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| - I was in town visiting Toronto visiting family when asked if I would like to go get a massage at a local massage studio called Tuina, of course I could not turn it down.
Prior to leaving for the massage studio I was told that this studio once provided clothing for you to wear during your massage but have recently discontinued this policy. I brought a light fitting pair of sweat pants and a light sweatshirt to wear.
This studio is located in downtown Toronto and parking is extremely limited. We arrived 10 minutes or so before our scheduled appointment and luckily found street parking close, lucky for us because it was December and it was COLD!!!!
We walked in and were required to take off our shoes and place them in cubbyholes which we all did.
Upon walking in you are taken back by the openness feel of this studio. There are no separate rooms, just beds on the floors and tables along the wall. The beds on the floor are separated by a sheet the tables against the wall are not separated at all.
I soon found out that I was the only one scheduled for a Thai massage; the other members of our party were getting Shiatsu massages. I was directed to a rear changing room which was just a sheet hung from the ceiling in a circular fashion that you happened to change in the middle of. I do believe they managed to fit a laundry basket in there, what reason that was there I have no idea since you now wear your own clothing.
Once I changed over I was introduced to my masseuse who directed me to lie down on the futon style bed on the floor. I did notice prior to lying down that the sheets and the pillow case did not look 'fresh.' It was my mistake that I did not stop the massage there.
I had never received a Thai massage before and did not know what it entailed, what a shock. I was in shock that no communication between me and my masseuse took place prior to be stretched in various directions. Lucky for me I am a student of Bikram Yoga, a surfer and a Pilates student otherwise after this massage I would have been planning a trip to the Emergency room.
Half of my massage took place on my back and the other half took place on my stomach. While on my stomach my face was no directly on the pillow and the pillow did not 'smell' fresh, actually it smelled foul.
After my massage my masseuse said 'you are flexible' lucky for me I was because your normal Joe off of the street might have been in some serious pain during and the weeks after the working over I received. I thought shouldn't this of been a conversation we had prior to the massage beginning?
I went back into the changing room and peered out and watched my masseuse simply just straighten out the bedding, it was never changed just made to look neat.
As I walked up to the front and meet the members of my party I was asked how my massage was, my response was 'the only thing missing was a CIA interrogator.'
We all visited this massage studio right after Christmas in the heart of the flu season; it might have been just a coincidence (I don't believe in coincidences) but the following day I became extremely ill which lasted for a good two weeks, fever, trip to the Hospital, etc.
Based on what I observed before my massage, smelt during my massage and what I observed after my massage there is no chance I would ever come back here.
I addressed this issue with the members of my party who observed the same thing at their tables. The other members of my party said that after their massages they observed the staff simply spray the sheets down with some form of aerosol container and straighten them up so what I observed was not an isolated incident.
You have been warned!!!!
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