Prenatal acupuncture helps fight morning sickness, reduce body aches, and prepare your body for labour. Here’s what you need to know!
Concussions are serious brain injuries that require treatment to heal.
Some get better on their own in a matter of weeks. But others cause symptoms like dizziness, fatigue, headaches, and screen sensitivity that last for months or even years.
We want to help you heal your concussion as fast as possible!
And the best way to do that is through a combination of concussion physiotherapy, rest and gentle recovery, and at-home concussion treatment.
In our last post, we walked you through concussion physio and how it works. So today, we’re focusing on rest, recovery, and a few simple things you can do to treat your concussion from home.
Let’s get you feeling better!
Physio speeds up concussion recovery, reduces symptoms, and rehabilitates the brain injury causing them. Learn how it works!
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Your vestibular system is made up of your spinal cord, certain nerves, and your eyes. If something’s off with that system, odds are you feel pretty terrible sometimes.
Dizziness, vertigo, vision disturbances, balance issues—and the resulting headaches and nausea—can make it hard to move, work, drive, and even look at screens without feeling sick.
Thankfully, there’s vestibular rehabilitation: a type of physical therapy that works to correct dysfunction in your vestibular system. So you can stop feeling so “ick” and get back to living life on your terms.
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In this non-invasive and holistic treatment, we combine the ancient wisdom of acupuncture with modern techniques to help you achieve a youthful and radiant appearance.
Whether you identify as trans, non-binary, or any gender, our approach focuses on celebrating your unique beauty and enhancing your natural features.
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In this non-invasive and holistic treatment, we combine the ancient wisdom of acupuncture with modern techniques to help you achieve a youthful and radiant appearance.
Our approach focuses on celebrating your unique beauty and enhancing your natural features. Join us on this transformative journey as we explore the wonders of Cosmetic Acupuncture.
In this post, we’ll share in detail all the ways registered massage therapists are trained to keep you safe during your prenatal massages while answering all your pregnancy massage therapy FAQs.
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Top surgery, also known as chest masculinization surgery or breast augmentation surgery, is a major surgical procedure that involves removing breast tissue and reconstructing the chest to create a more masculine appearance for transgender men or non-binary individuals. The recovery process can be painful and uncomfortable, but there are several techniques that can be used to relieve pain and promote healing. One of these techniques is massage therapy.
Massage therapy has been used for thousands of years to relieve pain and promote healing. It involves applying pressure and manipulating the muscles and soft tissues in the body. Massage therapy can help to improve circulation, reduce inflammation, and release tension in the muscles. These benefits can be particularly helpful for individuals who have undergone top surgery.
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Capria Care Collective is officially open for business in Coquitlam at its new location on Austin Avenue.
Located just minutes from HWY 1, our new acupuncture treatment spaces are therapeutic, welcoming, and relaxing so you can take a load off and get the support you need to nourish your blood, tonify your qi ar regulate your menstrual cycle.
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Acupuncturists and Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctors want to know a lot about you. In your initial consultation, your Chinese Medicine Practitioner will use a combination of interview and assessment methods to determine your condition and Chinese medical diagnosis. On your first acupuncture appointment, your Registered Acupuncturist will ask you a series of questions from the following 9 categories to get to know your habits, your constitution, and your general state of wellbeing. Your Chinese Medicine Practitioner will likely want to look at your tongue, check your radial pulses and palpate any areas of pain or concern.
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Acupuncture treatments are a great way of leveraging alternative medicine to increase your odds of conception. If you are looking for help trying to improve your menstrual cycle, trying to conceive, or if you are looking for a way to boost your success rate prior to your IVF treatments, acupuncture for fertility may be for you.
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Swelling during pregnancy is common, but it’s no fun. From waking up with pins and needles in your fingers to ending the workday with ankles and feet twice their usual size, swelling is no joke—especially when you’re already so uncomfortable. Thankfully, pregnancy swelling isn’t something you have to keep living with! There are so many ways massage can help with swollen hands and feet during pregnancy, and we’re about to let you in on all of them.
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As registered massage therapists with training in prenatal care, nothing pumps us up like spreading the word about prenatal massages and how they’re safe throughout pregnancy.
But even though we hope our experience and training lets you feel safe trusting us, we also never want you to just take our word for something when it comes to your health.
In this post, we’ll share in detail all the ways registered massage therapists are trained to keep you safe during your prenatal massages while answering all your pregnancy massage therapy FAQs.
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C-Section recovery isn’t easy, but postpartum massage can go a long way to helping you heal. Whether you book a massage with an RMT or learn to give yourself a c-section scar massage (like we’ll teach you to do in this post!) postpartum massages are perfectly safe and a great way to take care of your physical healing and mental wellbeing at a time when—let’s be honest—you could probably use both!
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We’re excited to announce that Capria Care Collective is now serving Coquitlam & Port Coquitlam.
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Have you ever offered to give someone a massage and found the deep tissue massage that your own body was craving was is “too deep” or “too hard” for the person you’ve offered your massage to?
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Effleurage is an introductory massage technique and it’s also used transition between deeper massage techniques – like muscle stripping and treating with the olecranon and ulnar border.
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I’m going to teach you the four Principles of Massage that all massage therapists use to make their treatments relaxing and also therapeutic.
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Sports massage keeps your body in alignment and performing at its best so you can avoid unnecessary injuries and stay focused on your busy training schedule.
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Discover how myofascial release therapy helps relax, lengthen, and realign your fascia so you can regain your full range of motion and stop living in pain.
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Having a baby changes everything. Especially how your body feels. Learn the benefits of massage for this joyful-hard-confusing-beautiful-complicated time in your life.
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