Alanna Thompson Massage Therapy

05/09/2025

I'm very excited to be presenting at this year's Knowledge Summit! All these topics are intriguing to me and I can't wait to hear the other presenters. If you are interested...there's an early bird price!

I am excited to announce the Knowledge Summit is back on Oct 5th.
This online conference features a diverse range of topics from 5 different educators across Canada and the UK.
Register before the end of May and save $25.
For more information please visit the link in the comments, or inside my profile.

04/28/2025

Ok, I know. Some of these are unwieldy. But accurate right? Feel free to start using any of these as you wish.

12/25/2024

Are you feeling it more than normal this year? Most people I talk to are. It’s harder. Some of that is beyond our control. Some of it we are doing to ourselves. It’s time to listen to our symptoms. They are telling us it’s time for change. I know this work is hard. I’m doing it too. But we absolutely have to do something differently.

11/02/2024

Target the Vagus nerve to manage symptoms of anxiety or a racing heart (from stress, not a heart condition). First of all, if your heart races, please talk to your doctor! This post is not medical advice. If you are like me and your heart rate increases with stress, or mental stimulation, this is effective! If you are a manual therapist and have a client on the table who is agitated, stressed, overwhelmed or you can’t get their suboccipitals to chill out…try this!

10/23/2024

Vagus nerve dysfunction is pretty common. I’ve got a series of posts coming up on the key spots I target for different types of symptoms. You can use these techniques for yourself! If you are a manual therapist I’ll briefly explain how I use these on the table. Please ask me questions if you’ve got em!

10/15/2024

Manual Therapy Nerd sessions! Very limited spots available!

It's hard to find community in this solo profession, even if you have coworkers. These events will be curated education and peer support sessions. There will be teaching each time that you can immediately apply to your clinical practice as well as time for pertinent discussions and collaborative hands on learning. Come ready to share your experience and perspective as well as learn.

Bimonthly on a Sunday afternoon from 4-6 in Cochrane AB. Schedule TBD. Each session has a $20 cost.

Please get in touch with me to find out more and see if this is a good fit for you. Message me here or use the contact info in my bio.

10/12/2024

Treatment is expensive. We know. This is our way of helping reduce that barrier. Cochrane Connect Card holders can access appointments and pay what you can!

10/10/2024

Massage should feel good. To you! It can be firm or gentle pressure, it can definitely still be "deep tissue" massage, but through my lens it never needs to provoke an actual pain response. The most important thing to me is that you feel it's effective and you get lasting change. Let's be making the same assumptions about your treatment!

08/02/2024

Do I suffer from a rare form of fart related social anxiety? Sympathetic Fart Anxiety (aka Stealth Fart Anxiety!) The struggle is real.
(I'm starting that hashtag!)

07/28/2024

Think of movement like hygiene. We need to move often, responsively & preventatively. If you are getting sore in specific tasks, especially the daily ones that we need to hang onto, or the ones that let us do what we love...we've got to find ways to keep doing them! Come see me for some creative ways to get up off the couch!

07/10/2024

Seriously...This kid got taller than me in a week! I'm not sure there's much evidence that either hydration or adjustment is going to help me stay taller than him for a bit longer, but I'm gonna try!

07/04/2024

A year ago I moved my practice to Riverside Sports Therapy and it's been a great move! This year has gone by fast but it's been a great one. I work with the best team and have just the best clients! Every day is interesting, full of good conversations and always the chance to learn more and help someone ease their nervous system and their movement.