Colette Butler RMT

10/14/2022

This week I had several new to massage, and new to me clients. My clients having their first massage EVER ranged from age 13 to 76! Anyone and everyone can benefit from massage therapy.

Send a DM or book in to see how you can benefit from massage!

10/03/2022

🍁This is your reminder! 🍁
Most extended health plans will restart Jan 1. It’s time to check your balance and book in!! Don’t let all that money go to waste. Click link in Bio or DM for help with booking

09/26/2022

Massage and Physiotherapy openings this week!

08/08/2022

SCHEDULE CHANGE!! Our oldest is starting pre-primary in September which also means my hours will be changing slightly to fit our family’s needs.
If your appointment time has been affected, you will be contacted by our admin staff. Thank you for your understanding and support! 🤗

06/22/2022

I have this conversation often with clients. People who wish they did things differently in their youth, who started massage or other therapies sooner, who have pain or limitations based on previous habits.
Here’s a reminder to take care of your health today!
Find your team- MD, ND, NP, physiotherapist, massage therapist, psychologist, chiropractor, whom EVER! I love supporting clients in proactive steps towards a better, healthier self.

06/09/2022

05/25/2022

Schedule change- I’m excited to let everyone know I’ll be working full time (Mon-Thurs) at Peak Energy Chiropractic in Hammonds Plains.

03/19/2022

I’ve been seeing a lot of patients coming in with stiff and sore necks and upper backs… sound familiar?Time to check your posture! DM, or better yet- book in for a massage and l’ll send you home feeling better but ALSO with homework- simple exercises to build into your daily life to improve your posture and decrease pain over time

02/07/2022

Your low back pain may be coming from a muscle named quadratus lumborum (QL). It’s one of the deepest back muscles and often tight and overactive (and hard to stretch). Book in and let me help with general aches and pains, overall relaxation or just some time to yourself! Link in bio Please send a DM if you don’t see a time that works for you!

02/04/2022

Interesting read!
Massage can help heal muscles as well as relaxing them. 💪🏼 Appointments available Cornerstone Naturopathic Inc.
https://wyss.harvard.edu/news/massage-doesnt-just-make-muscles-feel-better-it-makes-them-heal-faster-and-stronger/

Study confirms link between mechanotherapy and immunotherapy in muscle regeneration in mice

01/26/2022

Ask me about next time you’re at ! Benefits of hot atone therapy include:
⭐️ increasing circulation
⭐️ improving lymphatic circulation
⭐️ decreasing muscle and joint pain
⭐️ decreasing tension headaches
⭐️ reducing overall stress

01/21/2022

I am excited to share that I will be joining a second amazing team of practitioners! I will be splitting my week with 2 days at each clinic.

12/23/2021

If you haven’t read this post by Dr Ashley- READ NOW! Then save it, and re read throughout the holidays….
We’ve been in fight or flight mode since this pandemic hit Nova Scotia 21 months ago!

🤍 let’s take the time to slow down

Amazing post from Dr. Ashley! Read on!
You're supposed to be feeling tired right now, Nova Scotia.

For the past 20 months, your HPA Axis has been responding to what it thinks is a low level threat. So, your brain is sending more Corticotropic Releasing Hormone (CRH) towards your adrenal glands to create more cortisol to respond to this perceived threat.

(Perceived threat = respond in the same way as an actual threat... so, your body thinks you've been running away from a bear this entire time)

Over time, that increase in cortisol blunts a cell's ability to respond appropriately. This means that your body doesn't respond the way it's supposed to. It undeeresponds in a way. To respond, it requires a stronger signal to be sent. That's a similar feeling to being fine, and then all of sudden being very NOT fine.

Welcome to the party, adrenaline. An adrenaline response used to be bursting into tears because you got the wrong type of coffee, or your hair wouldn't curl right, or you missed an email and it felt like the end of the world. Let alone trying to decide what to eat.

But now you don't have a lot of adrenaline left. So now you just feel apathetic, you feel blah, you feel like you don't care.

But you do care.

And that separation is what we see in Burnout. And we blame ourselves and hold guilt because we think we shouldn't be feeling this way, that we should be grateful for what we have. And that guilt is holding you back.

You should be burnt out right now. Your system is responding exactly as it's physiologically supposed to do. Your body is trying to keep you alive.

So you need to remind your body that there is no threat.

💫Get your sleep, and prioritize it at all costs.
💫Take a piece of paper and write down EVERYTHING and have a friend or loved one help you prioritize. Focus on that first.
💫Engage in simple activities, ideally outside. You don't need to get caught up in the updates, you need to go for a walk.
💫Turn your phone on silent.
💫 Look at someone in the eye and tell them thank you.
💫 Eat some protein.
💫 Ask for help.
💫 Redefine success.

You're supposed to have emotions friend, you're a human. But those supports will help you feel more like yourself again. More amazing content from from Dr. Ashley here: https://buff.ly/30Qhfxi

12/22/2021

Last minute massages available. If you’re feeling stressed (who isn’t right now?!), take an hour of your day to rest, reset, breathe and head into the holidays with your household.

12/21/2021

4 more sleeps until Santa! If we’ve met, you probably know I have young kids, which is why I’m so excited for Christmas this year. We’re not going anywhere, seeing anyone outside the house, doing anything extravagant… just hoping to enjoy the magic of Christmas and RELAX!