabilizing muscles around the neck. This can cause long-term pain if left untreated. Symptoms often include pain and/or tenderness in the neck, upper back and shoulders, headaches, dizziness and a decrease in cervical range of motion. Muscles affected by whiplash can depend on…

Sciatica is a condition which affects the sciatic nerve through inflammation and compression on the lumbar and sacral spine. Some conditions that cause inflammation and irritation are sacral iliac sprains, compression injuries such as disc herniation, direct trauma to the nerve, tumors or pregnancy. Piriformis is similar in a way that the sciatic nerve is…

A sinus headache can be defined as inflammation of mucous membrane sinuses. The sinuses are air filled passages that continue throughout the nasal passages. With inflammation and swelling of the sinus mucosa the swollen membrane then blocks the passage creating a negative pressure and fills the sinus with mucous creating that stuffy feeling we all…

A sinus headache can be defined as inflammation of mucous membrane sinuses. The sinuses are air filled passages that continue throughout the nasal passages. With inflammation and swelling of the sinus mucosa the swollen membrane then blocks the passage creating a negative pressure and fills the sinus with mucous creating that stuffy feeling we all…

School is back in and Alberta is opened back up and now that everyone is returned back to work some of you may be suffering from elbow and wrist pain caused from overuse of the muscles, tendons and joints in general. This is called medial and lateral epicondylitis or in laymans terms “Tennis elbow” and…

With the amount of stress we’re dealing with in todays times headaches, migraines and sinus headaches are a common issue and come in many shapes and sizes. The most common would come from stress and tension being built up in the shoulders, neck and jaw which causes an aching pain in the back of the…