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AcuElements Wellness

Welcome to AcuElements Wellness. This is the location of the original Vancouver NeuroMuscular Massage Therapy Clinic, founded by Tacjanna Saunders, and has served this community for more than 30 years.

Now, the services have expanded with an array of different therapies including: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Worsley Five Element Acupuncture, Chinese Herbs, Community Acupuncture, Pelvic Floor Physiotherapy, Lactation Consultation, Registered Prenatal Massage Therapy, and Seasonal Workshops offered by various therapists.

Our goal is to build a welcoming facility for people who need to rest and who need to heal. We wish to become an important part of your life journey by providing professional quality service.

Therapies

Through our services we can help treat and manage an array of conditions.

    • Prenatal & Post-partum support

    • Breech baby

    • IVF support

    • Infertility

    • Chronic skin conditions such as: eczema,

    • Mental Health

    • Internal medecine

    • Oncology

    • Post-stroke recovery

  • Pregnancy/ Postpartum Massage

    • Back / Neck Pain

    • Headaches / Migraines

    • Sciatica / Piriformis Syndrome

    • Ligament / Joint Pain

    • Swelling/Edema

    • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

    • Delivery Recovery / Rehabilitation

    • Diastasis Recti

    • Cesarean / Tears / Episiotomies

    • Therapeutic Breast Massage in Lactation for Relief of Engorgement, Plugged Ducts and Mastitis (special consent need to be signed)

    Baby Massage

    - Feeding / Breastfeeding Struggles -

    - Colic / Gas / Constipation

    - Reflux / Regurge

    - Head Shape / Torticollis

    - & more

  • • Nipple or breast pain, during or in-between feeds

    • Latch mechanics and positioning

    • Suspected tongue- or lip- ties, oral functional assessments and support through the release process (done by dental surgeons) as necessary

    • How to tell if baby is actively drinking from the breast

    • How to know if baby is getting enough milk

    • Efficiency of feeds

    • Fussiness or colic-like behaviours ( biting, pulling off, back-arching, etc.)

    • Low breastmilk supply

    • Engorgement, milk blebs/blisters, blocked ducts, mastitis and other infections

    • Feeding preemies, multiples, or tandem feeding

    • Not-yet-latching or breast refusal •

    • Managing jaundice

    • Slow weight gain

    • Feeding after breast surgery

    • Supplementation, and finding the right tools and method for you and your family

    • Induced or re-lactation

    • Milk expression, different pumps, flange size/fit, and finding a routine that fits your goals (occasional or exclusive pumping)

    • Bottle feeding challenges

    • Introducing solids

    • Weaning, returning to work, or preparing to be away from baby

    • Urge, Stress-related, mixed urinary and fecal incontinence

    • Bladder Urgency

    • Interstitial cystitis/Painful bladder syndrome

    • Vulvar, vaginal, clitoral, perineal pain (at rest, with touch or with intercourse)

    • Pain with sex: vaginismus, dyspareunia, vestibulodynia

    • Pelvic organ prolapse

    • Endometriosis

    • Irritable bowel syndrome

    • C-section preparation & recovery

    • Prenatal and Post-partum recovery

    • Vaginal stenosis

    • Vaginal dryness

    • Pre and post-surgical consult and conditioning after pelvic tradition therapy or obstetric, gynaecological or colorectal surgeries

    • Gender affirming pre-post surgery care

    • Hip, tailbone, and low back pain

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Our Practitioners