Unlock the Full Potential of Your Care: How Osteopathy Complements Any Other Practice
By Tarek Baklouti, Osteopathic Practitioner. If you’ve been benefiting from massage therapy, chiropractic or physiotherapy for pain relief, stress reduction, or injury recovery, you may be wondering if there’s another way to enhance your treatment. The good news? Osteopathy is a powerful, hands-on therapy that works in harmony with massage or any other practice and…
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The Importance of Breast Massage
By Amber Young, Registered Massage Therapist. Your whole self is important to consider in your care, every part of you contributes to the experience of your wholeness. The parts we walk around with and a deep honouring for the parts of us that have changed or that we have lost over the years. I…
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Somatic Movement Therapy: A Body-Mind-Spirit Approach to Exercise
By Anna Crandlemire, CST-T, RCRT. Fitness Instructor and Somatic Groundwork Teacher, Certified Craniosacral Therapist, Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist, Lymph Drainage Therapist. We’re excited and pleased to announce that online Somatic Movement Therapy classes are starting at the CHI, taught by Mrs. Anna Crandlemire. These classes use gentle movement with mindfulness as therapy for improving flexibility,…
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The Role of Osteopathy in Treating Sciatica and Nerve Pain
By Tarek Baklouti Osteopathic Practitioner. Sciatica and nerve pain can be debilitating, affecting daily activities and quality of life. Osteopathy offers a holistic approach to managing and treating these conditions by addressing the root causes rather than just alleviating symptoms. By using hands-on techniques to improve mobility, reduce pain, and restore balance within the body,…
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How To Get the Most Out of Your Lymphatic Drainage Therapy Sessions
By Anna Crandlemire, CST-T, RCRT. Certified Craniosacral Therapist, Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist, and Lymph Drainage Therapist. If you’ve never had a lymph drainage therapy session, you may have questions about it. This post is to address these hypothetical questions so you can be better prepared and get the best results. What is Lymph Drainage…
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Perspectives on Lymphatic Drainage Therapy
By Anna Crandlemire, CST-T, RCRT. Certified Craniosacral Therapist, Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist, and Lymph Drainage Therapist. The applications of lymphatic drainage are so numerous I feel that it is an underused therapy, possibly because both the medical community and the public are unaware of developments in this field that allow us to apply lymphatic drainage…
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Massage therapy offers the potential to soothe pain physically and emotionally
By Amber Young, Registered Massage Therapist. Registered Massage Therapist. Compassionate touch is one of the many sacred ways we can connect as beings; it is a true honour to be welcomed into a person’s circle of care and to hold this healing space. As the number of cases of cancer, and other manifestations of…
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Massage Therapy and Mental Health
By Kelsey Magill, RMT. One in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem or illness in a given year, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association. Many of us are affected personally or know someone who is battling a mental illness or poor mental health. Various strategies assist in the management of diverse…
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How Chiropractic Uplifts Nervous System Function
By Dr. Sadie Laronde, B.A., D.C., Chiropractor. Have you ever had to think about all the things your brain and nerves are doing in a moment? If your answer is no, then you’ve benefited as you should by this amazing human body system. The nervous system is the master control system of the body, it…
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Myth: Massage therapy is not safe while living with cancer
This long held myth is tenacious and often on the minds of people who are looking for the many benefits that massage can bring to living with cancer.
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