chelsea street wellness
Help with mobility
I can help clients with mobility issues, even if they are awaiting (or have had) joint replacements, or steroids haven't helped their condition.
Scientifically based
RAPID NeuroFascial Reset is a science based therapy, based on the latest research around how our bodies and central nervous system works.
Let's work together
Although many clients self-refer to me, I also receive referrals from medical professionals for their clients, and where appropriate I refer out, too.
Fast and effective
Many people in pain fail to complete physio or rehab due to progress being slow. With my techniques, clients experience fast relief from their symptoms.
doctors, physiotherapists and other medical professionals often ask what I do
Which isn't a surprise, considering the results I can obtain for their patients.
The technique I use to get these results is called RAPID NeuroFascial Reset. As a RAPID Specialist Trainer, I am one of the most highly trained RAPID therapists in Canada.
Although I am a Registered Massage Therapist, I exclusively use RAPID in my therapy due to the incredibly results I can obtain for clients, even those with conditions that other therapies have not been able to resolve.
In many bodywork therapies, therapists describe themselves as dealing with "knots" or "adhesions". Adhesions can be described as a collection of hyperstimulated nociceptors that trigger a prolonged increase in the excitability and synaptic efficacy of neurons in the central nociceptive pathways. This leads to tissue texture changes caused by neurogenic inflammation.
For the client, these adhesions can be scars as well as areas of tense, restricted tissue; they can be seen as "disorganised" tissue that directly or indirectly causes dysfunction or pain (including muscle weakness, fatigue, nerve entrapment).
RAPID NeuroFascial Reset sees the therapist apply precise and direct manual pressure during directed client movements to stimulate the mechnoreceptors in the fascia, periosteum, joint capsules, ligament, tendon and myotendionous junctions.
This stimulation causes the mechanoreceptors to release Substance P, which helps destroy the neutrophils and mast cells that sensitize the nociceptors, as well as directly activating the body's endocannabinoid system.
Substance P can also help "heal" much older injuries that never seem to completely heal. The continued peripheral nociceptive sensitisation at the injury site can be caused by the body failing to completely "flush out" all the immune cells that had originally accumulated as part of the healing process. These "old" immune cells are known to contribute to peripheral nociceptive sensitization; Substance P can help destroy these cells, thereby reducing the peripheral nociceptive sensitisation.
RAPID can be an uncomfortable treatment for clients; for Substance P to be released, nociception must occur, but RAPID therapists are trained to work within the client's tolerance (which is not always the same as the client's comfort zone!)
RAPID is also effective for longer term injuries due to the fact that is a movement based treatment - movement combined with (tolerable) pain can increase self-efficacy, which helps reduce the client's psychosocial fear of movement based pain.
RAPID isn't a magical solution for all pain, but it can help with a wide variety of conditions well beyond the expected movement related issues, bringing relief and restored mobility to clients who have been unsuccessful elsewhere or who have struggled with pain for a long time.
If you are interested in finding out more, or how we can work together, please don't hesitate to call me on 403 289 5472 or email me at chelseastreetwellness@gmail.com
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