Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance

Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance A multidisciplinary health care facility located in the heart of the Beaches area of Toronto. Online Booking available @ https://kghg-cob.janeapp.com/

If you spend most of your day sitting, your thoracic spine — the middle and upper back — is likely losing its natural ex...
08/06/2026

If you spend most of your day sitting, your thoracic spine — the middle and upper back — is likely losing its natural extension range. And when it does, your neck and shoulders pick up the slack. 👀

This is one of the most common root causes of chronic neck tension, upper back stiffness, and shoulder impingement: not a problem with those areas themselves, but with the thoracic mobility that supports them.

The chair thoracic extension drill is one of the most effective ways to restore that range of motion. Sit near the edge of a firm chair, hands behind your head, and gently extend back over the top of the backrest. Hold 3–5 seconds, repeat five times. Done slowly and deliberately, most people feel an immediate difference in upper back tension.

For a complete postural assessment and movement plan, book at kewgardenshealth.com

Athletic therapy isn’t only for elite athletes. It’s for anyone whose injury hasn’t responded to rest alone — and who wa...
07/30/2026

Athletic therapy isn’t only for elite athletes. It’s for anyone whose injury hasn’t responded to rest alone — and who wants to get back to the life they had before. 🏅

An athletic therapy session is active, hands-on, and built entirely around your recovery goals. Your therapist will assess how you’re currently moving, identify where function has been lost or compromised, and guide you through a combination of manual therapy and progressive exercise to rebuild it.

The goal isn’t just pain relief. It’s restoring the movement capacity, strength, and confidence that lets you return to sport, work, or daily activity without the fear of re-injury.

At Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance, athletic therapy is part of a multidisciplinary approach — which means it integrates seamlessly with chiropractic, massage, and osteopathy depending on what your recovery calls for.

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Most running injuries don’t happen suddenly — they build. A tight hip that slightly alters your stride. A foot that over...
07/23/2026

Most running injuries don’t happen suddenly — they build. A tight hip that slightly alters your stride. A foot that overpronates on one side. A subtle asymmetry in how you load each step. Individually, none of these feel significant. Compounded over weeks of training, they create the overuse patterns that sideline runners. 🏃‍♀️

A gait and running analysis at Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance gives our team a precise picture of how you actually move — not how you think you move. We assess stride mechanics, foot strike, cadence, and alignment, then use those findings to build a recovery or prevention plan that addresses what’s actually happening.

Whether you’re returning from injury or trying to stay ahead of one, a gait assessment is one of the most evidence-informed tools available.

Book your assessment at kewgardenshealth.com

Your body wasn’t designed to hold one position for hours — and the stiffness, fatigue, and headaches that come from prol...
07/16/2026

Your body wasn’t designed to hold one position for hours — and the stiffness, fatigue, and headaches that come from prolonged sitting are your body’s way of saying so. 💬

You don’t need a full workout to counter it. Two minutes of intentional movement once an hour is enough to improve circulation, reduce spinal compression, and interrupt the tension patterns that accumulate through a long workday.

Stand and reach overhead. March in place. Roll your shoulders back. Breathe deliberately. None of this requires equipment or time away from your desk — just the habit of stepping away from stillness before your body starts asking loudly.

For a personalized movement plan, book at kewgardenshealth.com

Hands-on treatment and movement-based rehabilitation aren’t alternatives — they’re most effective when they work togethe...
07/09/2026

Hands-on treatment and movement-based rehabilitation aren’t alternatives — they’re most effective when they work together. 🏋️‍♀️

Manual therapy — whether chiropractic, massage, osteopathy, or acupuncture — addresses the tissue-level restrictions, joint dysfunction, and nervous system responses that cause pain and limit movement. Rehabilitation exercise then builds the strength, stability, and neuromuscular control that makes those gains last.

Without the rehab component, manual therapy often provides relief that doesn’t hold. Without the manual component, exercise can be limited by the restrictions it’s working against. Together, they produce faster, more durable outcomes.

At Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance, this integrated approach is how we approach every recovery plan — because getting you out of pain is only part of the goal. Keeping you out of pain is the other.

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Fibromyalgia is one of the most complex chronic pain conditions to live with — and one of the most frequently mismanaged...
07/02/2026

Fibromyalgia is one of the most complex chronic pain conditions to live with — and one of the most frequently mismanaged. 🔍

It’s not just widespread pain. It’s a nervous system that has become hypersensitized, amplifying signals that wouldn’t register as painful in a system functioning normally. That’s why approaches that only address the muscles or joints often provide limited relief.

At Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance, we approach fibromyalgia with the full picture in mind. Registered massage therapy helps calm the nervous system response, reduce muscle tension, and interrupt the pain-tension cycle. Acupuncture works on pain pathways directly, decreasing widespread tenderness and improving sleep quality — which is often severely disrupted and itself worsens pain. Together, they form part of an integrated plan that addresses the body, the nervous system, and the recovery environment all at once.

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Meet Norma Wilkie, BSc., D.O.M.P. — Osteopath at Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance. 🧬Norma approaches every p...
06/25/2026

Meet Norma Wilkie, BSc., D.O.M.P. — Osteopath at Kew Gardens Health Group & Centre of Balance. 🧬

Norma approaches every patient as a whole person — not a collection of isolated complaints. With a background grounded in anatomy, physiology, and osteopathic principles, she assesses how the body is functioning as a unit, identifies where movement, tension, or structural imbalance is affecting your pain or posture, and builds treatment around restoring that balance.

Osteopathy is a hands-on discipline that works with the musculoskeletal, nervous, and circulatory systems together — and Norma brings both the clinical depth and the patient-centered approach to make it genuinely effective.

If you’ve been dealing with pain, stiffness, or postural concerns that haven’t fully resolved, Norma would love to help you understand why — and what can be done about it.

Book with Norma at kewgardenshealth.com

If your shoulders round forward or your upper back gets tight by mid-afternoon, wall angels are one of the best tools yo...
06/18/2026

If your shoulders round forward or your upper back gets tight by mid-afternoon, wall angels are one of the best tools you can add to your daily routine. 🧍‍♀️

Here’s why they work: the wall provides immediate feedback on where you’re compensating. If your lower back arches off the surface, or your wrists can’t stay in contact as your arms rise, those are the exact restrictions limiting your shoulder mobility and posture.

Wall angels strengthen the muscles that hold your shoulder blades in place — the lower trap and serratus anterior — which are chronically underactive in desk workers and overhead athletes alike.

Ten slow reps, twice a day. Your neck and shoulders will feel the difference.

For more personalized movement guidance, book at kewgardenshealth.com

Step into a room where your care is the focus 💛 Our calm environment is designed to help you feel safe and supported. ...
06/11/2026

Step into a room where your care is the focus 💛 Our calm environment is designed to help you feel safe and supported.

Dealing with a sprained ankle? 🦶 Here’s what to expect and how we help you recover step by step.
06/04/2026

Dealing with a sprained ankle? 🦶 Here’s what to expect and how we help you recover step by step.

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2175 Queen Street E #302
Toronto, ON
M4E1E5

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Monday 8am - 7pm
Tuesday 8am - 7pm
Wednesday 8am - 7pm
Thursday 8am - 7pm
Friday 8am - 7pm

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+14169070103

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