The treatments are performed by a Registered Massage Therapist and are covered by your massage benefits. The therapist is recognized by all insurance providers. Each plan offers a different amount of coverage, so please check with your provider and budget as needed.
Direct billing is possible for insurance companies under Telus E-claims, as well as Sunlife, GreenShield, Alberta Blue Cross, and Medavie Blue Cross. Any balances not covered by your insurance is due at the time of treatment.
In Canada, anyone performing medical treatments needs a license to touch. This comes from graduating from a formal recognized college or university program as well as being a member in good standing of a professional governing body that provides medical malpractice insurance, code of ethics, continuing education requirements and more. In Alberta anyone performing massage or bodywork like treatments, therapists must be licensed by the city they are working in. There are 2 distinct levels of licensing titles in Calgary based on education levels. This renews annually. Business licences are different than massage licences.
I graduated from Mount Royal College in 2005 from the Massage Therapy program and attained my Calgary Massage Therapist license and business license at that time. I have been a member of the massage governing body, NHPC (National Health Practitioners of Canada) since 2005.
I graduated from Anatomy Trains Structural Integration program in 2020 and became a member of IASI, the International Association of Structural Integrators at that time as well. In order for the NHPC to recognize therapists for malpractice insurance, Structural Integrators must be members of the IASI which provides more of the ethics and education guidelines for this specific and unique modality.
No you are not doing yoga, although you might get a yoga stretch to do as a homework exercise! Traditionally, bodywork therapy is done on a table, perhaps under sheets and blankets. So I am going to shift your paradigm. I can also treat your body when you are standing. We work with gravity, your body weight, and with movement to release the tissues that need to be addressed. This can be more effective than laying on the table which puts your body out of gravity and can limit your movement. I can also treat you sitting up, on a specialized bench, with you feet firmly grounded into the floor.
For Structural Integration, each session is 90 minutes and ideally the sessions should be 1 week apart. However, there is flexibility in how far they are spaced apart to accommodate your schedule.
If you want to just do the Structural Bodywork, between you and the therapist, you can work together to decide what will be an optimal schedule and appointment length to meet the goals and changes you want.
Some people will feel changes in their bodies after one session and others will feel it later on in the series. Fascia moves slow and can take 9-24 months to complete the reknitting process.
The majority of people do get some change and some more dramatic than others. However, it is not guaranteed as every body is different. Your body will dictate what it is willing to let go. A lot of factors are in your control such as curbing repetitive motions, healthy nutrition, addressing your emotional health, and moving your body in various directions. Your therapist will guide you to better your results.
The Structural Integration series is just the beginning of the fascia reknitting. It can take 9-24 months for the fascia to complete it’s process. It is advised to take a bit of break from the therapy in order to allow the fascia to reknit. However, it will be important to take your body into a news direction of movement. If that is not possible then I do recommend follow up sessions. What this looks like can be decided between you and the therapist and will be dependent of your movement. It could be something like once a month or every 3 months with 3 sessions of rebalancing.
It’s located at Britannia Business Centre
Suite 200, 4723 1ST Street SW,
Calgary, Alberta T2G 4Y8
There are very few Structural Integrators in Canada as the education is in the USA and is intensive and specialized. Training is just now coming to Canada, so we hope to see more therapists practicing this trade. Structural Integration has been around for many decades since Ida Rolf had pioneered it.
A 3 or 4 series of Structural Bodywork is the best option.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the space to store paper files and the means to keep them secure. The intake form, treatment notes, and receipts are done online in the secure, complementary health system, Jane. This saves space and paper and makes it easy to share the file should medical or legal professionals request them. I can also share the photos of you directly from Jane. No one has access to your information other than the therapist.
You are beautiful in whatever shape you come in! However, photos are required to support the work with Structural Integration and will be shared with the client only. The pictures are used to monitor progression of the work in your body and are referred back to often in your series. The photos are stored on the secure Jane system and no one has access to them but you and the therapist. Your privacy is respected.
Call Jenny at: 403-860-2843
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“Achieving an efficient body is an ongoing journey.”
Mon-Wed: 10 am – 6:15 pm
Thu-Fri: 10 am – 4 pm
Sat-Sun: Closed
Closed long weekends