Clinic Services - Registered Massage Therapy
To schedule an appointment for Massage Therapy, please call the clinic at 416-769-8072.
Please arrive 10-15 minutes early for your first appointment in order to fill out your health history forms and to ask any questions that you may have.
Kindly provide at least 24-hours notice of cancellation, in which case no charge will be applied.
Most extended health plans provide full or partial coverage for treatments. Rehabilitative therapy, required as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident is fully covered by the auto insurer.
Gift certificates available upon request.
Some Facts about Massage Therapy
The practice of massage therapy is the assessment of the soft tissue and joints of the body and the treatment and prevention of physical dysfunction and pain of the soft tissue and joints by manipulation to develop, maintain, rehabilitate or augment physical function, or relieve pain. (Massage Therapy Act 1991)
- A Massage Therapist is a regulated health professional.
- Only members of the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario are permitted to use the title massage therapist or Registered massage Therapist and use the letters MT or RMT with their names.
- Massage therapists have completed a 2-3 year diploma programme from a recognized massage therapy school.
- Massage therapists participate in a Quality Assurance programme that assists them in the maintenance of high professional standards and quality care of their clients.
Types of Massage
- Hydrotherapy
- General Swedish Massage
- Trigger Point Therapy
- Myofascial Release
- Lymphatic Drainage
- Frictioning
- Joint Mobilization
Benefits of Massage Therapy
People with the following conditions have reported that therapeutic massage has lessened or relieved many of their symptoms:
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Back pain
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Chronic and acute pain
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastrointestinal disorders
- Headaches
- Immune system disorders
- Insomnia
- Joint strains and sprains
- Motor vehicle accidents
- Myofascial pain
- Pregnancy associated problems
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Slow growth of premature infants
- Some circulatory problems
- Sports injuries
- Stress
- Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) Dysfunction and other jaw problems.
Often touted are the psychological benefits of massage therapy. Massage therapy will reduce emotional stress, which in turn will reduce or eliminate the production of stress chemicals in the body. Stress chemicals (the fight or flight response), can be harmful to the body over long periods of time. Physical touch and massage techniques involving slow, soothing strokes to one's back or neck can slow a busy, overworked mind and settle or centre a person. The communication of such caring touch is also recognized by health professionals as an adjunct to pain relief, whether physical or emotional.