Emailed Out – Chrystal's Clinic

2021 Fall Clinic Updates

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021
by Chrystal

What a season it’s been, hey?

Covid-19

First things first… as we head into fall and watch the positive case numbers increase in BC, there will be no changes to the current Covid-19 clinic protocols until further notice.

New Healthy Living Online Learning Center

With that out of the way, I’m pleased to share a few exciting things I have going on. This weekend, I’m heading on over the New Westminster to take part in a CrossFit Level 2 Training seminar. This should help bring my fitness coaching to a whole new level, allowing me to better fit functional fitness into your homecare plans. As of October 10th, I’ll have completed the year-long Precision Nutrition Level 2 Certification, ensuring that I have the best possible nutrition coaching foundations available. Finally, I have registered in the Girls Gone Strong Women’s Training Specialist program, to help me better understand the unique needs of my female clients and patients. I expect to be completed the GGS-1 course by the end of this year.

I’m bringing all of my health training & background to an online platform where you can learn what’s relevant to you and your life. Read more “2021 Fall Clinic Updates” →

Announcements

Jan 2021 Email Notice

January 21, 2021January 21, 2021
by Chrystal

Hello everyone!

I’ve got a few new and exciting things to share!

Saturday Massage Therapy Appointments
As many of you know my days start pretty early with me waking up most days at or before 4am. This pattern has resulted in me having to offer fewer evening appointments and as such I’m missing out on seeing a few of you who cannot manage weekday appointments. To make up for this, I’ve decided to start offering Saturday appointments. Starting on January 30^th, I’ll be available in the clinic between 10am and 2pm. I imagine these appointments will book up quickly as Saturdays are always popular massage therapy days. If these appointment times interest you, please go ahead and book yourself in here, now.

Personal Training Services
I’m also now offering a limited number of personal training appointments on Monday evenings and Tuesday mornings. Covid restrictions are in place. An air filter is in use in the gym, and because the gym space is small masks must be worn by both you and me, at all times while working together. For this reason, we will stay away from any heavy cardio work and instead focus on accessory, strength and skill work. Personal training sessions will be billed at $75 per session or $675 for 10 sessions.

Personalized Online Fitness Programming – for at Home Exercise
Any fitness trainer knows that in order to get the best results from your hard work, you must commit to at least 3 days of physical activity a week. Three personal training appointments a week gets expensive and many of us struggle with knowing what exactly to do when we’re at home on our own otherwise. Personalized Online Fitness Programming is a solution to that problem! This service can go hand-in-hand with our in-person training sessions. You will have access to an app that you can download to your phone or visit via a computer. Your personalized program will be uploaded with exercise videos and instructions, we can communicate back and forth as we monitor your fitness progress together. The regular fee for this service is $200 a month, however, I’m still offering a 25% discount to current clients on all subscription services.

Nutrition Coaching
I have spaces to take on 3 new online nutrition coaching clients right now. With nutrition coaching, I offer direction, support and accountability. I believe you know what you need to do in order to reach your nutrition goals – but doing it isn’t always the same as knowing it. I’m here to help you. That 25% discount applies to nutrition coaching subscription fees too.

If you are interested in any of these services feel free to send an email my way, or to book yourself in for a virtual appointment. There are no fees to book a virtual consult and I would love to talk to you! You can do so by clicking here.

I trust that you are all well and that 2021 is being good to you! I look forward to seeing or hearing from you next.

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EMAILED OUT TODAY: Cold, Flu & Covid-19 Season Considerations

March 12, 2020January 21, 2021
by Chrystal

Hello everyone!

It’s not every year during the cold and flu season that I send out an email about it. With Covid-19 being declared a pandemic this morning tensions are high worldwide. I aim not to spread panic but offer some reassurances. I figured now might be the best time to assure you all that I am, and always have taken the best precautions in sanitizing the massage therapy table, headrest and all high-touch areas in the clinic in-between each patient. Clinic linens are also changed between patients and have always been washed and dried using extreme heat for sanitization purposes.

I have installed a touch-less hand sanitizer dispenser just outside the clinic treatment room. Please feel free to use this when you arrive at the clinic. Keeping our hands clean is the best way to prevent the spread of viruses.

I’d like to remind you all that for the sake of my other patients, it is my clinic policy not to treat people who are ill. Read more “EMAILED OUT TODAY: Cold, Flu & Covid-19 Season Considerations” →

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New Services – Personal Training & Nutrition Coaching Coming…

July 23, 2019January 21, 2021
by Chrystal

Hi everyone!

It’s been a long time! Who knew when you signed up for these periodic emails with me, what you were actually signing up for where the extremely rare notes I’d send out, if and when I felt I had something of value to share with you? I think the last email I sent you, was in March! While I’ve been doing a lot of valuable things, I haven’t felt it the time to share until now.

