Massage Therapy
What is Massage Therapy?
Massage therapy is hands on manipulation of the muscles and soft tissues in your body. This helps blood circulation which helps heal damaged muscles after exercising or an injury. Massage Therapists use many a number of different techniques depending on symptoms and physical condition. Massage Therapists will propose a personalized treatment plan for you based on an initial assessment and health history.
How can massage therapy help me?
It can help lower stress, ease tension in your muscles and make you feel more relaxed. It also has a therapeutic effect on the body and optimizes general health and well-being by treating the muscular, nervous and circulatory systems. Massage therapy can help develop, maintain, and improve physical function as well as relive or prevent physical dysfunction and/or pain in the body.
Conditions commonly treated using massage therapy
Muscle tension and spasm
Pregnancy and labour support
Anxiety and depression
Asthma and Emphysema
Back, leg, and neck pain
Carpal tunnel syndrome (repetitive strain)
Chronic Fatigue syndrome
Dislocations
Fibromyalgia
Fractures and edema
Post-surgical rehabilitation
Strains and sprains
Sports injuries
Stroke
Stress and stress related conditions
Temporomandibular Disorders
Tendinitis
Whiplash
Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and bursitis
Headaches
Kyphosis and Scoliosis
Insomnia
Parkinson’s disease
Multiple sclerosis
Palliative care
Not ready to book yet? Feel free to contact us with any questions using our contact form or by calling us at (902) 406-7200.
Our Massage Therapy Team
Aquilina Ivanić, Registered Massage Therapist
Aquilina (they/she) is an accessibility focused and holistically minded Registered Massage Therapist with the Massage Therapists and Wholistic Practitioners Association of the Maritimes.
Focusing on balancing the nervous system, they employ gentle and engaged techniques, including myofascial release, joint mobilizations and deep tissue work. They also enjoy integrating breathwork to facilitate positive change within the body. They are excited to support pre-natal clients, babies, youth, and anyone seeking to establish a healing relationship with their body.
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