Massage Therapy - NTO Wellness and Rehab Centre

NTO Rehab Offers Genuine Care In Your Wellbeing

Welcome to the NTO Rehab and Wellness Centre in the Heart of North York, located on Willowdale and Sheppard close to the Yonge/Sheppard TTC subway station.

At the NTO Wellness & Rehab Centre, our staff and therapists have several years experience in providing professional client services and rehabilitation services in preventive healthcare & illness in Canada. We specialize in providing professional services to patients that require extended healthcare (EHP), as well as to patients whom may have sustained injuries from motor vehicle accident (MVA) and work related injuries (WSIB).

Meet Some of Our Staff…

1. Genuine Care in your Well-being

Our front desk staff and specialists are really friendly and helpful. The specialist allows you to tell them more than one issue; they are attentive, understanding and caring to improving your health.

2. Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) Rehab Specialists

Our services are available to anyone who has experienced minor to catastrophic injuries in a motor vehicle collision; Insurance companies, Lawyers/legal representatives, and Health care professionals often refer to our services.

3. Certified Professionals and Accredited Therapists

All of our therapists and staff are accredited and certified with the overriding professional associations.

4. Flexible and Extended Opening Hours

NTO Wellness & Rehab Centre is open on weekends and open late for your convenience on most weekdays so that you can drop in for a treatment on your way back from work.

5. Centrally Located at the Heart of North York in the Greater Toronto Area

North Toronto Wellness & Rehab Centre is located at the heart of North York on Willowdale just one block east of Yonge-Sheppard station. It is accessible by bus, TTC, car and on foot for your convenience. There is complimentary parking available on site for your added convenience.

NTO Rehab Knows MVA & WSIB Cases

With North Toronto Wellness & Rehab Centre (NTO Rehab) offering multidisciplinary health and medical professional services puts us in a great position to provide a team approach to your particular rehabilitation program. When it comes to your MVA (Motor Vehicle Accident) or WSIB (Workplace Safety Insurance Board) rehabilitation program it is critical that you have the right team of doctors and therapists at hand to assess your situation so that the best service and treatment plan can be custom-made to your body.

What NTO Wellness and Rehab Centre offers you as a MVA Rehabilitation Program?

A team of Chiropractor, Physiotherapist, Massage Therapist, Acupuncturist and Athletic therapist can offer comprehensive & customized treatment plan for individuals who suffer from car accident. When the patient is presented at the clinic, a comprehensive initial assessment and complete physical examination will be conducted by either the chiropractic doctor or physiotherapist, then we co-ordinate treatment with our doctors and therapists.

Each treatment plan is carefully designed by combining several treatments to assist patients in returning to a full and productive pre-injury condition as soon as possible.

These treatments can include one or more of the following therapy techniques such as:

Massage Therapy can be a great relief of muscle aches caused by motor vehicle accidents.
Passive joint mobilization can reduce pain through gentle, repetitive movements of the joints in the neck region.
Strengthening and conditioning programs designed to make sure that patients will remain active after their accident, to prevent pain due to stiffness.
Medical Acupuncture can help to reduce the symptoms that are associated with motor vehicle accidents.
Electrical modalities such as Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS), Interferential Current (IFC) and Ultrasound helps patients return to their normal daily activities by decreasing pain and tissue inflammation.
Education: most importantly, our specialists will not only treat patient, but also raise awareness for the patient and educate them with respect to the nature of injury and soft tissue healing process. This allows the patient to fully participate in the rehabilitation process.

What NTO Wellness & Rehab Centre offers you as a WSIB Rehabilitation Program?

At NTO Wellness & Rehab Centre, our dedicated health team will work closely with the WSIB and offer services focus on:

Pain relief
Strengthen & Flexibility
Improve Functional Abilities
Provide Ergonomic Advice
Coordinate Your Return To Work

In many cases, being assessed by a physiotherapist and beginning treatment as soon as possible after an injury speeds return to work and increases the likelihood of full recovery.

Athletic Therapy advice from NTO Rehab

Recognizing Acute Musculoskeletal Injuries

At NTO Wellness and Rehab our very own Registered Massage Therapist and Certified Athletic Therapist, Christine Mo would like to share some advice on recognizing acute musculoskeletal injuries in your daily lives, whether you are an athlete planning to run a marathon this weekend or somebody that has difficulty performing day-to-day tasks such as walking to the bus stop and/or lifting heavy groceries.

