Wellness Services.

There are tremendous benefits to be achieved through regular massage therapy treatments from a Registered Massage Therapist.  Whether your need is to have a moment of relaxation, reduce muscle tension or attain relief from chronic pain, a registered therapeutic massage can enhance your overall sense of emotional and physical well-being.

Massage therapy can be an important part of your health maintenance plan by:

• Reducing or eliminating pain.
• Improving joint mobility.
• Improving circulation.
• Improving lymphatic drainage.
• Reducing muscular tension.

Massage therapy can be used for the treatment of both acute and chronic conditions. RMTs can work with a wide variety of patients, of all ages, in the treatment of illness, injury rehabilitation and disability.

Massage Therapists today use their knowledge of physiology and anatomy to combine traditional Swedish and modern massage therapy techniques with other therapies to treat their clients. There has been a wide variety of research, published in peer reviewed journals, proving the benefits of massage therapy for various conditions.

What is Osteopathy?

Osteopathy is holistic manual medicine. Osteopathy treats the cause of the problem which resolves symptoms. Osteopaths: – determine the underlying factors causing the problem – assess and treat the physical health of the patient – provide adjustive treatment.

Types of Care

Preventative Care: more people are finding Osteopathic treatment effective as a form of preventative health care. Many patients seek evaluation and treatment to maintain their current level of good health. The earlier a potentially pathological process can be identified and treated, the less likely a serious condition will arise. The preventative potential speaks highly of manual Osteopathic care.

Corrective Adjustment: is always the focus during every evaluation and treatment. The Osteopath focuses on the causes of the problems and complaints, not the symptoms. This differs from manual approaches, which are symptom-based. As an example, a person suffering from headaches may have imbalances in the pelvis, spine, viscera and so on that are showing up symptomatically as a headache. Other approaches may look only at the head and neck, but the true cause may be elsewhere, and unless identified and corrected, the headaches will not resolve.

Palliative Care: unfortunately, some patients experience significant injury or disease and find Osteopathy late in their search for relief. As a result, the pathological changes may be extensive and beyond cure. In these cases, Osteopathic treatment may provide symptomatic relief, and improve the patient’s quality of life.

Acupuncture is a method of encouraging the body to promote natural healing and to improve functioning. This is done by inserting needles and applying heat or electrical stimulation at very precise acupuncture points. Acupuncture treatments can therefore help the body’s internal organs to correct imbalances in their digestion, absorption, and energy through the meridians.
Needling the acupuncture points stimulates the nervous system to release chemicals in the muscles, spinal cord, and brain. These chemicals will either change the experience of pain, or they will trigger the release of other chemicals and hormones which influence the body’s own internal regulating system.

Cupping is an ancient Chinese method of causing local congestion. A partial vacuum is created in cups placed on the skin either by means of heat or suction. This draws up the underlying tissues. When the cup is left in place on the skin for a few minutes, blood stasis is formed and localized healing takes place. Cupping has also been found to affect the body up to four inches
into the tissues, causing tissues to release toxins, activate the lymphatic system, clear colon blockages, help activate and clear the veins, arteries and capillaries, activate the skin, clear stretch marks and improve varicose veins.