Contents tagged with massage therapy

  • Massage Therapy for Stroke Recovery

    A stroke can impact a person’s ability to participate in their lives in the ways they want to. There can be physical challenges, communication challenges and emotional challenges. Recovery can be a … more

  • Massage Therapy for Shoulder Pain

    Massage Therapy for Shoulder Pain

    Shoulder pain is common and can have many causes. Whether you injured your shoulder in a fall or while playing sports, or hurt your shoulder overdoing it on a home … more

  • Massage Therapy for Foot and Ankle Pain

    Whether from plantar fasciitis, an ankle sprain, another injury, or a job that requires prolonged standing, all Registered Massage Therapists (RMTs) are likely to treat many people suffering from … more

  • Meet Kim

    In 2002, Kim was diagnosed with kidney failure, which caused her to have severe low back pain. In 2003, she started dialysis at least 5 days a week, and she found that to be a difficult and painful … more

  • Massage Therapy for Cancer Pain

    People with cancer experience a variety of potentially debilitating symptoms both as a part of their treatment and as part of the disease itself. Many people with cancer experience pain, fatigue and … more

  • Erin Hobson, RMT in Cambodia

    Erin Hobson spent two years working in Cambodia as a Massage Therapist in a hospital setting and travelling to different villages to provide treatments to individuals who were not able to travel. She … more

  • Shona Thompson, RMT at Casey House

    Shona Thompson has been an RMT at Casey House, Canada’s only standalone hospital for people with HIV/AIDs, for the past ten years. During that time, she has worked collaboratively with other health … more