Background of Scraping Therapy Scraping Therapy (GUA SHA) is an ancient healing technique that origins from China thousands years ago. “Gua” means to scrape or rub. “Sha” is a reddish, elevated patch of skin. It involves palpation and cutaneous stimulation where the skin is pressured, in strokes, by a round-edged instrument, such as a ceramic […]

What is Cupping Therapy? Cupping Therapy is an ancient Traditional Chinese Medicine in which a cup is applied to the skin and the pressure in the cup is reduced (either by heat or suction) in order to draw and hold skin and superficial muscles inside the cup. Sometimes, while the suction is active, the cup […]

What is Custom Foot Orthotics? Foot Orthotics are custom-made supports (shoe inserts/insoles) for the foot that can be worn with any shoes – men’s or women’s, dress shoes or fitness shoes along with the more popular casual shoes. Orthotics are lightweight and thin; most wearers find that they do not even notice their orthotics as […]

What is Reflexology? The ancient Chinese practice of reflexology is a manual therapy focusing on the feet. Therapists believe that through millions of nerve endings, different areas of your feet and hands correspond to other parts of your body, and that massaging them stimulates your parasympathetic nervous system to heal itself. Benefits of Reflexology If […]

What is Tui Na or Deep Tissue Massage Tuina literally translates as push and grasp and is a Chinese therapeutic massage or deep tissue massage; closely related to acupuncture in its use of the meridian system, Tuina is primarily focused on the meridians and points where Qi gathers and can be easily manipulated. It is […]

What is Shockwave Therapy? Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy, (or ESWT), is a new technology that uses shockwaves to treat chronic, painful conditions of the musculoskeletal system. A shockwave is an intense, but very short energy wave traveling faster than the speed of sound. Extra-corporeal means outside the body and refers to the fact that the shockwaves […]