I’m planning for a fair bit of growth over the next little while – a lot of it may be of interest to you as much of the growth is based on things some of you have suggested or asked about. I’m soon to add the following services to my practice:

Personal Training
I will be offering one-on-one personal training right here in our clinic gym. I’m designing an Introduction to Functional Fitness personal training package that offers methodology and instruction of basic foundational functional movements – the movements you need to get right, in order to move onto the bigger stuff, or just to help prevent personal injury in day to day life. Each session will last 45 minutes and will include a generalized warm up, skill instructions and then a measured workout. Read more “New Services – Personal Training & Nutrition Coaching Coming Soon” →

Announcements

2018 Pricing/Promotional Changes

December 20, 2017
by Chrystal

Hello everyone!

Everything’s been a bit delayed this year it seems, and as such I’m later than I had hoped to announce some changes coming in 2018. I’ve talked with some of you as I’ve had a chance to see you recently, but for others this is new news. With this New Year I am pleased to share that I will not be increasing my massage therapy pricing, however, I will no longer be honoring promotional rates & discounts, with the exception of 10% off for Peninsula CrossFit members. Active Peninsula CrossFit members will continue to receive a 10% discount on massage therapy services at Aspect Health. If you’re thinking of a great exercise regime to start the New Year, I highly recommend getting in touch with them at www.PeninsulaCrossfit.ca. Let them know you’re one of my patients and they will offer you a 10% program discount. Read more “2018 Pricing/Promotional Changes” →

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Clinic Construction Parking, October I’m Away but Jenny’s Back!

September 12, 2017October 4, 2018
by Chrystal

Hello everyone!

I hope the summer has been good to you this year, and as things settle down and get back to normal I trust you’re all well. Once again there are a few things I thought you’d like to be aware of around here:

Driveway Construction Has Started – PLEASE Park at the Top or on the Street
The excavating for the driveway, the clinic parking and front house parking has finally been done! As with any construction project though, we’ve already faced a few delays on getting concrete framed and poured for the parking. This must be done before the asphalt company can come in and lay the actual driveway. We can expect for it to be a construction zone for the next 2 weeks at least. For the following few weeks’, access to the clinic is by foot only. I ask that clients please park their cars either at the very top of the driveway, being sure not to block construction or other vehicles from accessing, or on the street, and walk down for their appointments. It is a bumpy walk (even bumpier than normal now that construction has started). If this walk is painful for you, or causes you any distress please let me know and we can reschedule your appointment (without penalty) for a future date when construction is complete. Read more “Clinic Construction Parking, October I’m Away but Jenny’s Back!” →

Chronic Pain

20% Off Pain Summit Videos for Aspect Health Patients

March 14, 2017May 9, 2018
by Chrystal

As many of you know I have a bit of an obsession with Pain Science and for the past two years I’ve enjoyed watching the San Diego Pain Summit lectures from the comfort of my home. This year, while watching, I had this overwhelming sense that so much of what I was seeing, hearing, and learning would be useful to you, as my patients. The speakers are all highly educated, often doctors and other specialists at the forefront of their fields. They are well spoken – easy to follow and understand, and more often than not, they’re funny too! They speak about the most recent findings in pain science research and very eloquently tell us why chronic pain is becoming a bigger, more extensive problem for us and how we as healthcare practitioners may even be adding to the problem. And of course, they tell us how we might go about correcting it; a lot of that starts with explaining things to you. These speakers are much better at explaining things than I am so…

I got in touch with Rajam Roose, the San Diego Pain Summit Coordinator, and told her I’d like to share so much of this with so many of you. In response, she’s very generously offered Aspect Health Clients a 20% discount on any video package found at https://sandiegopainsummit.com/education-videos/

Your discount code to be entered at checkout is: ahca17

This code is good for 20% off for any of the packages and will be active until midnight on Dec. 31, 2017.

If you happen to be someone who is suffering chronic pain, please, please take advantage of this code, buy one of these packages and watch the lectures. There’s great, GREAT information in them that can help get you on the path to alleviating your pain. If you have any questions about which lectures are best suited to you, please feel free to get in touch. I can share what I think, but honestly, ALL of them are good!

For the record, the lecture that made me think of sharing with you all the most, was the 2017 A Paradigm Shift In Understanding and Treating Back Pain by Keynote: Peter O’Sullivan, Dip Physio, Post Grad Dip Manip Ther, PhD, FACP, APAM found here.

(You can watch a brief 5-minute clip of this video here)

I so look forward to seeing each of you next, and hearing what you thought of these lectures if you do happen to watch them!

Stay well!

Announcements

Retrain Pain & Combine Health & Fitness to Save…

February 2, 2017February 16, 2017
by Chrystal

I’m so excited to share a few new great things with you:

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