Massage Therapy in Richmond
service to you
Welcome to Massage Empathy. Our philosophy here is provide the utmost care for our clients. Our focus is on you. We want to give to best experience through our services. We come from a place of empathy hence our business name Massage Empathy.
We specialize in registered massage therapy and relaxation massage. Our massage therapist are here to provide professional health care for your overall well-being. We do swedish massage, deep tissue massage, low back/posture relief, pregnancy/prenatal massage, sport massage and injury recovery. We provide direct billing with many health insurance companies.
We hire and nourish employees with high levels of empathy, education and skill in order to optimally provide the best service to you.
We believe that massages have profound effects on the body, mind, and heart.
Cliff Wei
Registered Massage Therapist
Cliff Wei, RMT cares about your health. He is passionate about identifying and treating symptoms of various types of muscle pain and joint problem, helping patients improve their quality of life and providing appropriate rehabilitation programs. Cliff graduated from Vancouver career college in 2020. Before getting his RMT license, he has more than 10 years of experience as a body worker in Chinese traditional massage spa. His 10 years of hands on massage experience will surely provide optimal health care for you. In order to provide better health care services, he chose to study the Registered Massage Therapist Program to improve the effectiveness and quality his treatments. He can communicate with people fluently in English, Mandarin and Cantonese. He believes that better treatment can be achieved with good communication with patients.
Cliff enjoys activities such as hiking, picnics and reading, he is a member of Christian church and attends church services every week. He is grateful for God's love and is willing to help people in pain through his hands, profession and love. Cliff always welcome new patients into his practice and answer questions that relate to their health.
Anna Luo
Registered Massage Therapist
Anna graduated from Vancouver College of Massage Therapy (VCMT) with Honor. With her MD degree and MsC (master of science) degree in neuroscience, she always has an interest in healthcare and a fascination with human anatomy, especially in how the body functions and heals itself. She decided to pursue massage therapy in order to help patients on a more individualized, patient-focused level to help them find out the blind spot that’s holding them back.
Anna has a passion for sharing her knowledge so others can understand their body better. It’s rewarding to help patients return to activities that give them pleasure in their lives while working around their lifestyle and tolerance. From her time at VCMT, Anna gained experience to treat patients with different pathologies and her approach is to calm the nervous system, and to treat the body as a whole. To achieve this, Anna utilizes various techniques including diaphragmatic breathing, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, active and passive stretching, PNF stretching, scar tissue manipulation, joint mobilizations, muscle energy techniques, hydrotherapy, and home care exercise prescriptions.
Life is a marathon not a sprint and Anna wants her patients to know that there is always help.
Edward Cua
Registered Massage Therapist
Edward is a graduate of the 3000 hour Registered Massage Therapy program at VCMT and successfully passed the licensure examination. Having always interested in the wonders on how the human body works plus a passion for helping others to improve their conditions relating to musculoskeletal and postural imbalance is what made Edward decided to pursue this program. During his studies, he went through an intensive training as required by the curriculum. When treating clients, he follows the principles of massage. He aims to decrease muscle tension using massage techniques that are as pain free as possible. To achieve this, he will calm and relax the surrounding muscles followed by addressing the main area of concern. Overall, he wants to improve your daily function and be back to workforce.
Having worked at a care home for more than 10 years before becoming an RMT, Edward understands the value and importance of communication, providing safe environment and respecting boundaries. As to his work as a massage therapist, he will listen to your concerns and discuss with you for an informed consent treatment goals.
Edward is able to converse in Mandarin, English and Tagalog.
Kathleen Laing
Registered Acupuncturist
Kathleen Liang has graduated from Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2009, she worked 2 years in Triple Traditional Chinese Medicine hospitals. After immigrating to Canada, she has received her license and worked as a registered acupuncturist since 2011. She worked extensively in the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, cupping and moxibustion, specialize in Pain Management, sports injury, physical inactivity, irregular menstruation, weight management, acne treatment and cosmetic acupuncture.
Gloria Werff
Body Worker
After several years of body working experience and travel, Gloria has taken on a part time position at Massage Empathy to settle into life in Richmond. She provides Swedish Massage with a focus on communication and comfort to produce the most relaxing experience for our clients.
Gloria originally trained in New Zealand and is excited to work alongside the RMT's in this empathy-focused and diverse clinic.
Lin (Linda) Chen
Registered Acupuncturist
Lin (Linda) Chen, master degree of Acupuncture from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. She has been engaged in clinical work of traditional Chinese medicine for more than ten years. She is experienced in treating insomnia, depression, dizziness, Bell’s Palsy, asthma, rhinitis, dysmenorrhea and chronic digestive issues, etc. In addition to the application of traditional acupuncture, she is also skilled in modern technique- fu’s subcutaneous acupuncture needling, an quite effective and safe treatment of the cervical pain and movement restrictions, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, tendinitis, lower back pain, sport injuries. It can effectively relieve the myofascial tension to improve the movement of qi and blood, and promote the recovery of human body’s own function.