About Heather
I grew up in Campbell River and quickly moved to Victoria after high school to pursue a career in registered massage therapy at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. During my time in school, I took classes focusing on many different treatment modalities such as Swedish massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Muscle Energy Technique, Craniosacral Therapy and Manual Lymph Drainage.
Shortly after graduating in April of '09, I moved back up island to the Comox Valley and started working at the Old House Spa. I wrote the board exams in September of '09 and then joined four other registered massage therapists at the Comox Valley Therapeutic Massage Centre.
I have always wanted to work in a health related field and am happy to use the knowledge and techniques I have learned to help others achieve their goals to wellness.
Within my first year of practicing, I successfully used basic manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) to ease pain and symptoms such as swelling, bruising and decreased range of motion resulting from broken knees, shoulders, toes and various other bones, as well as sprains and strains. I have used hydrotherapy, frictions, MLD and swedish massage to help people recovering from surgeries to address torn ligaments and tendons, including the achilles tendon. I have treated people's jaws, both externally and internally, to help regain motion and decrease clicking and pain. I have countless patients seeing me on a regular basis to reduce daily pain experienced from fibromyalgia, and numerous people who receive massage to prevent injury. I have also worked with a handful of people receiving, and recovering from cancer treatment which, on a physical level, leaves the muscles in the affected area extremely tight and stiff among other symptoms. Of course, on a daily basis, I also help people with low back pain, sciatic pain, headaches, and other overuse injuries using myofascial release, swedish massage, trigger point therapy and craniosacral therapy.
My favourite treatments are ones involving the neck and shoulders. It's an interesting and complicated area of the body that can lead to a huge array of dysfunction. Many different symptoms can be treated by working with, and taking into consideration, the alignment of the cranial and spinal bones in the head and neck, as well as the musculature and the nerves and blood vessels. I plan to take more courses to further specify my practice in treating the neck and shoulders.
Shortly after graduating in April of '09, I moved back up island to the Comox Valley and started working at the Old House Spa. I wrote the board exams in September of '09 and then joined four other registered massage therapists at the Comox Valley Therapeutic Massage Centre.
I have always wanted to work in a health related field and am happy to use the knowledge and techniques I have learned to help others achieve their goals to wellness.
Within my first year of practicing, I successfully used basic manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) to ease pain and symptoms such as swelling, bruising and decreased range of motion resulting from broken knees, shoulders, toes and various other bones, as well as sprains and strains. I have used hydrotherapy, frictions, MLD and swedish massage to help people recovering from surgeries to address torn ligaments and tendons, including the achilles tendon. I have treated people's jaws, both externally and internally, to help regain motion and decrease clicking and pain. I have countless patients seeing me on a regular basis to reduce daily pain experienced from fibromyalgia, and numerous people who receive massage to prevent injury. I have also worked with a handful of people receiving, and recovering from cancer treatment which, on a physical level, leaves the muscles in the affected area extremely tight and stiff among other symptoms. Of course, on a daily basis, I also help people with low back pain, sciatic pain, headaches, and other overuse injuries using myofascial release, swedish massage, trigger point therapy and craniosacral therapy.
My favourite treatments are ones involving the neck and shoulders. It's an interesting and complicated area of the body that can lead to a huge array of dysfunction. Many different symptoms can be treated by working with, and taking into consideration, the alignment of the cranial and spinal bones in the head and neck, as well as the musculature and the nerves and blood vessels. I plan to take more courses to further specify my practice in treating the neck and shoulders.
