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What color is Color Match?
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" Color Match will match the finish of your tub color. For example, if you purchased a white tub, you can select to have your tub drain or trim match that white. Please note that this option only applies to standard colors: white, almond, classic bon
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Is there anything else in the members only section besides massage parlor reviews?
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Yes, I've added a "Parlor Club" area of the site, similar of a VIP area where there are many other benefits to having a membership. You can access a members only message board where members communicate with each other and trade the latest possible in
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How long should a massage session take?
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A typical massage session with a baby - in a home environment, so not is a class setting - will take you fifteen to twenty-five minutes. Sessions with toddlers might last for twenty to thirty minutes, where sessions with kids age 4 and up can take a
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Can a person become infected with HIV from receiving or giving a massage?
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As stated in the previous question, there is no entry point to the blood stream through intact skin. Blood, sexual fluid or vaginal secretions would need to get into the bloodstream. Blood or sexual fluid would need to get into a significant area of
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How long has massage therapy been regulated in Ontario?
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In 1919, the Drugless Practitioners Act was passed and the Board of Regents was established to regulate massage therapy and other drugless health professions in Ontario. In 1994 the Regulated Health Profession Act was proclaimed and the Drugless Prac
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Do i have to go to college to be a massage therapist?
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I am a massage therapist. No, you do not neccessarily have to go through a 4 year program, college, or whatever to become a massage therapist. The requirements to become a massage therapist vary from state to state in the US and sometimes from city t
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What's different about a pregnancy massage?
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First off, you are pregnant. Your body is different. A pregnant woman's tissues carry about 40% more fluid than her non-pregnant tissues. Your body is changing, almost on a daily basis. Your center of gravity is different, and your posture has change
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How does pregnancy massage differ from regular massage?
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There are factors to consider when massaging pregnant or post-partum clients that do not come into play with regular massage. The usual prone (face down) or supine (face up) positions must be modified to accomodate the clients' changing body. There a
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What is Pregnancy Massage Therapy?
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Taking care of yourself during your pregnancy is the very first way that you can begin to take care of your baby. Whether you are actively trying to conceive, thinking of becoming pregnant, expecting a baby or recovering from a birth, massage therapy
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What Are Pregnancy Massage Tables?
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Children are the joy of their life for many people. But women carry the burden of giving birth. I think that nobody is more in need of a massage than a pregnant woman. And expectant mothers body changes in so many ways. Overall it gets heavier. The p
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