Experienced Registered Massage Therapy in the ❤ of Downtown Vancouver
Our studio is located in boutique, heritage building located on Granville Street near Robson
A 3-5 minute walk from the Vancouver City Centre skytrain
Our studio is a safe, non-judgemental, and inclusive space for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals and allies.
Variety of massages and manual therapy offered from deep tissue to gentle relaxation
Direct billing offered!
We offer a range of massage therapies designed to meet your unique needs and help you achieve a state of holistic well-being. Each session is personalized, ensuring that you receive the care and attention you deserve. Explore our massages below to discover how we can help you reset, relax, and rejuvenate.
Orthopaedic Massage aka Sports Massage or Deep Tissue
Deep tissue massage is ideal for individuals seeking relief from acute or chronic muscle and joint tension, stiffness, and discomfort. Our skilled therapist uses a range of modalities that are most effective for your body, which to a pain-pressure tolerance that is manageable and safe.
If you suffer from chronic jaw pain, tension headaches, or TMJ disorders, our intra-oral TMJ or jaw massage can provide relief. Using a variety of gentle effective, safe techniques, we can help alleviate muscle tension and joint discomfort usually over a course of treatments.
This treatment would be ideal for you if you don’t like deep tissue or singular focused massage. This treatment can involve a full body treatment that uses swedish massage therapy that is flowing and soothing with one note of pressure that is to your preference. The treatment can include essential oils and a hot towel service for your back.
Why Reset Registered Massage Therapy?
At Reset Massage Therapy, we believe that your journey to wellness starts with a reset.
Our serene – studio, located in a quiet, boutique heritage building within heart of Downtown Vancouver, offers a haven for relaxation, rejuvenation, and healing.
Personalized Care
We don't believe in one-size-fits-all solutions. No massage treatment is or will be alike. We believe in a neurocentric approach, where your nervous system is taken into consideration with every treatment. Also, before and during each session, we will assess your body to note what dysfunctional patterns that you hold in order to reset your body, joint, or nervous system. Collaboratively, Daniel will meet you where your body and mind is currently to provide a treatment that will benefit you the most.
Trauma-Informed Approach
Daniel is a trauma-informed massage therapist. What does this mean? Our Massage Therapist will ensure that each session is provided in a safe and nurturing environment. Daniel will adapt to your personality, nervous system and circumstances to allow you to truly relax and feel comfortable through the session. Our therapist, Daniel, brings his strength and knowledge from overcoming personal adversity and trauma to help guide your healing journey.
Professional Excellence
Choose Reset Registered Massage Therapy for a professional and regulated experience. Daniel's extensive skill set, knowledge, and commitment to the highest standards of massage therapy is evident.
Convenient Location
Our studio is conveniently located in the heart of Downtown Vancouver, just a 3-minute walk from the City Centre and Granville Skytrain Stations. We are located on 825 Granville Street, just south of Robson Street, near the Old Navy in between Charlie’s Currency Exchange and Gong Cha Bubble Tea.
Variety of Therapies
We offer a wide variety of modalities such as Swedish massage, myofascial release, trigger point release, and cranial sacral therapy. We provide trauma-informed, gentle or deeper tissue, sports massage, and intra-oral jaw massage. Whatever your needs, we should the right therapy for you.
Mind-body Connection
Stress is hard to escape this day and age. Reset Registered Massage Therapy is not just about alleviating physical discomfort; it's about aiming to reset and calm your nervous system. Breaking the pain-tension cycle that leads to emotional stress, be it unconscious or conscious, then physical pain, is the goal of every massage session.
About Daniel Farkas
Daniel is a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) with almost a decade of experience that shows in the quality and range of treatment styles. He is an empath and gentle by nature.
Daniel is naturally intuitive and curious with each client in each session shows, which shows through his dedication to make a difference.
Daniel tries to keep active in sports and activity, so he can appreciate the need for deeper tissue and targeted treatments. However, he can also understand that gentle, slower massages can calm the sympathetic (stress response) nervous system to reset the nervous system indirectly through the musculoskeletal system.
His style of massage is a blend between the two modalities described above, but he can also adapt to your body and needs as he loves to collaborate with clients.
Aleksandra Ponarina2024-05-07Daniel’s office is clean, inviting, cozy with a tranquil ambiance. He is an excellent massage therapist with attention to detail and strength (which for me is essential). It is amazing how he tunes up the body and adjusts the experience according to your needs. My husband and I are so fortunate to have stumbled across his practice.
Angela Li2024-05-04Daniel is a great RMT, he's professional and knowledgeable. I've seen a lot of people for my TMJ issues and I feel like there are improvements already after the first session.
Vlad Osachiff2024-04-24Daniel is an excellent massage therapist. He is very professional and skilled. After just a couple of sessions, my back and foot pain has been gradually going away. I will definitely be going back!
Carmen P2024-04-23Daniel has magic fingers. Intuitive and fantastic bedside manner. He somehow finds those knots leaving you much happier and relaxed. He's highly recommended!
Mieke Naphegyi2024-03-24I highly recommend Daniel at Reset Massage. I have been seeing him for my chronic back pain and he is absolute magic. Very knowledgeable and professional.
Tyler Redpath2024-03-22Dan is just the best! The studio location is also very convenient in a historic building. I have been a client of his for a few years now and always have a great experience and leave feeling recharged.
