Sharbot Lake Health & Wellness Clinic

Jeff Green | Mar 28, 2013

Annette Gray-Jackson, a registered massage therapist who has been working out of her home in Mountain Grove, has set up a clinic in the former dining room of the Sharbot Lake Country Inn. She will be seeing clients four days a week, Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

She is being joined in the new clinic by Sean Rodgers, of Westport Chiropractic, who will be holding his regular Sharbot Lake Thursday clinic in the new space. Rodgers has been serving Sharbot Lake for years, most recently in a small room next to the Treasure Trunk.

Also, on Wednesdays and Fridays a physiotherapist from Perth Physiotherapy will be available at the new clinic. This is a first for Sharbot Lake.

“Our services complement one another,” said Annette Gray-Jackson as she was setting up the clinic with Sean Rodgers last week. “I regularly find myself recommending physiotherapy and massage for my patients, and it will be ideal to be able to refer people to the same clinic. It’s also a lot easier for people from Plevna or Arden to get to Sharbot Lake than to Perth for massage or physio. The 45-minute drive home can erase a lot of the good that comes from a treatment.”

The therapy room, which is on the main floor at the Country Inn, is bright and has a view of the lake. A smaller gift shop remains open next door. Patients can wait in the front hallway, or they can visit the restaurant downstairs.

“The idea for the clinic came from Sandra White [co-owner of the Country Inn with her husband Frank]. She thought it would be a good use of the space, and when I looked at it I couldn’t help but agree. It is also an opportunity to bring something new to Sharbot Lake, to go along with all the other services available here,”
said Annette Gray-Jackson.

For her own massage therapy business, the move has already started to pay off as she has already increased her client base.

While Physiotherapy, Chiropractic and Massage Therapy are not covered by OHIP, most extended benefit health plans do cover them. Although the three services are jointly being operated in the space, they are independent and each will be booking its own clients.

To contact Annette Gray-Jackson, call 613-449-0060 or got to annettegrayjackson.com. Her clinic is open from 10-8 Mondays, 10-5 Tuesdays, 1-5 Fridays and 9-12 on Saturdays.

To contact Perth Physiotherapy call 613-267-6789 or go to perthphysiotherapy.ca. Sharbot Lake hours are Wednesdays from 9-5 and Fridays from 9-12.

To contact Sharbot Lake Chiropractic call 613-279-3100. Sean’s clinic is open from 8-5 on Thursdays.

The Sharbot Lake Health and Wellness clinic is now open. There will be a grand opening celebration on Monday, April 29 between 4 and 7 pm.