Looking for a soft touch, soothing music and the scent of lemongrass in the air? You won’t find it at the Calgary Muscle and Soft Tissue Clinic (CMSTC).
“We are therapeutically-based and medically-focussed,” says clinic founder, Dr. Laurie Fisher.
“That really does set us apart in the market.”
The team includes manual therapists, physiotherapists, and athletic therapists, focused on finding the source of every patient’s pain and dysfunction to create effective treatments plans.
To say Fisher, an advanced orthopedic therapist who is a biomechanical kinesiologist with a PhD in myofascial and connective tissue dysfunction, is perfectly poised for the job is an understatement.
She is very much a hands-on care provider on the CMSTC team while actively serving on the medical care roster for the Calgary Stampeders Football Club. CMSTC tackles patients’ problems whether they are pre or post surgery, sports-related or unresolved muscle aches, pains or soft tissue and muscle conditions in need of solutions.
“We invest our time and energy into every patient to make sure they are getting what they need. If we don’t have what they need, we connect them with those who do,” says Fisher.
“Our team works with athletes of all levels, people who move for work, which includes those in military or first response care and patients suffering with chronic pain.”
Some turn to CMSTC just to regain function and movement impaired by soft tissue or muscle pain so they can go about their daily lives.
Much of the team’s success lies in extensive background expertise. The massage therapy staff are trained in everything from kinesiology, exercise physiology and athletic therapy – all boasting a shared drive to get to the root of the problem in one-on-one sessions with their patients.
“We are not just dealing with symptomology but discovering what is actually causing the pain,” Fisher explains.
“We are focused on the therapeutic assessment and manual therapy to compliment massage. When we move the tissue, we move the tissue.”
CMSTC is set to open its second location in the city’s northwest this summer.
The Calgary Muscle and Soft Tissue Clinic
Suite 21 10 Richard Way, SW Calgary, AB T2E 7M9
403-764-1400
Instagram: teamcmstc
www.cmstc.ca
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