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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.

How Massage Helps Swollen Hands & Feet in PregnancyRichelle Seki2025-10-26T22:52:00+00:00

The Benefits of Massage Therapy for Chronic Pain Relief in Coquitlam

Living with chronic pain can be overwhelming, but massage therapy offers a natural and effective way to manage discomfort and improve your quality of life. At Capria Care Collective in Coquitlam, we tailor therapeutic massage to address your unique pain challenges, whether you’re dealing with back pain, migraines, or joint issues. Discover how massage therapy can help release muscle tension, improve circulation, and reduce stress, offering long-term relief from chronic pain.

The Benefits of Massage Therapy for Chronic Pain Relief in CoquitlamRichelle Seki2025-10-27T01:08:46+00:00

Postpartum Massage: Relieving the Physical Demands of Motherhood

After the physical demands of pregnancy and childbirth, your body deserves care and attention. Postpartum massage can help relieve muscle tension, reduce swelling, and support your recovery from the physical strains of new parenthood. At Capria Care Collective in Coquitlam, we offer inclusive postpartum massage therapy tailored to your specific needs. Whether you're healing from delivery or navigating the aches and pains of caring for a newborn, our massages are designed to help you feel more comfortable and supported as you reclaim your body.

Postpartum Massage: Relieving the Physical Demands of MotherhoodRichelle Seki2025-10-27T05:16:01+00:00

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.

How to Relieve Pain from Top Surgery with MassageRichelle Seki2025-10-26T23:06:39+00:00

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 probablyuse both!

How Postpartum Massage Can Help You Heal After A C-SectionRichelle Seki2025-10-26T22:34:48+00:00

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.

Are Pregnancy Massages Safe? We Break It Down By TrimesterRichelle Seki2025-10-26T22:39:40+00:00

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?

How to Massage: Deep tissue massageRichelle Seki2025-10-26T22:24:58+00:00

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.

How to Massage: Principles of MassageRichelle Seki2026-04-01T16:11:51+00:00

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