Adam Chu2024-03-19Daniel was recommended by a friend after I was in a car accident. He is incredibly intuitive and I felt better after just one treatment. Even if you have a go-to RMT, he's worth a try - you might just be a convert like I am.
Devon Almas2024-03-15Daniel is a great masseur. His space is calm and relaxing and he was able to fix my right shoulders. Looking forward to my next appt.
Sam Martorana2024-03-15Daniel is a la excellent RMT and has provided me with excellent therapy and relief from pain and issues I’ve had. He is very tuned into where to focus his therapy and listens to what you’re looking for and figures out what you need. The environment in his clinic is calm and lovely. I highly recommend Daniel as a skilled and professional RMT.
Ian D2024-03-15Daniel is amazing! It was the perfect pressure and he listened to what I wanted for the treatment. I highly recommend him for registered massage therapy.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) in British Columbia is a health professional regulated by the CMTBC under BC’s Health Professions Act. Only a RMT can provide massage therapy within BC for the “purposes of developing, maintaining, rehabilitating or augmenting physical function or relieving pain or promoting health. Manual hands-on treatment and assessment that includes massage therapy are in a RMT’s scope of practice. RMT have to follow a strict set of bylaws that protect and keep the public safe.
A relaxation massage would be ideal for you if you don’t like deep tissue or singular focused massage. This “general” treatment can will involve the torso, shoulders, legs, limbs, and neck, which uses basic, but effective swedish massage therapy that is slow, flowing and soothing with has one note light to moderate of pressure throughout the session. The goal of a general relaxation massage is to feel calmer in mind and body. Sport massage therapy is a more specific in a treatment plan and goals, and is considered deeper in nature as it focuses on musculoskeletal system: muscles/tendons, soft tissues (fascia), and joints. More targeted modalities such as trigger point therapy, muscle stripping, and joint mobilizations are used to relieve pain or tension in an affected area, muscle group or joint.
No, it is by appointment only. Please add yourself to our Instagram for last-minute appointments when available. Alternatively, if you signup under our booking site through https://resetrmt.janeapp.com, we have a waitlist available that will automatically contact you via text or email once a specific day or time becomes available. Simply choose your desire treatment style and duration, then scroll up until you see (in small print) “Add yourself to the waitlist.”
Yes, depending on which provider you are with. Please review the list below to see which providers we bill to:
- ICBC
- Pacific Blue Cross
- Manulife
- Sunlife Financial
- Canada Life (Great West Life)
- Green Shield
- Chambers of Commerce
- Desjardins
- CINUP
- Canadian Armed Forces
- RCMP
- Blue Cross Medavie
- Veterans Affairs
- First Canadian Insurance
- Industrial Alliance
- Maximum Benefit
- Johnson
- Johnston Group
- Cowan
- GroupHEALTH
- GroupSOURCE
- Manion
- Empire Life
- Construction Workers Union
- ClaimSecure
- First Canadian
- GroupSource
- LiUNA Local 183
- LiUNA Local 506
Yes, we will directly bill on your behalf as a courtesy. Please still be prepared to pay for your massage in full as there is no guarantee of coverage or if your benefits pay the RMT directly. It is your responsibility to understand the limitations of your coverage. The RMT does not have access to your benefit coverage, and cannot check for you beforehand. RMT cannot directly bill if you do not attend your appointment and still owe a late cancellation/no-show fee.
- ICBC
- Pacific Blue Cross
- Manulife
- Sunlife Financial
- Canada Life (Great West Life)
- Green Shield
- Chambers of Commerce
- Desjardins
- CINUP
- Canadian Armed Forces
- RCMP
- Blue Cross Medavie
- Veterans Affairs
- First Canadian Insurance
- Industrial Alliance
- Maximum Benefit
- Johnson
- Johnston Group
- Cowan
- GroupHEALTH
- GroupSOURCE
- Manion
- Empire Life
- Construction Workers Union
- ClaimSecure
- First Canadian
- GroupSource
- LiUNA Local 183
- LiUNA Local 506
If you are worried about feeling sore after a session, we highly recommend not to exercise or go back to work after the session and to apply heat for 15 minutes to the affected area up to twice a day if your condition is chronic. If you have an acute condition, we recommend to apply an cold compressed but the RMT will go over with this after the massage. It is normal to feel sore 1-2 days after a massage, unless it is a general relaxation massage. The body tends to become less and less sore each subsequent visit as the sensitive trigger points in the muscle start to calm down and smooth out with hands-on treatment. We recommend you stick to a schedule of weekly or biweekly massage until your condition has resolved.
No, you don’t have to but it is also normal to talk for the first 5-10 minutes in a massage in order to make sure everything is comfortable and your needs are being met. In order to relax your body, you should rest as if you are planning to go to sleep. The RMT will check in during the massage to make sure you are comfortable or OK. It is best to keep conversations to a minimum so that the RMT can focus on the task at hand. Please note that talk therapy is not in the scope of practice of a RMT.
We use an unscented lotion that absorbs naturally in the skin. Unique to Reset Massage Therapy, we provide a hot towel service for the back to prevent skin breakouts as a lot of clients do unfortunately head back to work or can’t shower right away.
Address List
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401- 825 Granville St (4th floor) Vancouver, BC
V6Z 1K9 - 604-283-3471
- hello@resetrmt.ca
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