Gibvey is in the business of helping people get well and stay well.
We treat, we teach, we pass it on.
We treat people (and dogs) of all ages.
We know that the body wants to heal physically, emotionally and spiritually. Our years of training and helping patients has provided us with a strong ability to help each person we see. We now share our knowledge with our team of therapists, so each patient of Gibvey will be on the road to wellness.
Richard & Bonnie Gibbon
Therapies we provide:
| Massage Therapy Acupuncture Osteopathy Cranial-Sacral Therapy Manual Lymph Drainage Canine Therapy Counselling (Sechelt) Laser Skin Therapy (Sechelt) CLICK Chinese Herbs Reflexology Hot Stone Massage Strength & Stretch Exercises Advanced Manual Therapy Strain-Counter-Strain Somato-Emotional Therapy Nutritional Counseling Remember it is not necessarily the technique administered, but the proper administering of the technique. |  Richard Gibbon treating one of his younger patients with the assistance of Medina (our dog therapist). |
Massage Therapy
Massage
therapy is recognized as one of the oldest forms of manual medicine.
Massage therapy focuses on treating the musculoskeletal system when
there are changes to its structure or function causing the patient pain.
Relaxation Massage
Relaxation
massage is not just gently massaging the skin with oils. To help the
body more efficiently de-stress a RMT is trained in neurology and
understands how to help the body let go of its' stress more
effectively. It is your body; keep it in knowledgeable hands
Infant Massage
There
are many studies that support the importance of touch for our children
during their development. Colicky babies and asthmatic children benefit
greatly from massage therapy and especially osteopathy. Your therapist
must possess a strong knowledge of childhood diseases and the rapidly
developing anatomy of the child.
Sports Massage
Your
therapist uses many Swedish techniques; however, the primary focus is
on athletic injury, the breakdown of scar tissue and remedial exercise
instruction. Your therapist must have knowledge of the body and its
biomechanics.
Aromatherapy
Many
studies have validated the effects of plants and their essences on the
body. Your therapist will use very specific essential oils to treat the
condition you come in with, such as, stress, common cold, headache,
constipation, etc.
Your body is massaged with specific essential
oils that contain the healing property from specific part of a plant
whether its' petals, roots or leaves. The essential oil assists in the
body’s natural healing process.
Reflexology
Reflexology
is the treatment of your body through your feet. This is one of those
amazing treatments that everyone should have at least twice a year.
Perhaps your birthday and Christmas would be a nice time for you. Image
your feet being kneaded and massaged and all the stress of the year
melting away.
Advanced Manual Therapy (AMT)
ATM
is a form of manual medicine and is ideal for balancing your structure
(posture) and promoting your function (movement ). When your function
or structure is out of balance you will most likely have pain. It is
the goal of the therapist to determine the root cause of your pain and
to develop a treatment plan that addresses the tissue that is
implicated as the primary source of the problem. To accomplish this
deed your therapist must possess a vast knowledge of your nervous,
vascular, lymphatic and musculoskeletal systems.
Ultimately, AMT
focuses on improving your wellness so that you heal better, helping you
develop a stronger constitution so that you can confront future illness
with greater immunological tenacity.
Cranial Sacral Therapy
This
therapy is a gentle technique used to eliminate adhesions that have
developed in the body from previous injury. Injuries to the head or
body cause surrounding soft tissues to become distorted and cause pain.
Cranial Sacral therapy addresses the bony and soft tissue imbalances
causing this pain.
Sometimes a lesion can be found that developed
from the birthing process and the body has been trying to
unsuccessfully adapt over many years.
Visceral Therapy
Viscera
are the cavity of your abdomen where most of your vital organs reside.
When the fascia surrounding these organs becomes distorted you can
suffer visceral dysfunction. This can occur in cases of chronic stomach
pain, constipation, as in fascial release, visceral release is
extremely effective in releasing the distorted fascia and returning the
affected organ back to a state of wellness.
