Happy Healthy Halloween

Join Sunstone Registered Massage in the Halloween spirit with healthy treats for kids and parents.

Halloween has become a popular activity and setting a good example isn't easy with everyone cheering 'trick or treat' for sugar!

Why not try something healthy?

You can still have fun with items such as stickers, note pads, pencils, erasers, organic tattoos, stress balls, sugar free gum, yo-yo's and whistles. Try sugar-free Halloween candy too.

Halloween is a fun time for kids, make it a fun time for you too!

Are you ready for a sweet treat for yourself?

What are you waiting for?

MAKE HALLOWEEN A HEALTHY TRADITION WITH HEALTHY TREATS FOR KIDS AND A HEALTHY MASSAGE TREAT FOR YOU.

HAPPY HEALTHY HALLOWEEN!



Sunstone Registered Therapy Clinic dedicated to your health and wellness in Woodbridge Ontario Vaughan. Re-Define Your Health. Telephone: 647-233-2569

Massage Therapy Encourages Healthy Communication

Sunstone Massage Therapy encourages healthy communication with all clients.

Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy encourages healthy communication with all clients. Questions regarding the Massage Therapist’s techniques and training is always encouraged. Also, any questions regarding the health or condition of the client is always answered in detail and explained thoroughly.

People tend to relax in different ways. Some sleep during the treatment, because their bodies and minds are taken to a deeper state of relaxation; while other people prefer to de-stress by talking to the massage therapist to feel relaxed, since talking is also a method of therapy.

A good massage not only relaxes the body, but also calms a stressed mind. It is a wonderful outlet to let go of the stress that is experienced in this hectic world. Massage has many benefits, including causing deep relaxation. This can make some people fall asleep during their massage treatments; and it is typically a compliment to the Massage Therapist’s work when they do.

The aim of the Massage Therapist is to provide a detailed, professional and therapeutic treatment. It is always the client’s choice whether they choose to engage in conversation or not. Stating their preference prior to the massage is also encouraged and not taken offensively, as many may feel it will.

The main aim of a Massage Therapist is to have the client feel safe and comfortable during the massage, because the ultimate purpose of getting a massage is to relax and calm the mind, and leave feeling great and happy. Clients can also give suggestions and feedback about their experience to the Therapist.

So, go ahead, fall asleep or talk throughout the massage session, but make sure you relax and enjoy the feeling of bliss with your Sunstone Massage Treatment too!

Sunstone Registered Therapy Clinic dedicated to your health and wellness in Woodbridge Ontario Vaughan. Telephone: 647-233-2569

Massage Therapy Can Be Beneficial To People Of All Ages And Conditions

Highly trained registered therapists are dedicated to providing a client focused individually tailored massage.

Massage therapy is the ultimate benefit for your body. One of the most profound benefits of a registered massage therapy session is the deep relaxation, stress reduction and relieving tension that is linked to your problem or illness. Massage can help you overcome stress.

We use only organic lotions, oils and cleansers to apply massage therapy healing. 100% Pure Natural Organic.

We also focus on the “whole person” for holistic healing through Massage Therapy.

Massage therapy can be beneficial to people of all ages and conditions and is widely used to help obtain relief from many specific problems, including:

Stress relief and associated conditions

Headaches and migraines

Muscle and related conditions such as spasms, strains and sprains

Back pain

Repetitive strain injury

Circulatory and Respiratory problems

Pregnancy and labour discomfort

Inflammatory conditions such as arthritis and tendinitis

Post-injury and post surgical rehabilitation

Sunstone Massage - The Perfect Environment

Natural Therapy - By a professional Sunstone therapist to soothe away your stress and tension to promote healing using carefully applied pressure.

Our health care professionalism strives to exceed customer expectations by maintaining the highest possible standards of customer care and massage therapy.

Highly trained registered therapists that are are dedicated to providing a client focused individually tailored massage. Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy Treatment. Re-Define Your Health. Telephone: 647-233-2569

Ice Or Heat - Which Should You Use For Injury Treatment?

Ice Or Heat - Which Should You Use For Injury Treatment?

Ice Or Heat - Which Should You Use For Injury Treatment?

Only when our muscles are warm can they become more pliable and flexible. Similar to cheese, stretching while cold can lead to micro-tears and injury to the muscle tissue. Warming up before stretching can be done safely using a hot shower/bath, heat pack, or a few minutes of movement/exercise. For this reason, we must always warm up before stretching.

When an injury occurs, our bodies tend to over-compensate and become too self-protective. Often too much blood and attention is sent to an injury site causing inflammation and pain. An ideal way of knowing when to apply heat or cold to an existing injury, is to understand how heat and cold affect the body.

