New massage therapy clinic in Mountain Grove

Photo: Newly certified RMT Annette Gray-Jackson opens a professional home-based massage therapy clinic in Mountain Grove

Annette Gray-Jackson likes nothing more than to help people to feel better. After graduating from an accelerated two-year, 2200-hour massage therapy program at Trillium College in Kingston, Annette is now able to offer both therapeutic and relaxation massage to clients at her home-based clinic in Mountain Grove.

Annette completed her exams in Toronto in October, and is now a Registered Massage Therapist, provincially registered with the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario. A mother of three, she returned to school once her youngest daughter began attending school full time. “I knew that I wanted to stay here in the local community to work instead of having to commute, so I thought massage therapy would be great for me. I also love working with people and helping people so it seemed like a natural fit. That and the fact that it seems that there is an increasing need for the service in the area."

Annette will be serving customers four days a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays and said she aims to make her business hours flexible so as to accommodate the needs of her clients. She will also be offering her services at the Chiropractic Care and Longevity Center in Perth, located at 5 Gore Street West on Tuesdays and Thursdays and the third Saturday of every month.

Through the practice of relaxation and therapeutic massage she looks forward helping her clients to become pain free by addressing issues like injuries, chronic pain, headaches, general stress, over-use syndromes and more. She also offers clients Swedish massage as well as deep tissue and trigger point therapy, and offers pregnancy massage to expectant mothers-to-be.

“My goal is to make my clients feel as comfortable as possible and I very much look forward to helping clients who might first come to see me feeling stiff and sore but who after treatment will leave feeling refreshed and relaxed and able to move more freely.” To those who may have never tried massage therapy`, Annette's website is very helpful in explaining exactly what health issues and problems massage therapy can address and how her clinic operates. She also answers many commonly asked questions about massage therapy treatments. She mentioned to me a recently published article about a study, which found that massage therapy can bring about the same results as anti-inflammatory drug medications, proving that the therapy goes a long way in addressing issues of pain as well as offering overall increased health benefits.

Those with extended health benefits are typically covered for registered massage therapy treatments. For more information about the services Annette offers and/or to book an appointment visit www.annettegrayjackson.com or call her at 613-449-0060