Yup we have our new painPRO Fairview Clinic opening at 1206-750 West Broadway in Vancouver. (Broadway/ Willow) This will be our new state of the art Massage Therapy Clinic offering digital postural assessments, electronic transfer of invoices (we want to go green), digital HD pictures of trigger point patterns, digital muscle pictures to show you exactly were your pain problems are, stretching videos, and we have installed a state of the art music system so you can play your own music off any Wi-Fi enabled device…like your smart phone. We want to take your massage experience to the next level.

As we were hibernating during our glorious Vancouver winter we were thinking how to best celebrate the coming of spring. We thought why not open a new Massage Therapy clinic and bring back our FREE Massage Therapy for a Year draw…but with a twist. The twist is that we want to give you more chances to win. So here is what we will do for the month of April 2013:

1.  Each Massage Therapy appointment at our new Fairview Clinic will get you two ballots into the draw
2. Each Massage Therapy Appointment at our Coal Harbour or Business District location will get you one ballot into the draw
3. “Like” us on Facebook and receive one ballot into the draw. Click Facebook Icon and go directly to our page.
4. Refer a new client and you will get one ballot into the draw (just make sure they tell us you sent them)

Congratulations goes to James Greenwood for winning the August draw for FREE Massage Therapy for a Year. Can you spell H-A-P-P-Y! After awarding James over $800 in free massage we decided that we wanted to help more people win FREE massage therapy. So starting Monday August 27, 2012 we will be drawing for a FREE 45 minute massage treatment every week. Just one more reason for you to experience “the painPRO Difference”.

Research by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center provides validation that a deep pressure massage is more important to better treatment outcomes. The Ohio State study also goes on to say that the duration of the massage is less important than the amount of pressure applied during the massage treatment. The science behind this relates to the fact that massage therapy helps reduce inflammation, improves enzyme production for muscle and facia repair, and helps break up old fascial adhesions caused by injury. So by receiving a deep tissue massage from a massage therapist the deeper fascial layers of your body can be reached thus stimulation a faster recovery and improving athletic performance.

At painPRO Clinics we consistently try to educate our clients that a shorter massage when done properly can improve your recovery time, improve athletic performance, and save you money at the same time. The important thing to remember is that one massage isn’t always going to do the trick. Many people assume that most massage therapy treatments need to be 60 minutes long. We now have proof that a well trained RMT can be more effective when treatments times are shortened and massage frequency increased.

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Lindsey Steele has won our most coveted monthly prize…FREE Massage Therapy for a Year. We have just added over $833 to her existing Loyalty card so she can get the pain relief she needs when she needs it. As always Lindsey can use the credit at any of our 3 Vancouver locations and with any of our Registered Massage Therapists.

As part of our ongoing initiative to prove that massage therapy helps improve performance we thought we’d put our money where our mouth is. We would like to introduce you to Andrew Powell who is now officially a painPRO…welcome Andrew. Andrew is a professional Triathlete and coach/ trainer for budding Triathletes. In order to help Andrew maintain peak performance, reduce incidence of injury, and improve recovery time we offer Andrew access to our growing family of RMT’s who are trained in Sport Massage. He has promised to share all his winnings with us 50/ 50…right Andrew?

We’ll keep you posted on his schedule but if you want to follow his blog I’m sure he’ll let you.

ANDREWS BLOG…CLICK HERE

We have given away so many FREE Massage Therapy for a Year treatments that we have been to busy to tell you who won. Our May draw was given to Shirley Hoo and June was Alison Chin. Two very happy recipients of our FREE Massage Therapy for a Year Contest. Don’t worry we are still in a giving mood so the next draw is July 16th, 2012. All you have to do is book an appointment or refer someone who books a massage and you are entered to win. Easy smeazy!

So come in and experience the painPRO difference and get a chance win Free Massage Therapy for a Year at any of our 3 Vancouver locations.

We are proud to confirm that massage therapists from our various painPRO Clinic locations volunteered their time and helped out close to 300 marathoners with free massage therapy. As you can tell by the picture our very own Alexandra MacLean (a.k.a. Glee) is unleashing her massage prowess with a technique we have never seen before. We like to call it the “pretzel” which seems to be one third stretch, one third joint manipulation, and one third distraction. Hey lets just call it what it is…the painPRO Difference.

Congratulations to Carmen Palencia a patient of our Coal Harbour location for being the big winner for April.We have pre-loaded her Loyalty Card with over $833 to be used towards massage therapy at either of our painPRO Clinic locations.  We are proud to announce that Carmen can no longer say “I never win anything”. To have your chance of winning FREE Massage Therapy for a Year all you have to do is book a massage or refer someone to any of our clinics and you will receive an entry ballot.

Pain Doesn’t Wait…Why Should You?

We are proud to announce our partnership with Big Blue BMO Vancouver Marathon. Our RMT’s are volunteering their time to offer free massages to Vancouver Marathon participants who are registering for the full and half marathon at the BMO Registration booth Thursday May 3,  Friday May 4th, and Saturday May 5th. So if you are a Vancouver Marathon or Half Marathon runner come by and visit us at the BMO Registration Booth at the Health, Sports, and Lifestyle Expo at Canada Place. Not only will you get a pre-race touch up to help your performance but we’ll even give you a $10 off coupon towards a post race massage to speed up your recovery.

If your a real keener follow this link to see a video of the BMO Full and Half Marathon routes.