Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy is a form of "hands-on" manual therapy that can be beneficial in aiding healing and rehabilitation. Massage therapy can help to:
- Relieve pain
- Improve joint mobility
- Improve muscle flexibility and decrease muscle tension and in some cases muscle spasticity
- Improve circulation
- May improve the functioning of your immune system
- Improve posture
- Promote relaxation
- Improve sleep
- Increase lymphatic drainage
- Promote body awareness
- Promote healing
We have as part of our Action Potential team a Registered Massage Therapist.
Massage therapy may be recommended as part of your treatment plan together
with physiotherapy or it may be the only therapy that you require. Our registered
massage therapist has undertaken extra training in the area of lympedema
therapy, Pilates and infant massage and is able to offer infant massage
instruction to parents.Our massage therapist can offer her services to you in the comfort and privacy of your home or location of your choice and she will bring whatever equipment and supplies are needed. The first session will begin with an assessment and explanation of her treatment goals.