Have you ever been curious about Chinese Medicine? Treating yourself to Acupuncture at Broadway Wellness this winter may be the perfect way to relax you! The goal of Chinese Medicine is to attain harmony with nature. It is important to cultivate an awareness of our natural environment and to begin to understand its effect on…
Broadway Wellness: Article of the Week: Vancouver Acupuncture: German Auricular Acupuncture. German Auricular Acupuncture is a fairly new advancement in the medical field. Developed by French Physician Dr. Paul Nogier in Germany in the 1950’s. He understood that the brain constantly projects information about the health of the body through the ear. This information is…
Rebecca Lash is a a Certified Bodywork practitioner, Registered Canadian Reflexology Therapist, and Dien Chan Facial Reflexology practitioner who joined Broadway Wellness in the fall. Through her Vancouver reflexology treatment, Rebecca’s personalized approach can help with issues such as stress management, sleep challenges, digestive problems, chronic pain, and more….
What comes to mind when you hear the term “Massage Therapy”? Do you think of an occasional treat for yourself at a hotel spa after a hard week of work, or are you more inclined to imagine a focused treatment of a bothersome health condition or injury that may be causing you headaches, stiffness, or…
Trigger points are hyper-sensitive, tightened areas that can occur in any of the more than 400 muscles in the human body. These spots (or nodules) are located within taut bands in the muscle. They can cause pain, burning, stinging, weakness, numbness, and other symptoms. They have a unique property called referred pain, meaning they can…
Many people with a preference for a firmer pressure massage often ask for a deep tissue massage. What exactly is a deep tissue treatment? It can be similar to the relaxing Swedish massage technique, but with firmer slow kneading strokes and a different goal for treatment. This approach allows the RMT to target deeper layers of muscle…
What are the benefits of receiving therapeutic massage treatments? Massage can help manage stress, reduce pain and increase range of motion and mobility. The emotional improvements can often be just as important as the physical benefits. These emotional benefits include but are not limited to: Decreased anxiety Enhanced sleep quality Greater energy Improved concentration. Increased circulation Reduced fatigue…
When watching the Olympic games last summer, we might have noticed some athletes have coloured strips of tape peeking out from under their uniform. That is called Kinesio tape. Kinesio tape was first developed in Japan in early 80s by Dr. Kenzo Kase who believes in the power of manual therapy in healing. Despite the effectiveness…
As long as there’s been civilization, there’s been massage therapy. Massage therapy has thought to be practiced for around 5000 years, as it is referenced in Ayurvedic, Chinese, Greek and Roman texts. One famous person who has been recorded to have had massage therapy is Julius Caesar, known for his neuralgia.
If you’ve ever been to the symphony, a rock concert, a basement jazz club, or a New York City subway station, you’ve witnessed the awe-inspiring skills of professional musicians. Whether they are playing a guitar, a horn, drums, piano, or violin, they are moving quickly, precisely, sometimes furiously, and for hours on end.
A warm thank you to all of you who took the time to vote for Broadway Wellness in this year’s Georgia Straight Best of Vancouver Readers Choice Awards. Your votes truly counted because we won the “Best Massage Therapist” category! We couldn’t be happier and will continue to offer the kind of friendly and quality…
“It took 4 million years to develop our unique human foot and our consequent distinctive form of gait, a remarkable feat of bioengineering. Yet, in only a few thousand years, and with one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure anatomical form of human gait, obstructing its engineering efficiency, afflicting it with…
A high percentage of patients of amputation often describe feelings of tingling, stinging, twisting, pins and needles, and stabbing pain in a highly localized area. These sensations can range from mild and infrequent to severe and chronic. As the frequency and intensity of the sensations tends to diminish over time, many patients report that they…
Network Spinal Analysis (also known as Network Chiropractic or NSA) is an area of chiropractic treatment that uses a gentler touch than the traditional spinal realignment methods most people associate with a chiropractic session. Some people prefer and look forward to regular traditional chiropractic adjustments, while many don’t like the idea (or the feeling) of being ‘cracked’…
Summer’s in full swing and what better reason to celebrate the season of fire by helping your body’s functions of self healing through a revitalizing acupuncture session with Dr. Krista Moyer, ND. Dr. Krista is an experienced Vancouver Naturopathic doctor with extensive training in the 3000 year old practice of Acupuncture – a healing technique…
Shoulder instability is a condition in which the connective tissues of the ligaments and joint capsule surrounding the shoulder joint become loose and the bones that form the joint begin to move against each other. Certain repetitive movements of the arm like throwing a ball or falling on a outstretched arm, can cause pressure on…
We’d like to introduce you to fascia, the thin sheath that encloses our muscles and organs, and help you understand its function, how it can be damaged, and the importance of helping it to heal and return to its intended state. Fascia has been described (perhaps for lack of a better description) to resemble that…
Broadway Wellness Clinic News We welcome Laura Rivere, RMT, our most recent addition to Broadway Wellness. Below is a message from Laura: “Passionate about working with my hands from a very young age, I am truly honoured to be able to help others through the practice of massage therapy. As a massage practitioner, I consider…
People with multiple sclerosis suffer from their immune system attacking their nerves causing nerve damage. Multiple sclerosis affects the spinal cord and brain inflicting pain and causing mobility issues, among other symptoms. Although the treatment of multiple sclerosis usually involves medication to subdue the symptoms, in some cases massage therapy can be a beneficial supplement…
When our bodies experience physical, emotional, or chemical stress that breaches what we can handle, it is imposed on our organs, tissues, and nervous system as stored trauma. This can cause our bodies to engage a defensive posture, triggering us to move in a direction of physical impairment, a compounding deficiency in adapting to incoming…
When you think of tendonitis you imagine pain, burning, and decreased strength and flexibility in an affected area caused by the kind of normal activities you get up to every day. It’s important for you and your therapist to understand that it’s more likely tendonosis that’s causing these classic symptoms so you can move forward…