How to Relieve Pain from Top Surgery with Massage

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.

Looking for a Registered Acupuncturist in Coquitlam?

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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Acupuncture for Fertility

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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How Massage Helps Swollen Hands & Feet in Pregnancy

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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Are Pregnancy Massages Safe? We Break It Down By Trimester

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.

How Postpartum Massage Can Help You Heal After A C-Section

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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Looking for an RMT in Coquitlam? Capria Care Collective is now on Austin Avenue!

We’re excited to announce that Capria Care Collective is now serving Coquitlam & Port Coquitlam.

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How to Massage: Deep tissue massage

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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How to Massage: EFFLEURAGE

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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How to Massage: Principles of Massage

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 Therapy is a Vital Part of Any Intense Training Regimen

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.

What is Myofascial Release Therapy & Why is it Important?

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.

Perinatal Massage: Keeping You Comfortable is What We Do

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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What to Expect for Your First Massage Therapy Appointment

There’s nothing more important to us than your well-being. Our only goal is to have you walk out the door feeling more at ease—in body and mind. Here’s what you can expect your first massage therapy visit to our new Coquitlam location to look & feel like.

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