Headache & Migraine

Appointments are about 70 minutes. Please arrive just a few minutes prior to your time to help us prevent crowding in our clinic space, which is shared with Woodbine Foot Clinic.

Please arrive wearing a LOOSE T-SHIRT, LOOSE SWEATPANTS, and SOCKS — you'll need to take off your shoes upon entering the treatment room. Please do not wear denim, thick or delicate fabrics, jewelry, or anything you wouldn’t want compressed or stretched.

Due to the close physical nature of our work around the head, wearing a new / clean face mask during treatment is recommended. However, if you are sick, you MUST cancel your appointment and reschedule accordingly. The cancellation policy below applies to ALL situations without exception, including unexpected illnesses and emergencies.

Instead of just “kneading out the muscles” only to soften them temporarily, we stimulate the right areas in the right ways to train your nervous system — the thing that makes you feel pain — to turn down its hypersensitivity switch long-term.

Treatment conditions are set up optimally for our success, emphasizing consistency and commitment in our collaboration.

Think of it this way: it’s the difference between wanting to get into the best shape of your life and choosing to work alongside a dedicated trainer and coach — with your dream body in mind, built-in accountability, and a personalized training program in tow — versus relying on sporadic motivation to workout only when you REALLY feel like it… and no other plan in place (we all know how that usually turns out!).

In the majority of cases, you'll get the peace of mind of remaining fully clothed and without the use of unnecessary products on your skin.

Most patients find this work incredibly relaxing — don’t be surprised if you keep wanting to fall asleep! However, times when we need to work directly on and around actively painful areas might feel therapeutically intense. The aim is always to work within your tolerance, and we maintain open communication throughout to make any necessary adjustments.

Whenever we shift our focus to the lymphatic system, you can expect gentler pressures, with an exception for abdominal work that may require slightly deeper techniques.

Movement and stretching may also be incorporated where suitable.

Because we do deep, purposeful work to build the nervous system's resilience, you might feel a bit sore around treatment areas for a few days.

If your nervous system is very sensitive to start with, you could experience some temporary aggravation of new or existing symptoms for about a week after treatments, until it can gain more resilience from our treatment plan and gradually return itself to a place of safety.

This is your body’s way of reacting to being stimulated in a new way. It's similar to when you start exercising intensely for the first time or after a long break – your muscles may feel weak and sore after each workout at first, but as you train consistently and get stronger, the exaggerated types of these responses decrease.

Just like your doctor can't guarantee how you’ll respond to a new medication when they prescribe it, the path toward your desired results may be influenced by several factors.

These include details like how severe your symptoms are; how long you've experienced them; what their root causes might be; your medical, surgical, and injury history; your specific treatment goals; your commitment to the treatment plan; the degree of exposure to triggers ongoing; and upcoming OR unexpected life events.

The only way to see how much better we can get you feeling is to get started.

Yes, receipts from completed treatments can be submitted to your benefits provider under Registered Massage Therapy.

Managing plan-specific details — such as confirming coverage for treatments, doctor's note requirements, benefit-year / per-treatment reimbursement maximums, and submitting claims — is solely the patient’s responsibility.

At the end of each appointment, we conveniently charge the treatment fee to the credit card on file and promptly email you the insurance receipt in PDF format.

NB — Insurance will NOT typically reimburse to cover cancellation fees, gift card purchases, or gift card redemptions.