About Muscle Release Massage Therapy
Muscle Release Massage Therapy & Chiropractic is a clinic founded in 2017 offering deep tissue and therapeutic massage, chiropractic care, and kinesiology across locations in South Edmonton and St. Albert. The clinic serves a broad client base including office workers, athletes, and individuals with sedentary lifestyles, with a stated focus on injury recovery, pain relief, and injury prevention education. Services include sports massage, cupping, hot stone massage, fascial stretch therapy, IASTM (muscle scraping), RAPID neurofascial reset, Graston technique, and therapeutic massage tailored to conditions such as frozen shoulder, rotator cuff injury, tension headaches, low back pain, and tendinitis. The team comprises a chiropractor—Dr. Hayley Fikus, who completed her degree Summa Cum Laude and holds an MSc in Sports Medicine—and multiple registered massage therapists with varied specializations: Sam Hill (RMT, personal trainer, treating sports injuries and chronic conditions), Sylvia Radcliffe (RMT with 2200-hour certification since 2003, offering craniosacral therapy, cold laser, and rolfing), Nan Whalin (RMT with 15+ years' experience, specializing in headaches, TMJ, and fibromyalgia), Calvin McBride (RMT with 4 years' experience in deep tissue and fascial stretch therapy), and Trisha Taylor (RMT since 2004, RAPID specialist focused on pain relief). The clinic also offers continuing education courses in hot stone massage, cupping with fascial stretching, IASTM muscle scraping, and self-guided training for massage therapists seeking injury prevention and mobility work.