Texting Thumb (or de Quervain’s Tenosynovitis)
Smartphone Injury Symptoms & Treatment Does playing on your smartphone cause you pain? Do your hands ache after playing with your portable handheld device? You may have texting thumb. With the prevalence of smartphones and mobile video games, more and more people report soreness in their thumbs, wrists and forearms. This overuse condition most commonly […]
The Rights of the Patient in Massage Therapy
Patient Rights in Massage Therapy The amount of trust patients give their massage therapists is humbling. The patient walks into a clinic for the first time and proceeds to tell the RMT about their lives, their health history and their hopes and expectations from the treatment. As a massage therapist in Burnaby BC, I am […]
Massage Therapy & Tension Headaches
Headaches comprise of 30% of my treatments at Absolute PhysioCare and it’s no surprise since most of us practice poor posture, especially when sitting in front of the computer screen. If you suffer from dull tension headaches more than three times a week, you can greatly benefit from having a few massage treatments. What are tension […]