Services

Vancouver Registered Massage Therapy Services

All of our practitioners are Registered Massage Therapists. We utilize one or more of the following massage techniques depending on your preferences and your body’s needs:

Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage helps with chronic muscular pain and injury rehabilitation. It helps reduce inflammation-related pain caused by arthritis and tendonitis. It is generally integrated with other massage techniques.

Deep Tissue Massage techniques affect the sub-layer of musculature and fascia. These techniques require advanced training and a thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology. The muscles must be relaxed in order to perform deep-tissue massage, otherwise tight surface muscles prevent the practitioner from reaching deeper musculature.

Swedish or Relaxation Massage

The many benefits of Swedish massage may include generalized relaxation, improved circulation, reduction of scar tissue. Swedish massage may speed healing and reduce swelling from injuries.

Swedish Massage is a classic form of full-body massage which relaxes the body, improves muscle tone and circulation, eases muscle aches and tension. Long flowing, kneading, and milking strokes are used to gently release the body from tension and stress. This is a gentle massage, soothing and very relaxing massage. Massage oil or lotion is used to reduce friction on the skin.

Trigger Point Therapy

A “trigger point” is actually referred pain that occurs when you have pain in one area that is actually caused by a “trigger point” in a totally different area. By releasing the “trigger”, this referred pain is eliminated. The purpose of trigger point therapy is to eliminate pain and to re-educate the muscles. Trigger point therapy will assist in reducing swelling and stiffness of neuromuscular pain. You may also find that your range of motion is increased, tension is relieved, while circulation, flexibility and coordination are improved.

Myofacial Release

Many people hold stress in their muscles, causing the muscles to seize or lock. The muscle stress could be caused by injury. Myofascial release accesses these areas of blockage and tension with steady pressure until the block releases. This frees up the muscle and allows it to move more easily and effectively.

Positional Release

A sudden jolt or shock…or even sleeping in a bad position can cause a muscle spasm. A spasm is a natural protection system of your body which can become dysfunctional, continual and painful. In positional release, the therapist holds the muscle in the “right” position causing the spasms to stop and the muscle to return to normal. A chronic problem that has been going on for months or longer can be corrected by simply finding the right position to allow the release!

Electro Therapy Point Stimulation (ETPS)

Electro Therapy Point Stimulation can quickly alleviate chronic back pain conditions, tension or migraine headaches, fibromyalgia pain, carpal tunnel syndrome and many other painful conditions.

Sports Massage

Sports massage is designed to facilitate athletic recovery and enhance performance. It can be part of a regular athletic program including: pre-event, post-event, and injury treatment.

Before an event sports massage can help accelerate blood flow and warm up the muscles. After an event massage can help to calm the body and help the body rid itself of toxins and waste products. It can reduce recovery time, allowing an athlete to resume training much sooner. A regular massage program will help prevent injuries. However, if and when injuries occur, massage can help speed and improve the quality of healing.

Joint Mobilization

Tight muscles, stiff ligaments, or restrictions in the joints themselves can contribute to decreased movement in parts of your body. If pain is associated with this decreased movement, massage can loosen up the structure that causes the restriction … relieving the pain. Joint mobilization focuses on improving mobility in areas where you are experiencing restricted movement.

Other Advanced Therapeutic Techniques

At the Coal Harbour Massage Therapy Clinic, we deal with people who are in pain. So one of our missions in life is to learn everything we can about new and advanced therapeutic techniques that relieve pain and help our clients heal. We normally use a combination of techniques designed to address the pain you are feeling in the moment and to heal your injuries or chronic conditions on a long term basis.

Biological Body Age Test

By using the newest technology by Polar Tri-Fit, Coal Harbour Massage Therapy in downtown Vancouver is now able to provide fast and effective reports on the state of your bodies biological age. By comparing test results to that of the general population we can assess how the stresses of life have affected your biological age relative to your chronological age. A detailed report is provided and includes solutions for optimizing your health. Several health markers are assessed: