Treatments
An accurate health history is essential to ensure that it is safe for you to receive a massage therapy treatment. If your health status changes, let your massage therapist know as soon as possible, and your health form will be updated.
ASSESSMENT
Therapeutic Massage
Therapeutic massage involves much more than just rubbing and kneading. A good massage can relax tense muscles, break scar tissues, and increase range of motion.
Our massage therapy services provide relief, decrease pain and inflammation, reduce stress, improve blood circulation, develop coordination, and prevent physical dysfunction. Massage can help for soft tissues (muscles, ligaments, tendons) injuries related to overuse and trauma.
Regular massages can improve health especially after sports injuries, motor vehicle accidents, and stress. Those who undertake the proper training are able to work miracles with the human body.
CUPPING (VANTOUSE)
Cupping is a type of alternative therapy that originated in China. It involves placing cups on the skin to create suction.
Cupping increases blood circulation to the area where the cups are placed and can help relieve muscle tension, which can improve overall blood flow and promote cell repair.
SWEDISH CLASSIC RELAXATION
The benefits of Swedish massage include increased blood circulation, mental and physical relaxation, decreased stress and muscle tension, and improved range of motion.
The specific techniques used in Swedish massage involve the application of long gliding strokes, friction, and kneading and tapping movements on the soft tissues of the body. Sometimes passive or active joint movements are also used.
M.E.T. – Movement Enhancement Therapy (Signature Treatment)
M.E.T. (Movement Enhancement Therapy) is our signature advanced movement therapy, designed to improve flexibility, mobility, and overall movement efficiency. Unlike traditional stretching, which isolates individual muscles, M.E.T. focuses on muscle chains, fascial networks, and proprioceptive techniques, allowing your body to move more freely and efficiently as a whole.
This hands-on therapy integrates a variety of advanced techniques targeting muscles, connective tissues (fascia), and neuromuscular pathways to release tension, reduce stiffness, and enhance movement patterns. By working with the body’s natural movement mechanics, M.E.T. helps restore balance, improve posture, optimize performance, and elevate your quality of life.
- Not your typical stretching! M.E.T. goes beyond static stretching by engaging the nervous system and full-body movement chains
- Ideal for stiffness, restricted mobility, pain management, and performance enhancement
- Recommended for athletes, active individuals, and those struggling with movement limitations
- Wear comfortable, stretchy athletic clothing to allow unrestricted movement
- Suitable for all fitness and activity levels
PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION THERAPY
Pneumatic Compression Therapy is a revolutionary treatment designed to benefit those who spend long hours sitting at desks or are highly active.
This innovative therapy uses compressed air to apply gentle pressure to your limbs, improving blood flow and speeding up recovery time. By booking a session, you’ll provide your body with the attention it deserves and enable it to perform at its optimal capacity.
Pneumatic Compression Therapy before a massage session can loosen up your muscles, enabling deeper work and superior results. And afterward, it helps promote healing by stimulating new blood vessels – something athletes depend on for improved wellbeing. But its healing powers are not exclusive to athletes – everyone can benefit from its effects! Don’t wait any longer; book your session now and experience the difference for yourself.
FASCIA STRETCH THERAPY
This innovative treatment targets the fascia – the connective tissue that supports muscles and joints – to alleviate pain, improve flexibility, and enhance overall wellness.
During an FST™ session, certified therapists utilize a series of assisted stretches to release tension in the deepest layers of tissues. By addressing restrictions in the fascial network, FST™ promotes optimal joint function, reduces vulnerability to injury, and enhances athletic performance.
Whether you’re seeking relief from chronic pain, recovering from an injury, or simply looking to improve your flexibility, FST™ offers a holistic approach to wellness that can benefit individuals of all ages and activity levels.
Shockwave Therapy
A Powerful Solution for Chronic Pain and Injury Recovery
- Foot and ankle: Plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendinitis, heel spurs, and tendonitis
- Elbow: Tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow Shoulder: Rotator cuff injuries, frozen shoulder
- Knee: Patellar tendonitis (jumper’s knee), osteoarthritis
- Hip: Bursitis, tendinopathy
- Lower leg: Shin splints, calf strain, IT band syndrome
- Upper leg: Hamstring strains
- Back: Chronic back pain
- Bone and fractures: Non-healing fractures, stress fractures
Hot Stone Massage: Soothe, Heal, and Restore
Hot Stone Massage is a rejuvenating therapy that combines the soothing warmth of heated stones with expert massage techniques to relieve muscle tension, reduce stress, and promote deeper relaxation. This type of massage involves smooth, heated basalt stones—volcanic rocks known for their ability to retain heat—strategically placed on key areas of your body to gently melt away tension in the muscles and surrounding tissues.
The benefits of Hot Stone Massage extend beyond relaxation. The heat helps to increase blood flow to targeted areas, reducing muscle stiffness, easing spasms, and improving flexibility and range of motion. Many find that alternating hot and cool stones further enhances relief by addressing inflammation and encouraging a balanced, restorative effect.
For those experiencing stress, anxiety, or sleep difficulties, Hot Stone Massage offers a calming experience that can promote restful sleep, reduce tension, and create a sense of mental clarity. Research has shown that therapeutic massage can also aid in boosting immune function and support recovery for individuals with chronic conditions like fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis, as well as alleviate certain cancer-related symptoms.
In essence, Hot Stone Massage isn’t just a relaxation treatment—it’s a nurturing therapy designed to restore balance, soothe aching muscles, and help you feel rejuvenated from the inside out.
Prenatal Massage
A Path to Comfort and Wellness During Pregnancy
During pregnancy, keeping your body comfortable and strong is essential. Prenatal massage can provide a safe and deeply relaxing experience that relieves tension and promotes a sense of calm for both mother and baby. At Legacy Therapeutics, we focus on supporting the unique needs of pregnant clients by offering prenatal massages after the first trimester, allowing the body ample time to adjust to the many changes that occur during those first 12 weeks.
What is Prenatal Massage?
A prenatal massage is a gentle, full-body massage, similar to Swedish massage, with a few key adjustments to prioritize safety and comfort. Using specialized techniques, we target areas of tension, helping to relieve back pain, neck stiffness, leg cramping, and other common discomforts associated with pregnancy. Our therapists adapt the pressure and positioning to accommodate the body’s changes, ensuring relaxation without added strain.
Why Wait Until After the First Trimester?
Though prenatal massage is beneficial throughout pregnancy, we advise beginning massage therapy after the first trimester due to the increased risk associated with the first 12 weeks. As recommended by the American Pregnancy Association, starting in the second trimester can help ensure that your body is ready and responsive to massage, which may lower stress, ease discomfort, and support both physical and emotional well-being as pregnancy progresses.
Benefits of Prenatal Massage
Regular prenatal massages may offer numerous benefits, including:
- Relief from Muscle and Joint Pain: Eases aches in areas such as the lower back, hips, and legs, which are under extra strain during pregnancy.
- Reduced Swelling: Gentle massage can help minimize swelling in hands and feet, as long as it’s not associated with a condition like preeclampsia.
- Improved Sleep: Promotes relaxation, potentially easing insomnia that’s common during pregnancy.
- Support for Circulation and Sciatica Relief: Boosts circulation and may relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve, providing further comfort.
- Mental Well-being: Helps reduce anxiety and stress, providing a nurturing experience for both mother and baby.
Important Considerations
Before scheduling a prenatal massage, we recommend consulting with your family doctor to discuss any specific health concerns, including high blood pressure, diabetes, preeclampsia, or any other condition that may affect your pregnancy. It’s essential to ensure that massage therapy is right for you at each stage of your journey.
Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Release
When scar tissue and chronic tightness limit how you move and feel, you need more than hands alone to create real change. Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Release (IASTR) uses precisely engineered tools to break down adhesions and restore healthy motion in muscles and fascia.
At Legacy Therapeutics, we combine traditional stainless steel instruments with the latest technology to deliver a treatment that is both effective and comfortable. One of the most innovative tools we use is the Achedaway Heated Scraper, an advanced device that brings together mechanical pressure and therapeutic heat to accelerate recovery.
How It Works:
IASTR works by applying controlled pressure along the soft tissue. This process:
- Breaks up scar tissue and adhesions that restrict movement
- Stimulates local circulation, delivering oxygen and nutrients to help tissues heal
- Encourages collagen remodeling, so muscles and fascia regain their natural elasticity
The Science Behind the Achedaway Heated Scraper:
Unlike traditional scraping tools, the Achedaway Heated Scraper delivers consistent, adjustable heat directly into the tissue while gliding across the skin. This combination of pressure and warmth has several benefits:
- Heat increases local blood flow, making tissues more pliable and responsive
- Elevated temperature helps calm the nervous system, reducing discomfort during treatment
- Warmth allows deeper penetration without excessive force, improving effectiveness while minimizing soreness afterward
The result is a therapy that feels powerful yet soothing, supporting your body’s ability to release tension and rebuild healthier movement patterns.
