May 17, 2023


Allison Montgomery started Back to Health in 2014 at a home-based clinic in Battersea. At the time she wanted to be able to provide massage therapy locally, saving the need for a trip to Kingston for her clients and her self as well.

It also allowed her to be home with her school aged children. Over time, Back to Health attracted 2 other registered massage therapists (RMT), Alexandra Kerr and Amanda Grinnell, who provide some similar and some different treatment options that Allison. Ashley Howatt, a Personal Trainer/Holitic Health Coach, also joined the practice.

Back to Health offers Deep Tissue Massage, Relaxation Massage, Pregnancy an Infant Massage, Infrared Sauna, Personal Training, Athletic Taping, UItrasound, Cold Laser Therapy, and more.

Over the last couple of years, the Back to Health Team has been looking at expanding the range of treatments on offer, and the idea of moving to a dedicated space, still in countryside but in a more commercial setting, began to take shape.

That’s when the extension to the Campbell building, south of Inverary along with Chan Pharmasave and the Cookery, was taking shape and Allison signed on to rent it.

The new Back to Health opened a few weeks ado. It has treatment rooms for the RMT’s, a dedicated room for personal training, and for the infrared sauna treatments, and it will also have enough space for new practitioners.

The first to come on board will be a Chiropractor, Dr. Lindsay Bourque, in the next few weeks, and with the capacity of the new space, more will follow.

“At this point in the practice, the space here is exactly what we need in order to be able to serve the needs of the community better. Some of our clients need to travel a bit further, but for some it is easier to get to. I wanted to keep the clinic in South Frontenac, and the opportunity to bring more services so people can do more in the local community, is a bonus,” said Allison.

Back to Health will be holding a grand opening celebration on Sunday May 28, from 10am-3pm. In addition to meeting the practitioners at the clinic, all are invited to enter a raffle for gift baskets and enjoy a photo-up with the clinic’s official mascot, a miniature horse, named Thunder.

For further information, contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., call 613-353-1109 and leave a message, or go to www.backtohealthrmt.com.

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