Carol Dobrinsky, RMT

01/23/2026

If you’re interested in learning a gentle, hands-on approach for supporting clients with digestive disorders and chronic pain, this Visceral Manipulation workshop is for you. The techniques taught in this course are specifically adapted for use in a massage therapy practice, making them practical, accessible, and immediately applicable. Registration is now open. Message me for details or reserve your spot.

07/23/2025

02/02/2023

If you’re interested in learning a gentle, hands on technique for treating digestive disorders and pain, this workshop in Visceral Manipulation is for you. These techniques have been adapted for application in a Massage Therapy practice.

Date: March 4 and 5, 2023
Time: 9am - 5pm (1 hour lunch)

Only one spot left!

Location: 1688 St. James Street
CEU: 14 hrs
Investment: $540 + GST

Contact Vanessa Stiles to register or for more information 204-417-7466 or email info@equipmassage.com

06/24/2020

This is why I like all my patients to wear a mask when they come for a treatment.

Interview with Dr. Jon LaPook, chief medical correspondent for CBS News June 1st, 2020. CBS Evening News segment about the role of aerosols in the spread of ...

04/14/2020

I’m still mandated to stay closed till April 28th! Hopefully will be able to open in May!
Meanwhile, I’ve been painting tiles!

03/19/2020

This is a good explanation why we as massage therapists have shut down our practices.

I spent Friday and Saturday self-quarantined because I massaged 2 healthy clients in the same family with no fever or symptoms of coronavirus.

01/16/2020

Anybody suffering from chronic sore throats?

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Do you see that? That tiny strip of a skeletal muscle?
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That’s OMOHYOID!
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So let’s not even talk about how crazy it is that a throat muscle is attached to the scapula. 🍌🍌🍌🍌B-A-N-A-N-A-S🍌🍌🍌🍌
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This crazy little muscle is involved in swallowing. If there is an alteration in jaw function that influences the position of the hyoid bone (one of the attachments of omohyoid) this can cause referral pain to many areas including the throat, jaw, teeth, face, neck, clavicle and shoulder.
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How is a throat muscle attached to the scapula?!?!? Oops... sorry, we aren’t talking about that 🤷🏻‍♀️😆

01/08/2020

*SHOULDER GIRDLE*
❓ What are we looking at here?
This is just a fantastic of the left shoulder and associated structures.
Clearly visible is the , , and associated and with the being slightly less easily visible (I imagine it's hard to calibrate the settings so that the thin scapula and robust clavicle are similarly represented).
🤔 What's clinically significant here?
Oh baby... Dat !
Look at that thing!
It looks good, and healthy, and very ummm... Shoulder-like.
But look at how unstable that looks... The ball and socket interface of the shoulder is a very minimal contact joint.
🤯 Ever wonder why it's so easy to dislocate and reduce a shoulder?
Think about how much effort is required by your group and your to maintain a stable and congruent connection through movement!
My next few posts are going to go over some simple exercises you can use to try to address shoulder instability, particularly in transitional movements!







Thanks for the

10/10/2019

Conflicts of interest: The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of the Department of Army/Navy/Air Force, Department of Defense, or United States Government. There are no conflicts of interest to report.

10/09/2019