What to Expect:
Most clients describe the sensation as firm pressure paired with gentle heat—almost like a massage combined with deep, targeted warmth. After treatment, it’s common to notice improved mobility, less tightness, and a sense of relief that lasts beyond your session.
Instrument-assisted therapy can be especially helpful for:
- Chronic muscle tension and fascial restrictions
- Sports injuries and overuse conditions
- Post-surgical or post-injury scar tissue
- Supporting overall performance and recovery
When combined with other hands-on techniques, instrument-assisted soft tissue release is a powerful way to give your body the tools it needs to heal and thrive.
red light therapy
Sometimes, the body needs more than hands-on care alone to heal fully and perform at its best. Red Light Therapy is a gentle, non-invasive treatment that uses targeted wavelengths of light to stimulate cellular repair, reduce inflammation, and promote faster recovery.
Red light works by penetrating deep into tissues and encouraging your cells’ mitochondria—the “powerhouses” of your body—to produce more energy. This extra energy fuels natural processes that:
- Decrease pain and stiffness
- Reduce inflammation and swelling
- Support collagen production to aid tissue repair
- Accelerate healing of muscles, tendons, and ligaments
Why We Offer Red Light Therapy
For clients who want to get the most out of every session, red light therapy can be a powerful complement to massage and manual treatments. The light is applied to specific areas of the body during your appointment, so you can receive its restorative benefits while you relax.
Most people describe the sensation as a comforting warmth—quiet, soothing, and calming to both body and mind. Over time, regular use can help support better mobility, faster recovery from workouts or injuries, and an overall sense of vitality.
If you’re curious about adding red light therapy to your treatment, we’d be happy to show you how it works and discuss whether it’s right for your goals.
PEMF Therapy
Recharging Your Body at the Cellular Level
Imagine giving your body the energy it needs to restore, rebuild, and function at its best—all the way down to the cellular level. Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy (PEMF) is an advanced treatment that uses safe, low-frequency electromagnetic waves to stimulate the body’s natural recovery processes.
During your session, a specialized PEMF mat is placed under the treatment table. As you relax, this gentle field works in the background to:
- Recharge cellular energy by supporting healthy electrical activity within your tissues
- Improve circulation and oxygen delivery to areas that need healing
- Reduce inflammation and promote faster recovery
- Enhance the effects of hands-on therapy by preparing muscles and fascia to release more effectively
PEMF therapy is backed by decades of research and used by professional athletes, rehabilitation specialists, and wellness practitioners worldwide. Whether you’re managing chronic pain, recovering from injury, or simply looking to optimize your health, it can be a powerful addition to your treatment plan.
Why We Include PEMF in Your Sessions
At Legacy Therapeutics, we see every session as an opportunity to deliver care that goes beyond expectations. By integrating PEMF technology seamlessly under the table, we create an environment where your body can absorb the benefits of massage, neuromuscular therapy, and advanced modalities at the same time.
Most clients describe the experience as deeply calming—some even say it feels like a quiet, restorative recharge that lingers long after they leave.
If you’re curious about PEMF therapy or wondering whether it’s a fit for your goals, feel free to ask us during your next visit. We’re here to help you make the most of every treatment and support you in building lasting health from the inside out.
SpiderTech Kinesiology Taping
When your body needs extra support—whether it’s recovering from an injury, improving posture, or managing chronic discomfort—kinesiology taping can be an effective, drug-free way to help you move with confidence.
At Legacy Therapeutics, we exclusively use SpiderTech Kinesiology Tape, a premium Canadian-made product that sets a higher standard for performance and comfort.
Why SpiderTech is Different
Unlike many generic tapes, SpiderTech is designed using advanced engineering and high-quality materials that make a real difference in results:
- Precision Pre-Cut Designs:
- Superior Material Quality:
- Durability and Performance:
- Canadian Innovation:
How Kinesiology Taping Helps
Kinesiology taping does more than just stabilize a joint—it works with your body to:
- Reduce pain and discomfort by gently lifting the skin, improving circulation and lymphatic drainage
- Support proper movement patterns so you can heal without compensating in ways that create new issues
- Relieve swelling and inflammation around injured or overused areas
- Improve posture and alignment, helping you move with greater ease
Whether you’re recovering from a sports injury, dealing with repetitive strain, or looking for extra support between treatments, SpiderTech taping can be an excellent complement to your therapy plan.