Heat opens the blood vessels and allows blood to flow freely to and from the injury site. If the injury is inflamed or painful, heat is not recommended. Heat applications add “fuel to the fire”, making the inflammation worse. Use heat therapy carefully as heat can burn the skin.

Cold applications, however, decrease blood flow and calm inflammation. Using cold when an injury is new or painful/inflamed will calm the area moving blood away from the injury, allowing it to heal.

Customized hot and cold combinations and instruction, will be provided by your Sunstone Massage Therapist during your treatment time.

It is important to know their effects and proper use and when in doubt to rely on a professional qualified trained Registered Massage Therapist with knowledge of hot and cold applications and its combinations for best pain treatment and recovery results.

Sunstone Massage Therapy is a qualified professional registered massage clinic. Re-Define Your Health. Telephone: 647-233-2569

Ten Things You Need To Know About Massage Therapy

Experience The Quality Of Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy

Ten things you need to know about Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy:

1. Communication is key with the client. Engage in conversation and ask if there is pain, knots, tightness, numbness or tingling in area of the body. This will determine what areas need to be addressed and how the treatment should start and what treatment areas need exclusion.

2. It is important to scale the pain level from one to ten, one being the least painful and ten being the most painful and assign a word or phrase to have the client verbalize to cease the massage area due to enormous pain.

3. The client has full control of the pressure of the massage during the session and we acknowledge their feedback as we apply treatment. We are guided by the client to apply more or less pressure or to cease the pressure at their liking.

4. Allow for the client to tune into the mind but at the same time have the client be aware of the movement and pressure of the massage. We as the therapist take into consideration the clients breathing, body movement and ask the client if the pressure is sufficient so we can change the pressure by increasing or decreasing or ceasing to adjust to their comfortable level and unknot the muscle by using our fingertips, knuckles, hands, elbows, forearms, kneading system with long, gliding strokes and percussion (fast and slow) and tapping action on the layers of muscles and by using our own weight for compression and applying the therapists weight on the client as an action force allows for the application of pressure during the deep tissue massage to break down the tension in the muscle.

5. Remind the client to breath during the session and to hold their breath to maximize circulation and to be aware of their upper torso. Deep breathing exercises helps as well as holding breathing.

6. Ask the client questions about the specific massage area at hand and take cues from the clients movements to adjust your pressure, applying an increase of pressure or a decrease in pressure and the completion of the area.

7. As we massage in the treatment room we play music that fits to your liking.

8. The massage will create a release in the client that can take the form by spontaneous movement, muscle shake, muscle twitching, sighing, a quick yell, shout or a loud scream. This helps to identify the area in question and the adjustment of pressure appropriately and we move the client through with the final result of relief.

9. At Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy we make the fragile body strong and the strong body stronger an upgrade in your bodies wellness before you leave.

10. We work with the client in unison and adjust to the clients needs for a very effective session.

Registered Sunstone Massage Therapy And Treatment Wellness RMT Ontario. Experience The Quality Of Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy. Re-Define Your Health. Telephone: 647-233-2569

Swedish Pregnancy Massage Woodbridge Ontario Registered Clinic

Benefits of Prenatal Massage: When and Why to Get a Massage During Pregnancy

 

Pregnancy is s special time when a woman's body undergoes significant changes as it prepares to deliver the growing baby.  Some of the changes include hormonal, body structural and the women carries the baby can cause discomfort and distress that can be relieved with a Massage.

During pregnancy many women experience mood swings and a fluctuating reaction emotionally as activity in hormones increase. Others may have a problem with insomnia.

Changes in breast size enlarge and anterior weight gain occurs as the fetus grows through the three trimesters of pregnancy.  This shifting additional weight puts pressure on the lower back, and results in neck strain.

Pressure from the additional weight can decrease physical activity and as the pregnancy progresses this may cause swelling of the feet, legs and hands.

Normal delivery of the baby requires tissues to soften to support the delivery of the baby, however it may also cause pain in the joints.

The goal for the pregnancy massage is to help relax the mother and release emotional stress and relieve the strain felt in the lower back, neck, legs and feet.

At Sunstone Massage we have:  

Good air flow in our room

The massage space is near the bathroom (pregnant women feel the need to urinate frequently).

The atmosphere is relaxing

The table height is just right

We have a stepping stool (we assist you and comfortably position you as needed especially in the later stages of pregnancy).

We have pillows under and around the belly, under the head and under the top arm and leg for support and where needed.  

At Sunstone Massage, it is very important for the client to be in a safe position on the table while receiving massage. As the mother's belly starts to get larger, other positions may be more suitable and more comfortable. ie. Lying flat, Reclining and Side-lying.

