Stephanie Mackney RMT

🌿 Holiday Notice 🌿

I’ll be taking some time away from the clinic beginning October 31 for a much-needed holiday. ✈️✨

Online booking is currently open for appointments beginning November 29.

While I’m away, I’ll be taking a break from messages and inquiries as well. Contact and replies will resume when I return.

Thank you for your patience and understanding, and I look forward to seeing you when I’m back! 💗

When your pain and discomfort are held hostage by stress, regular massage therapy can help in so many ways.

I spend a lot of time digging through the research and looking for credible evidence on the benefits of massage therapy, and unfortunately, good studies can be few and far between.

But I’m not just someone who reads the research. I also experience high levels of stress, lost sleep, and muscle pain myself.

Yes, even massage therapists need a massage sometimes. 😉

I don’t just want to provide relief. I want to help find answers for all of us riding this rollercoaster together.

Your massage can bring your attention back to yourself so you can discover why your body feels the need to hold on to tension.

Massage therapy studies have been found to improve quality sleep and decrease the time it takes to fall asleep.

🔗Ivanova, S. (2024). THE EFFECT OF MASSAGE THERAPY ON THE SLEEP QUALITY IN HEALTHY ADULTS. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 13(26), 160-167. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2024.v13i26.017

Massage can encourage the release of endorphins, your body's natural hormones for comfort, which may help ease stress and reduce the perception of pain.

University of Guelph, 2022 September 16, The Science Behind Massages & Relaxation, wellness.uoguelph.ca, https://wellness.uoguelph.ca/news/science-behind-massages-relaxation

"A 2026 study showed that gentle, repeated touch (like the kind used in massage) can help the brain make new connections and calm stress pathways."

Chmiel J, Kurpas D. Through Massage to the Brain-Neuronal and Neuroplastic Mechanisms of Massage Based on Various Neuroimaging Techniques (EEG, fMRI, and fNIRS). J Clin Med. 2026 Jan 22;15(2):909. doi: 10.3390/jcm15020909. PMID: 41598846; PMCID: PMC12842157.

When stress has your muscles held hostage, massage can help.

Finding where you’re holding tension, addressing contributing factors, supporting restful sleep, and helping calm an overactive stress response can all help reduce the pain and discomfort that tension creates in your body.

I have availability Saturday, September 5 at Therapeutic Body Concepts - Sherwood Park!

📍11 Athabascan Ave #152,
Sherwood Park, AB T8A 6H2

Booking info in bio

The beauty and art of yoga! 🧘🏼‍♀️
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If you have ever received some home care exercises from me after your treatment, chances are you have been assigned YOGA! 🙏🏼
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I have been practicing yoga since 2011, starting with an at home DVD to eventually joining classes at my local gym.
I regularly turn on "Yoga with Adrienne" on YouTube for my home practice.
In 2024 I attended my first yoga retreat in Kananaskis where I rediscovered snow shoeing and tried Yoga Nidra for the first time.
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Now you will find me in a local Yoga studio practicing hot yoga in various forms. From increasing my strength and cardio, to decreasing my nervous system firing and inflammation of joints and sore muscles.
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I find so much joy in Yoga, but also so many benefits! Yoga can be whatever you need it to be. Which is why I am secretly passing on my joy to my clients through Yoga inspired home-care based on science and craft. I only recommend what I have personally tried and tested to be true.
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The beauty and science of Yoga is that it can be accessible to all abilities. It holds no ego to measure up to anyone but yourself (when it's done correctly). It is more than what it lets on. It's exercise, and relaxation. It's strength but also a reminder of how to BREATHE. It is a personal journey, and I love every hill and valley it takes me on.
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What is your favourite Yoga pose?

Online booking hours available for September and October at both locations!
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I have added some extra weekend and evening & weekend availability at Therapeutic Body Concepts - Sherwood Park until the end of October!

Booking links are in my bio.

I am out in nature enjoying some offline time. Time for a little rest & reset. 🏕️

I will be out of the clinic at both of my locations from July 22-25, 2026. 🚙🛣️

I can respond to all messages, emails, and inquiries after my return.

Thank you

It's not just about love.
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It's about honouring fellow humans.
It's about remembering those who ran so we could walk.
It's about standing against bigotry.
It's not a movement. It's not an era of history.
It's creating an evolution of time where we stand tall against those who would try to take others down.
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Pride isn't just about love in all of its forms. It's defending against hate and fear. From my heart to yours, happy pride. 🏳️‍🌈
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