Christine Mo -HBSc, CAT(C), RMT, ATC, CSCS, CPT

Musculoskeletal injuries are any damage done to the muscles, bones, joints, tendons and other soft tissue. They can be anything ranging from a “Charley Horse” in the calf to a broken bone in the arm. Acute musculoskeletal injuries usually happen following sudden onset of accidents, for example, a slip and fall, a car accident, a hard blow in hockey or a wrongful landing from a jump.

In acute injuries, symptoms of inflammation are often present. Pain, obviously, is one of the most recognizable one. If the pain is so severe that you cannot move or bear weight, do not force the movement. You might have suffered a broken bone or a severe sprain or strain. In this case, stay where you are, and wait for help from a trained emergency care professional.

If you are able to move, bear weight and even walk, it usually means the injury you sustained is not worth a trip to the hospital. However, it does not mean there is no need for care. Although rare, some serious injuries can be hidden, and can only be found out after a thorough assessment by trained healthcare professionals.

Furthermore, trained healthcare professionals are able to provide appropriate treatment to your injury so it heals faster without any compensatory complications.

If you suspect that you may be experiencing musculoskeletal pain of any kind in your day-to-day activity, please do not hesitate to let one of the healthcare professionals or front desk staff know at NTO Wellness and Rehab Centre.

In my next blog I will be introducing the different types of professionals you can see for an acute musculoskeletal injury and the self treatment can be done while you’re looking for your therapist.

Massage Therapy @ NTO Wellness & Rehab

NTO Wellness & Rehab knows all too well that LIFE GETS BUSY, and sooner or later it takes over! And not in a good way. Between your attempt to make ends meet, running a household, keeping your family together and not forgetting to have some fun occasionally – it is all too easy to forget about yourself, your wellness, your body and your overall well being.

It’s time to put yourself first for once. It doesn’t matter whether you are an athlete, office worker or construction manager – your body will thank you for taking the time to notice that aching neck, that sore back or super tight quad muscles.

Why Choose Massage Therapy as your First Line of Defense?

Massage Therapy is not only for those fortunate ones with a life of luxury, or for those ladies of leisure who belong to those high-class luncheon clubs. In fact Massage Therapy offers benefits to a range of people, no matter what age, occupation or lifestyle – it should therefore be mandatory for every active person from the age of 12 through to 112!

Why is massage therapy necessary for an active healthy life? In some cases you have already pre-diagnosed yourself at home having used the Internet, home remedy books or a piece of friend’s advice. Typically, when you seek medical attention whether it is from your GP, a walk-in medical clinic, or a specialized procedures such as MRI, CT Scans or Surgery – you may be waiting in pain for days, weeks or months. This is where massage therapy may offer significant benefits in helping you with more immediate pain relief, restoring physical function, or sustaining soft tissue and healthy muscles in your body.

Why not just listen to your body instead?

It knows better than any other person out there – try to be still and determine how you feel by listening to your body’s feelings, your heart, your mind and your inner soul (gut instinct or intuition). The answers are within you, and so is the capability for it to heal itself.

Stop putting in more poisonous substances and synthetic compounds into your body than you may already get from the food you eat, the air you breathe and the negative stress factors you are faced with in day-to-day life.

Massage Therapy is the most effective way to give your body a “once over” simply by having a 1 hour muscle relaxation massage with a registered massage therapist giving you professional, attentive and dedicated one-on-one care through “the power of touch”. Stress relief is critical to your body functioning at its best. And what better way than to have somebody physically touch every muscular part of your body as a surface examination. You may discover pain points that you didn’t even know existed, and these could be the early tell tell signs of something bigger. So let Massage Therapy be your first line of defense and Book an Appointment with Christine Mo, RMT.

At NTO Wellness and Rehab, we are dedicated to not only treating your symptoms of pain and dysfunction, but more importantly identifying and treating the underlying causes and providing you with a treatment plan that are custom to your body’s needs. We are committed to providing the very best in leading edge one-on-one patient care. Trust our team of qualified healthcare professionals to provide safe, smart and effective healthcare for your specific needs.