WITH MEL FITNESS SEABREEZE THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

Mel Martell, owner of With Mel Fitness, wants to help women get fit and healthy. “I think unfortunately for a lot of women their biggest motivator is to change their appearance, which I wish wasn’t true. I believe women who start working out find their motivation changes very quickly from how they look, to how they feel.” Martell says, “And that’s what I like to focus on. How it feels when we work out, after we work out. How it feels to be strong.”

Martell has been working in the fitness industry since 2013, and has since obtained her 200-hour yoga teacher training certification, certifications in personal training, corrective movement, spin, barre, Indian head massage, as well as fourteen additional health and fitness related courses. Martell believes there is a connection between fitness and happiness and wellbeing, “We know that exercising releases endorphins and increases the levels of serotonin and dopamine in our brain. Exercise improves and helps regulate these neurotransmitter levels, which ultimately helps us feel healthy mentally as well. A win-win! Improve both your physical and mental well-being with movement!”

With Mel Fitness offers both online and in-person classes, private training, and online corporate classes. “I also offer step-by-step fitness programs that range from ten days to 12 weeks long and are available on my website. I’m currently working on an incredible new program designed for women over 35 who are serious about maintaining their health and fitness as they start to make their way into middle age.”

You can find her classes via her website www.withmel.ca and YouTube channel @melmartell. “Upcoming classes, both in-person and online, are posted on my website and via Instagram.”

Seabreeze Therapeutic Massage opened the Summerside location overlooking the beautiful Summerside harbour in 2019. Owner, Mary Stewart trained in massage therapy at Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy in Halifax. Stewart offers general Swedish massage and specializes in RAPID Neurofascial Reset.

Rapid Neurofascial Reset is the technique recommended for people who are experiencing pain daily or that keeps them from doing activities they enjoy. It is a stimulating technique that works in cooperation with the nervous system to reset muscles that are stuck in a moving pattern that is no longer efficient or that have scarring from overuse or injury. People experience an improvement in symptoms usually after the first 45-to-60-minute session. Subsequent sessions are 30-45 minutes. It depends on the complexity of symptoms, but most clients come for a series of three-six treatments for symptom resolution.

Stewart recommends RAPID for shoulder issues, low back pain, sciatica, bursitis, plantar fasciitis, Baker’s cyst, headaches/migraines, nerve issues of the arm, frozen shoulder, pelvic floor, tennis/golfers’ elbow, whiplash, shin splints, bunions and arthritic joints, knee problems and TMJ that can cause jaw pain.

“I recommend Swedish massage for clients wanting a relaxing therapeutic massage.” Stewart explains, “The difference between the two techniques is RAPID is stimulating—the patient remains clothed and actively participates by doing set movements while I apply specific pressure to the area of dysfunction. No lotion or oil is used. Swedish massage is relaxing—the patient lies on the massage table between sheets and a blanket. Oil or lotion is used to allow for glide as the therapist kneads and stretches muscles.” www.withmel.ca info@withmel.ca

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