Massage Therapy and Acupuncture
Mr. Li Yin (M.D. & B.Sc).
Former Chinese rehabilitation and sports medicine specialist with 20 years clinical experiences
Registered Massage Therapist & Registered Acupunctuist
Dundas and western Hamilton, Ontario. (905)6274148
Yikang Deng (D.Ac).
Licensed in Acupuncture and registered member of the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Association of Canada. 12 years of medical research in Mcmaster University. Chinese medical practice in family through generations.
Mountain Hamilton, Ontario. (905)928-8076
What is Massage Therapy
Massage Therapy is the manipulation of soft tissues and joints of the body to gain a therapeutic response.
It provides an alternative health option to help alleviate everyday and occupational stresses,
muscular over-use and many chronic pain syndromes.
A variety of different massage techniques are used including Swedish massage, Chinese massage, friction massage, etc.
Massage therapists may use some other therapies, depending on your needs, including hydrotherapy (hot and cold
backs, ice, etc), acupuncture and remedial and postural exercise recommendations. It is a partnership in which the therapists help the clients to
understand the process behind the pain and discomfort, and work together to alleviate the problem.
What Can Massage Do For You?
Massage enhances the function of muscles and joints, therefore it can greatly reduce muscular and joint pain.
It relieves stress by re-balancing the upset integral body functions. Massage therapy not only treats those parts of you which are a problem,
but also affects the whole of your metabolism and immunity through normalizing your circulatory, respiratory, muscular and nervous systems and their interdependent function.
Massage therapy is safe and effective. It can benefit people of all ages and conditions-babies, children, pregnant women,
the elderly, those in chronic care and who need palliative consideration. Massage therapy is widely used for following problems:
惹tress and Anxiety
意eck, shoulder, low back pain
廈eadache(Migraine, Tension headache)
愚otor vehicle accident, Whiplash
惹port injuries & muscle spasm
感ost injury rehabilitation
嫂rthritis and joints pain
感eripheral nerve lesions
惹ciatica and Piriformis Syndrome
幹ibromyalgia
愚ultiple sclerosis, Hemiplegia
感arkinson's disease
意euritis, neuralgia
愛espiratory & circulatory problems
感ost operation rehabilitation
While massage therapy is not covered by OHIP but most extended health care plans, auto insurance or work safety insurance (WSIB)
provide full or partial coverage for it.
Introduction about Acupuncture
Acupuncture, a unique system of therapy and pain relief, has been in constant use throughout the Chinese-culture area for more than 2000 years. It is a complementary medical
method used to encourage natural healing, reduce or relieve pain and improve the function of human body. As a therapeutic method, acupuncture is safe, effective and is often successfully used as
an alternative to medications and some other therapeutic procedures, even surgery.
How does acupuncture work?
Acupuncture treatment is based on the traditional Chinese medical theory. One of the fundamental concepts in the traditional Chinese medical theory is "Qi",
the life force which flows through the channels (also know as energy pathway or meridians) of the body. These channels link every part of body (from internal organs to surface and
from limbs to head) as a whole functional unit. The life force has two polarities, Yin and Yang and disease is viewed as a disruption in the balance of these polarities. Treatment seeks to restore balance
by removing obstructions and reestablishing the free flow of the vital energy through the system. So the treatment principle is the regulation of the whole body's function but not treating the head for head pain and the feet for feet pain.
What is the indication for acupuncture?
Clinical practice has indicated that acupuncture has been widely used in dealing with diseases and functional abnormalities in the central and peripheral nervous system,
cardiovascular system, respiratory system, digestive system and immunity system, such as pain management, stress, headache, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, arthritis, tendinitis insomnia and etc. In December,
1979 World Health Organization (WHO) made a decision to apply acupuncture in the treatment of 43 kinds of diseases.
How can acupuncture relieve pain?
One of the most widely used indications is the relief of pain by acupuncture. How could a needle in the hand or foot possibly relieve headache? Many people and physicians
were puzzled and skeptical. Scientific research has proved that acupuncture can stimulate the small diameter nerves in muscles to send impulse to the spinal cord and then three centers-- spinal, midbrain and
pituitary are activated to release transmitter chemicals, such as endorphins and monoamines, which block pain messages.
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