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Stretching Simplified: Considerations and Recommendations

Stretching Simplified: Considerations and Recommendations

How often do we get asked this question from our patients? Responding can feel tricky, especially considering the prevalence of contrasting opinions on stretching promoted by both healthcare professionals, coaches, and FitFluencers. Our simple answer: just like many other remedial exercises, stretching can be a useful technique for most individuals if used in the right context.

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Flushing Toxic Myths and Misinformation Out of Massage Therapy

Flushing Toxic Myths and Misinformation Out of Massage Therapy

Facts matter, especially when it comes to health and health care. The field of allied health, which includes the profession of massage therapy, is rife with myths and misinformation. A persistent myth heard frequently in our field is that massage therapy “flushes toxins” from muscles, and drinking water after a massage is essential to help the body “detoxify”. The goal of this article is to debunk this statement and present some facts and resources to be shared in its place.

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Starting a Home-Based RMT Practice

Starting a Home-Based RMT Practice

With working from home being more acceptable than ever before, there also came a shift to embrace work-life balance. With this transition came discussions on productivity, but for Registered Massage Therapists, success hinges more on the practitioners’ skillsets, experience, and dedication to their patients rather than location of office space. If you are a massage therapist and are considering starting a home-based business, you’re stepping into a realm of opportunity and fulfillment.

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Volunteering with an Association is Worth It

Volunteering with an Association is Worth It

A few years ago, I accepted a volunteer position with my massage therapy Association in New Brunswick. I remember how I felt when I learned of my nomination for a Regional Director position. I remember feeling like it was a leap; that I didn’t have experience working with a Board (or even a Committee for that matter), and that someone else would make a better candidate. Looking back on it now, I’m glad that I didn’t let the opportunity slip through my fingers.

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If My Table Could Talk

If My Table Could Talk

I remember it was the fall of 2007, when we started working together. You were so excited to start your new venture. Your new career. Something you had been working towards for years. You were presented with an opportunity. You thought you knew everything. There was so much you didn’t know.

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What is second impact syndrome?

What is second impact syndrome?

With increased awareness in the field of concussion and brain injuries, you may have heard of the term “second impact syndrome” (SIS). If you are not familiar with the term, events surrounding SIS have shaped much of the way information about concussion prevention and awareness is now presented where I live in Ontario, Canada.

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Important Considerations for Frozen Shoulder

Important Considerations for Frozen Shoulder

Early in my career I had a lady with a diagnosis of frozen shoulder come into my office. She had seen many other practitioners, without resolve, and was seeing me as a last resort. After one treatment her symptoms went away and did not return. I thought at the time that I was the frozen shoulder guru. I was going to help all of the frozen shoulders on planet earth (that was naive). It turns out that helping someone with frozen shoulder is about as difficult as finding an Elsa doll the day before Christmas.

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