NOTE: Consult with your primary health care provider before a massage to determine what is happening now in your body and advise on positioning, especially if there is any complicating health factors - for Sunstone Massage to give a Pregnancy massage safely.

Inner thighs at latter stages in pregnancy should be avoided.

At Sunstone Massage we use a gentle and relaxing massage and body-work to address the wellness of the pregnant women and if there are places that need special attention (neck, chest, lower back, hips, legs and feet) we are dedicated to providing an optimal massage to pregnant women to relieve stress, strain and help ease labor, delivery and recovery.

Back Pain - Spine Treatment

We can treat spine tension from bad posture and emotional stress by targeting muscle attachment points along the spine and surrounding skeletal landmarks. You can also treat yourself by changing your posture habits and becoming more aware and sensitive to your positioning.

Relieve stress, maintain a healthy diet and practice stretching or exercise daily will strengthen and improve your back health. Good posture helps sustain the benefits of lowering back pain. The spine emits one of the body's most powerful sources of energy. Remember, too little of too much can cause more back problems.

That's why creating habits for back care with the most effective result is massage therapy. Sunstone Massage relaxes the tense back muscles to allow settling into place and rebuilds strength through improving circulation to the area.

Back pain is a sign that we need to change or alter some habits in our life.

Sunstone Massage Therapy – Re-define your Health.

Telephone: 647-233-2569

http://SunstoneMassage.com 

Strengthen Straighten Muscles Knots

Massage Therapy With A Registered Massage Therapist

Visit Sunstone Holistic Registered Massage Therapy In Woodbridge

As a Registered Massage Therapist, RMT we uphold quality of services for our clients at the highest standards and we are registered members of The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario.

Having studied at The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy a highly recognized and respected name in massage therapy education. Throughout my studies and practicums my dedication grew stronger to providing quality therapeutic massage and to re-define your health.

It is more than just learning and maintaining assessments and treatment techniques but also perfecting palpation skills. It is about being a professional and having the passion to provide you with the highest quality and client focused individually tailored massage.

Reduce anxiety and improve your overall feeling of well-being and increase body awareness with a RMT 

- Registered Massage Therapist. 
Re-Define Your Health.


Sunstone Holistic Registered Massage Vaughan Therapy Centre

Telephone: 647-233-2569

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK -
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY

What Is Sunstone Holistic Massage Therapy?

Massage is the practice of applying pressure or vibration to the soft tissues of the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments, and joints. A form of therapy, massage can be applied to parts of the body or successively to the whole body, to heal injury, relieve psychological stress, manage pain, improve circulation and relieve tension. Where massage is used for its physical and psychological benefits, it may be termed "therapeutic massage therapy" or manipulative therapy.

Target tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other connective tissue, as well as lymphatic vessels, or organs of the gastrointestinal system.

Services provided by RMT's include:
 
Traditional Swedish Massage
Pregnancy and infant massage (Massage Therapy for Babies)
Senior Massage
Myofascial release
Therapeutic exercise
Trigger-point therapy
Connective tissue manipulation
( Manual techniques that move a joint beyond the end point of its passive range of motion.)
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) techniques
Chronic pain
Headaches
Neck and low back pain
Joint mobilization
Integrative Manual Therapy
Active Release Techniques (ART)
Deep tissue
Postural Awareness
Manual lymph drainage
Sports massage
On-Site Massage ( By Referral Only - Traveling Rates Apply )

Benefits of massage therapy treatments:
* Increased blood flow and better circulation
* Reduced fatigue and increased energy
* Relaxation of body and mind
* Enhanced sense of well-being
* Reduced swelling in the extremities (especially if you are pregnant)
* Increased range of motion, which is especially important to maintain with increasing age

Duration of each treatment:
We offer 30, 60, 90 and 120 minute appointments. You can choose the duration if the massage is for relaxation. If the massage therapy is part of your treatment plan for a specific condition, Ana can recommend the optimal duration for your massage session that will offer the best results.

"I am fascinated with the human body, its movements and its muscles, and my goal as a registered massage therapist is to provide the best possible therapy to help my clients enjoy the quality of life that they desire. My palpation skills allow me to understand the density and pliability of the skin, fascia and the more superficial muscles, as a result allowing me to apply the most appropriate and beneficial techniques."

Massage Therapists who graduated from The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy and is a professional registered member of The College of Massage Therapists of Ontario.

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Contact:
Telephone: 647-233-2569
Location:
sunstonemassage.com

Our services are covered by most Extended Health Benefit Plans.
Only Organic Lotions, Oils and Cleansers are used.