Somato-Emotional Therapy
Somato-emotional
therapy focuses on removing emotional cysts that develop as a result of
repressed emotional traumas. An example of this type of trauma could be
something as innocuous as falling from a playground apparatus as a
child and witnessing (feeling) your friends laugh as you attempt to
hide your pain due to embarrassment. We have a tendency to heal
quickly from the physical trauma of these accidents, however, the
emotional trauma remains and can contribute to ill health.
Myofascial Release
“Myo”
refers to muscle. Fascia refers to a layer of tissue that wraps within
and about the muscles, bones, vessels and organs. This sheet of fascia
can become taut and distort. It than restricts the tissues it is within
or about which does permit these tissues to perform at an optimum level
and hence you will have ill health in that particular tissue. When we
release the fascia we are freeing up the restriction and assisting the
tissue back to wellness.
Lymphatic Therapy
Lymphatic
fluid, vessels and nodes make up a major part of your lymphatic system.
This system is responsible for removal of excess fluids from body
tissues, absorption of fatty acids and the subsequent transport of fat
and the production of lymphocytes which are an important part of your
immune system. Lymphatic therapy assists in circulating these
substances which aid in your disease fighting wellness.
Nutrition Therapy
Nutritonal therapy is now recognized as a key to treating your pain.
Is your pain due to a build up of acids in your body? Changing your diet from one of acid-based foods to alkaline-based foods can assist in reducing or eliminating your arthritic type pain.
Metabolic Dominance
Are
you eating the right foods? And, I don't mean for your blood type. I am
refering to whether or not you are eating foods that act more like
acids or alkalines in your body. Take a metabolic dominance
questionairre and discover your bodies metabolic dominance.
Children’s, Teen’s, Adult’s and Senior’s Nutrition Check-up
At
each stage of our lives our bodies require a specific amount of
nutrients. I will analyze your current food plan and make some changes
to suit your age, weight, culture and activity level.
Detoxification Programs
The
best way to detox and clear yourself of toxins that build up in your
tissues is to fast. Let me analyze your current food plan and create a
safe and effective food plan that allows your body to rid itself of old
toxins and be replenished with fresh and vibrant cells.
Weight Loss Programs
Now
here’s a bonus. When you do a detox program you will loose weight.
Initially most of this weight loss is water, however, with a program
that includes exercise, neuro-linguistic programming and a balanced
food plan you will take off the unwanted pounds you do not need.
We
also provide a lymphatic drainage treatment that has shown significant
results in weight reduction and the removal of excessive water or
adipose formation on the body.
Exercise
Remedial Exercise
All
Gibvey therapists include exercise as part of your treatment plan. We
believe that movement is a key ingredient in helping you to heal your
pain and improve your cellular metabolism.
Need an edge! Steve Hough, RMT will point out improvements you can make in tight and weak muscle systems.
Health and Fitness Assessment
This is the Canadian Fitness Test. Steve will determine you’re your body fat composition, cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health and lifestyle analysis.
In addition, all Gibvey therapists suggest various exercises to strengthen or stretch those areas that are contributing to your health concern.
Special Note I
have a great team of therapists at Gibvey. They are dedicated,
knowledgeable and caring. I feel very proud to work with them when I
observe their desire to learn and when I witness a healing change in
one of their patients. Thank you Bonnie, Augie, Keith, Steve, Nyree,
Mary, Tara and Tracey in Toronto and Marla and Linda in BC. Richard Gibbon Clinic Director
Courses we Provide:
Advanced Manual Therapy Workshops across Canada (click here)
Couples Workshops (beginning 2010)
Assistance for Therapists:
Ther-Assist for Registered Massage Therapist at their own clinic(click here)
In 2010 Richard & Bonnie Gibbon will begin teaching courses to the public on materials based on what they presently teach their patients. Topics such as:
When the body says no
How to develop your boundary
How to respect others boundaries
Communicating with respect
Developing your communication skills
How to easily face confrontation
Couples communication
Textbooks for Therapists
Richard is currently writing an assessment text for therapists to assist them in determining the cause of their patient's pain.
Books for the public
Bonnie is currently writing a workbook on boundaries to help individuals understand what boundaries are and to learn how to develop them.
She is also preparing a self help book for sugar addicts.