Vancouver Massage Therapy: What is Fascia? Fascia has been a hot topic for many years, at our clinic and in general. We decided to update and revamp this article from one of our previous blogs on Fascia for your interest. Under the umbrella of Vancouver Massage Therapy, there are many techniques for working with…
Massage Therapy Article: Fascial Contraction and Musculoskeletal Dynamics According to a paper by Robert Schleip PhD et al, Fascia Is Able to Actively Contract and May Thereby Influence Musculoskeletal Dynamics. Fascial tissues form a ubiquitous network throughout the body. Does fascia possess the capacity for cellular contraction? Could it play an active role in musculoskeletal…
Vancouver RMT Article: The Fascia Research Congress 2022 The Fascia Research Society (FRS) supports collaboration between clinicians, researchers and academicians. This is to further our understanding of the properties and functions of fasciae. The FRS has been offering a Fascia Research Congress since 2007 in cities internationally. Boston, Amsterdam, Washington DC, Vancouver, Berlin. Upcoming is…
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…
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…
Massage therapy treatment plans differ from person to person depending on many factors such as pain level, schedules, and budget. All of these factors have to be taken into consideration to create a treatment plan that feels effective. Tips for home care can be invaluable when we can’t schedule massage therapy as often as we…
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…
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…
An anonymous Canadian foundation has granted two Ottawa brothers, one a Naturopath and the other a thoracic surgeon, 3.85 million dollars to research the use of Naturopathy in the treatment of cancer. The grant, called the Thoracic Peri-Operative Integrative Surgical Care Evaluation (Thoracic POISE), is the largest of it’s kind in the world. The research,…
For thousands of years, massage therapy has displayed roots in many different cultures. There are a multitude of techniques and styles a therapist can employ using varying degrees of manipulation and pressure to soft tissue and muscles. Scientific research has proven that massage therapy has beneficial effects on pain and other symptoms associated with a…
Broadway Wellness is proud to announce that Reta Nitti has been awarded the honour of ‘Best Massage Therapist’ in this year’s Georgia Straight annual ‘Best Of Vancouver’ edition. This is the third time Reta has been recognized by the publication as she took the title in 2010 and was runner up in 2011. The annual…
This summer Broadway Wellness Center celebrates 10 years since opening its doors in August of 2004, and 4 years since expanding and re-locating in Sept 2010. The clinic got off the ground in the small building just west of us, where it was situated for it’s initial 6 years. Broadway Wellness was founded by Monica…
No need to try to describe the feeling of straining a muscle as we all know what it’s like. What were you doing when it happened? Lifting groceries out of the trunk? Reaching for a glass on the top shelf? Doing the ‘slip on the ice shuffle’? It hurts, it spasms, and it can really…
Vancouver Massage Therapy Article of the Week: Treating Scar Tissue with Massage Therapy Almost everyone has a scar, and every scar has a story. Scars have all sorts of street creed and are firmly implanted into popular culture. In the 1975 blockbuster ‘Jaws’, three quarreling and sea hardened sailors bond and settle their differences over…
Treating scar tissue of a keloid (tougher, thicker, more prolific than regular scar tissue) nature can sometimes be quite hard on the hands of a massage therapist, but necessary in order to make progress when it comes to injury-related or surgical-related keloid scar tissue in particular. A complementary therapy can be that last piece of…
When it comes to learning something new, you can listen to the facts and read all about it, or you can experience it in a practical setting. The same applies to different massage therapy techniques, one could describe to you how the target of the treatment is different and how you may feel, or you can…
Are you familiar with “head-forward posture?” It is easy to understand a level of discomfort when an extra load equivalent to 10 pounds is added to the weight of your head for each inch your head sits in front of its normal resting position. Smaller muscles which are designed for another purpose are forced to hold up…
Fascia is making an appearance on the main stage of health care in recent years. It is no longer considered “just another tissue” but an integral part of our anatomy and how we function. As you may know from our previous posts, incorporating fascia as part of a massage therapy treatment is often the missing…
Are you finding that your feet are constantly getting sore? Does it prevent you from exercising? You may have a condition called Plantar Fasciitis. Plantar Fasciitis happens when the fascia in the sole of your foot becomes inflamed. This inflammation begins because of repeated stress and tearing of the fascia which results in pain that…