What to Expect at Your First RMT Session

What should I do before my first session?

Very little. Booking happens online through Cal.com. If you have a specific condition or concern, the notes field is the place to describe it, so the right service tier is confirmed before your appointment. All you need to prepare is a clear space, roughly 10x10 feet, in a warm room. LYKE Massage is a mobile, at-home registered massage therapy practice serving Durham Region, Ontario, so there is no clinic to find and no waiting room.

What happens when your RMT arrives?

Setup takes about 10 to 15 minutes. The massage table, fresh linens for every session, and hypoallergenic lotion all come with the therapist. You don't need to do anything during setup.

What is the intake conversation?

Before the hands-on work starts, there's a short conversation about your health history, current pain points, and what you're hoping to get from the session. For Chronic Pain and Functional sessions, this flows into a brief assessment: looking at your posture, watching how you move, and reading the tissue by touch. The spot that hurts is often not where the problem starts, and the assessment is how the session finds the actual driver rather than running a fixed routine.

What happens during the session?

You lie on the table, covered by a sheet throughout. Only the area being worked on is uncovered. Communication about pressure and comfort is encouraged the whole way through, not just at the start.

What happens after the session?

A few minutes to reorient, drink water, and rest if you'd like, while the table comes down. Your official RMT receipt is issued before the therapist leaves. If you booked a Functional Massage session, you may also leave with simple movement homework, since reactivating a weak muscle continues between sessions, not just on the table.

What if I live outside town?

The setup is exactly the same at a rural property in Hampton, Enniskillen, or Solina as it is in a Whitby subdivision: a clear space and a warm room. Because the practice is fully mobile, living in one of the hamlets north of Oshawa and Bowmanville, well away from any clinic, is no barrier at all. That is rather the point of it.