Monthly Archives: May 2020

Functional Massage Therapy is Reopening June 1st, 2020!

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How we rise to a challenge determines our fortitude! The past 12 weeks away from providing hands on care was interesting, difficult and transforming. Through it all, I held onto my belief in best case scenarios, that we would be spared what we were witnessing happening around the globe due to the effects of the Covid virus. I am so happy to poke my head out of my home and connect with my patients finally! Processing the changes and shifts in how we manage physical distance and our healthcare has been a daunting task as I contemplated reopening the clinic. Great consideration was put into all avenues of best care for myself and my patients. I have successfully created a reopening plan and I am happy to forward it to anyone who cares to know what has been happening behind the scenes to prepare for a return to hands on care in this day and age. I will be busy sanitizing the clinic in between patients, so it may take a little longer to return phone calls and emails. Maybe even a whole day. Please be patient as I adjust to this new normal of exceptional service.

I have disabled the online booking option for the time being as I strive to re-establish care to those that have counted on me pre Covid. All patients are welcome to request appointments via leslie@functionalmassagetherapy.ca or 250 338 4515. New patients included! I am limiting my practice to residents of the Comox Valley and Campbell River regions in my first phases of reopening. This means that you must isolate from Functional Massage Therapy until 2 weeks have passed since your return to the Island or once off Island guests, family, friends have vacated your care/home/vehicle. This is an extra precaution that only applies to my private practice. I feel empowered to open my doors knowing the Island has had no new cases in over 2 weeks. I feel it is in everyone’s best interests to be cautious in how we ease our own personal restrictions. Please take care until I can treat you again!

Kindly,

Leslie Clisby!

How soon is too late?

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May 7, 2020 update! 

The provincial health authority has announced they will be lifting the restrictions for massage therapy, possibly as early as the 19th of May.  Functional Massage Therapy is waiting for our governing college to announce protocols and procedures on how we can do this safely without spreading the Covid virus.  Until then, the online booking has been disabled and no new appointments will be made.  
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Once open, ​Functional Massage Therapy will only be serving residents of the Comox Valley and Campbell River.  Priority will be on re-establishing care to my patients who were cancelled in the past 7 weeks.  Those patients will be contacted by phone to arrange appointments and to answer any questions or concerns. All other requests for treatment can be emailed to leslie@functionalmassagetherapy.ca or by phone 250 338 4515.  These requests will be contacted in my next phase of reopening, depending on how the first phase goes.  New patient requests will be deferred until July as a general rule, although compassionate requests will be considered on a case by case basis depending on the situation.
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​I am grateful for everyone that reached out with such care during this closure!  I’m most impressed by how you are all handling this break in your normal care and routine!  Keep up your efforts of keeping 2 meters apart and staying home if mildly ill!  Take care and breathe easy until I can treat you again!