MASSAGE THERAPIST – LIANA PALMER LeBlanc RMT, CST.

She’s a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) & an educator. She has worked for a local College in their Massage Therapy program for the past seven years.

She has taught and assisted many courses such as Mock Oral Practical Exams, Muscle Skeletal and Kinesiology lab and theory, Professional Development 2, Law and Regulation, Lower Extremity, Upper Extremity, Consolidated Treatment, Massage Theory, Principles of Treatment, Therapeutic Exercise, Systemics. She has also worked as a Clinic Instructor in student clinic as well as in various outreaches in the community. Some of those being Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Pre/Post Natal and Specialty in-reach programs that cater to a variety of Autoimmune issues and diseases.

Liana focuses on how massage therapy is individualized to a client's therapeutic preferences and needs. She incorporates different techniques such as Cranial Sacral, Lymphatic Facilitation, Swedish, PNF, Myofascial release and Visceral therapies with joint mobilizations, trigger point releases and therapeutic exercises.

She continues to learn and acquire new techniques to incorporate in her practice. Liana is also an Upledger trained Cranial Sacral Therapist and a Graston Level 2 technician. A Graston trained therapist uses Graston instruments combined with exercise, that helps break up scar tissue or muscle “knots,” which help to increase range of motion of joints, helps facilitate and quicken the healing process, increases the strength of muscle fibers, and reduces pain.

When she’s not treating, you may find her hiking around Buntzen lake with her dogs and family.