Back on your feet.
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Direct insurance billing, free on street parking, and later appointments available on request.
85 Norfolk St, Suite 105, Guelph · call (519) 265-7343
Treatment starts with you.
Our team of highly experienced therapists formulates a customized treatment plan to restore optimal function for people with injuries or conditions affecting the muscles, bones and nervous system. Our goal is to provide integrated, multi disciplinary and collaborative programs of care using innovative and proven techniques. You will receive results oriented treatment through appropriate, timely and personalized plans specific to your therapeutic needs, and we work along with you, your family physician and your specialist rather than around them.
Treatment under one roof.
Care here may be a single service or, more often, a multi disciplinary team approach. Our programs are client centered, progressive and unique, with a focus on restoring functional ability and eliminating pain to improve your quality of life.
Hands-on therapy
Physiotherapy
Evidence based treatment techniques to relieve pain and restore function, in one on one personalized sessions which may include manual techniques, therapeutic exercises and specialized equipment.
Registered massage therapy
A therapeutic technique: the hands on manipulation of skin, muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints, nerves and connective tissues. Book your initial assessment with one of our registered massage therapists.
Chiropractic
Chiropractors focus on the diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Treatment can include joint manipulation and mobilization, acupuncture, Active Release Techniques, exercise and education.
Equipment and technique
Spinal decompression
Non surgical spinal decompression is the relief of pressure on one or many pinched nerves of the spinal column, using the decompression table in our treatment room.
Shockwave therapy
Shockwave treatments stimulate the metabolism and enhance blood circulation, to accelerate the healing process in your body.
Active Release Techniques
Effective for both acute and chronic injuries to muscle, tendons and ligaments, as well as nerve entrapment conditions such as sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome and stubborn tendonitis.
Getting started
Fewer obstacles before your first visit.
Direct insurance billing
The clinic bills insurers directly. Tell the front desk who covers you when you book, and bring your plan details to the first visit.
Check your coverage
Open until 7pm, Monday to Thursday
The clinic opens at 8am Monday to Thursday and stays open until 7pm, and opens 9am to 2pm on Friday. Later appointments are available upon request.
Find a time
Accident and WSIB claims
Being in a motor vehicle accident can be a very traumatic experience. We have the team to assist you with everything you need, and we run WSIB Programs of Care.
Tell us about your claim
Intake forms before you arrive
Patient intake forms are published on our site to download and fill in ahead of the first appointment, so more of your visit is spent on assessment.
Ask about the formsOur team
The people who treat you.
Guelph Rehab Centre is an independent clinic at 85 Norfolk St in downtown Guelph, founded by Registered Massage Therapist Dave Ursomarzo. The team includes registered physiotherapists, registered massage therapists and a chiropractor, between them certified in Active Release Techniques, medical acupuncture, concussion rehabilitation and vestibular rehabilitation. Working along with you, your family physician and your specialist is what makes the approach here unique, and more importantly, successful.
Dave Ursomarzo
RMT, Cert. Med. Acup., Director of OperationsA Registered Massage Therapist with over 30 years of experience in advanced massage and myofascial techniques, deep tissue massage and medical acupuncture for neuromuscular and musculoskeletal injuries. Dave is the owner and founder of Guelph Rehab Centre Inc, and a healthcare management specialist focused on physical rehabilitation for over 22 years, fifteen of them in a Toronto physical rehabilitation hospital.
Frank DeStefano
Registered Massage TherapistBorn and raised in Guelph and practising locally since 1995, Frank is one of the co founders of Guelph Rehab Centre Inc. Well known in the community for his approach to headaches and migraines, he collaborated with other practitioners to develop the clinic's headache program, and he is one of the few practitioners in the area certified in full body and nerve entrapment Active Release Techniques.
Dr. Kylie Watkins
ChiropractorDr. Watkins received her Chiropractic degree from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, after a Bachelor of Kinesiology and Health Science from York University. She takes a holistic approach, looking for the root causes of pain, and uses soft tissue therapy, acupuncture and spinal and extremity manipulation. She trained in the GLA:D and PEAK protocols for osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis and upper limb nerve entrapments.
Sangeeta Bera
PhysiotherapistAn internationally educated registered physiotherapist who helps patients recover from injuries and manage chronic conditions through personalized, exercise based rehabilitation. She integrates movement science, manual therapy, progressive exercise and acupuncture to build strength, mobility and endurance in a safe and structured way, and is certified in concussion rehabilitation, acupuncture and cupping. Apart from English she is fluent in Hindi, Gujarati and Bengali.
Testimonials
Rated 4.7 on Google.
A few of the 79 reviews, in the patients' own words.
Best place fpr recovery of any injury. All of the staff are absolutely so good at what they do! Best place for chiropractic therapy. Physio is great and massage is wonderful. You should try it
Chris was very knowledgeable and listened to my concerns. Gave me a great plan for rehabbing my knee!
My experience with Mike & Dave was awesome. Would recommend to my friends and family.
Your first visit
Three steps to getting started.
Book by phone or through the form below. Same day appointments are available, so call the clinic if you need to be seen quickly.
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Book your appointment
Send a request below or call the front desk on (519) 265-7343. Patient intake forms can be downloaded and filled in before you arrive.
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A thorough physical assessment
Every service and program here starts with a thorough physical assessment, to determine the root cause of your issue rather than only where it hurts.
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A plan built around you
Manual therapy using evidence based methods, supervised active and passive exercise, modalities such as laser, shockwave, acupuncture, spinal decompression and ultrasound, plus postural education and a homecare program.
Booking
How can we help?
Tell us what is bothering you, how long it has been going on and the times of day that suit you, and the front desk will find you a time. There is free on street parking on Cork St and Quebec St, and the clinic validates parking in the Baker St and Macdonell St pay lots.
That is how booking will work.
This page is a concept preview by PXLNorth, so nothing was actually sent anywhere. On the live site a request like this reaches the front desk and they call you back to confirm a time.
To reach the clinic right now: (519) 265-7343 or info@guelphrehab.com