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Communicating With Your RMT
Communicating with your RMT before, during or after your massage appointment is important to ensure you have the best massage experience possible It has been close to 20 years now that I have been providing the best quality care of massage therapy to my clients. I have realized that...
Optimize Your Massage Experience
I am taking the liberty to explain to all of you some tips on how to optimize your massage experience. There have been numerous cases in my career, as an RMT, where I have treated clients who are unsure on how to receive the treatment. If you are unsure...
Treatment Time
There has been some confusion that has been an on going subject about when your treatment time actually begins and ends. This has been a long time misunderstood issue that has been debated for years. This article is to clarify this topic. Your session starts at the time it...
Exfoliation Decoded
Exfoliation is one of the best steps that we can incorporate in our skin care regimen, as it may be used to treat a myriad of skin concerns including, but not limited to, acne, pigmentation, dehydration/ flakiness, and of course aging skin. So what is exfoliation? It is process of...
RMT, Registered Massage Therapist
Massage therapy is a regulated profession in Ontario which is managed by the College Of Massage Therapists Of Ontario. RMT stands for Registered Massage Therapist and is the qualification required to practice massage therapy in the Province Of Ontario. Follow the link above to learn all the details about...
Boosting the Effectiveness of your Sunscreen
Get layering and start boosting the effectiveness of your sunscreen! A teaspoonful of a broad spectrum sunscreen of SPF 30 is said to guard against 97 percent of the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays. However, if your concern is to guard against UV damage as well as the various other associated effects of the...
Massage Therapy Complements Con’t
Below please find complementary modalities to massage therapy: Hydrotherapy is a type of alternative medicine that uses water in one shape or form to achieve pain relief, detoxification or a treatment aid. Always remember that heat is used for chronic conditions and cold is used for acute conditions. Hot/Cold...
Massage Therapy Complements
Modalities that Complement Massage Therapy For the purposes of this blog I will only be defining a few of the most popular types of stretching and hydrotherapy modalities to complement massage therapy. There are several other types of advanced stretching and hydrotherapy modalities that are used by healthcare professionals...
Different Types of Massage
Below find the different types of Massage Therapy Available – this is often to referred to Massage Modalities. Deep Tissue Deep tissue massage focuses on realigning the deeper layers of muscles within the body. It’s mainly used for chronic conditions. The techniques are the same as Swedish massage but the...
Top 10 Correctable Skin Care Mistakes
Male or female, we can all do a little more to help our side on the skin care front. Here are 10 of the top, correctable, skin care mistakes that I’ve experienced in dealing with clients. Heed where applicable. Not knowing your skin
Most of us fall into this category,...