Sixth Street Massage Therapy Clinic

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***** Reopening Monday, June 22, 2020 *****

Dear Patients,

We are happy to announce the reopening of our office on Monday, June 22, 2020.

While our focus, as always, will be on the understanding of your condition and treatment needed to help with your process, as befits these times, we will also be taking extra time with and between each treatment to take all needed measures, and ensure all due safety and protection for both therapists and patients.

Regular office hours will resume, with appointments spaced out for appropriate social distancing, along with pre-treatment screening and evaluation before the actual treatment, and on the day of the treatment. All such particulars will be communicated in full detail to any patient booking or rebooking appointments here.

If you have been a current patient of ours whose treatment(s) has been interrupted by our temporary closure due to the pandemic, you will be contacted in due course. Otherwise, feel free to contact us to make an appointment or ask any questions at

[email protected]

In the words of Dr. B. Henry, “Be kind, be calm and be safe”. We’ll all get through this together!

Regards,

Sixth Street Massage Therapy Clinic

Thursday, May 7, 2020

🙂 Province Of BC Announces New Easing Of Closures 🙂

While important details and procedure plans must be formulated by our profession and approved by the province before any Registered Massage Therapists may open, judging by the announcements made by Premier Horgan and Dr. Bonnie Henry yesterday, our current estimate of re-opening this office will be during the first week of June, less than a month from now.

Any current patients will be notified as soon as our schedule re-opens for booking. If you are not a current patient (or haven't visited in the last 3 months) and wish to be notified when we re-open, let us know at [email protected] and we'll let you know also.

Without exaggeration, these are unprecedented times, and for most of us, something most our lives have never prepared us for. With the guidance of our provincial health leaders, our massage therapy profession, and the best judgement possible, we will endeavor to resume our usual service as quickly and safely as possible.

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!

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Provincial Re-opening plan: https://bit.ly/2zg6Ahl

May 6, 2020 Provincial Announcements: https://bit.ly/2LfzikR

What you need to know about COVID-19 in B.C. on Thursday | CBC News B.C. officials announced how the province will resume elective surgeries postponed by the COVID-19 crisis. It's a plan that could take two years and $250 million to carry out.

CLINIC STILL CLOSED TILL FURTHER NOTICE

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the public, our personal, and professional efforts at preventing the spread of this virus, we will be closed till further notice.

Current Patients: Please feel free to keep in touch, and if you have any general health questions I might be able to help with within the limits of my licence, let me know: [email protected]. Response time may vary, but you know I’m there for, and with you!

General Public: Please forward any concerns or inquiries to our email, which is

[email protected]

as response to voicemails may be quite delayed.

*** Clinic Closure Continues Till Wednesday, April 15, 2020 ***

Unfortunately, on advice of our licencing board, and BC's Provincial Health Office, Dr. Bonnie Henry, we are cancelling your appointments up to and including April 15, 2020.

We will be updating every two weeks or so, directly if there are any appointments booked, and on our website and this page for the general public.

Take care, and stay safe and healthy!

Meanwhile, if there are any health-related topics anyone wants discussed, send me an email at the email address on our website. (Not posting it directly here due to Internet bots!) I may write an article on it, or open up some kind of discussion forum.

Website: www.sixthstreetmassage.com

******** CLINIC TEMPORARILY CLOSED ********

Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the public, our personal, and professional efforts at preventing the spread of this virus, we will be closed for two weeks, and plan to re-open Wednesday, April 1, 2020.

Please forward any concerns or inquiries to our email, which is

[email protected]

as voicemails may not be processed until April 1st.

Back from Winter Break!
Accepting new patients in March! :)

Please note: We are closed for Winter Break until February 21, 2020. Please forward all inquiries to [email protected].

Office Closed Friday, April 12, 2019.
Will be back Monday, April 15 for the usual Monday-Friday schedule, Good Friday and Easter Monday notwithstanding. Thanks!

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"The Machine Stops" - read this amazing story that predicted some of our lives from 100 years ago, and its effect on our health and strength. See it at our office website: http://sixthstreetmassage.com/2015/11/12/the-machine-stops-e-m-forster-1909/

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If you really need an appointment asap, please call as early in the day as possible. Many a times, someone with less urgent pain has booked my last available appointment in the earlier morning, then someone with even worse pain calls at 10:30 or 11:00 am desperately needing to get in only to have me say there's no opening till next week.

So anyone with urgent need, please call or email early so that even if you can't be booked immediately, you can be put on the priority waiting list. ☺