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Toronto Movement Therapy

A Pilates and Corrective Exercise studio in East Toronto. We offer affordable, industry leading 1 on 1 movement sessions with trainers you can trust.

A trauma informed Pilates & Movement Therapy boutique studio offering Private and Semi Private Sessions in Toronto's east end. Specializing in movement and strength training for:
- rehabilitation
- athlete conditioning (recreational, semi-pro, pro)
- pre/post natal
- chronic pain
- spine conditions including bulges, herniations, spondiolythesis, scoliosis
- neurological conditions: MS, Parkinson's

, Stroke, concussions

If you're scared to move, have been given exercises by a manual therapist and want to do them with someone under supervision, can't do the sports or the things you love anymore, come see me! I can absolutely help.

10/31/2023

A haunted house but it’s just...
a collection of what feels hellish to me in healthcare!
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Have a fun day everyone!
Manifest things and communicate with the other side!
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10/22/2023

Huge words for the masses.
This post pandemic year in many ways has felt more difficult than the years during.
If thriving is what you’re aiming for now, we can help.
Move from surviving to thriving with trauma sensitive, client-centred & collaborative care.
❤️
Team TMT

03/21/2023

Touched base with our lovely Physio this morning on her caseload! We bounced ideas around, chatted strategies and discussed trauma sensitive care. It’s one way I do my best to give back as a Clinic Director to clients and practitioners-passing knowledge on. Being a sounding board and supporting everyone’s process is important to keep things moving in the right direction.

I keep joking that we are the Seattle Grace of Rehab Clinics because of all the Mentorshop and Continuing Educstion we do! I’m going to start calling us a Teaching Clinic.
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It’s very important to me when I hire practitioners that they are critical thinkers, can layer concepts and approaches and work together as a team.

Kajal has got that in spades. Always keen to learn and able to apply her knowledge in unique ways.
Big news: she’s getting certified in Pelvic Health Physio! Stay tuned!
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03/16/2023

It is Neurodiversity Awareness Week!

Many people in our community use neurodiversity as an umbrella term used to describe alternative thinking styles such as Dyslexia, DCD (Dyspraxia), Dyscalculia, Autism and ADHD.

Instead of labelling people with deficits or disorders, when we use the term neurodiversity, we take a balanced view of an individual’s unique strengths and challenges.

Approximately 15-20% of the population has a neurological difference. Depending on how our brains are wired we think, move, process information and communicate in different ways.

This means approximately 1/5th of the population in a clinic likely has a neurodivergent brain including staff, patients and practitioners.

AND that figure is assumed to be too low as they are discovering more people have undiagnosed neurodiverse brains - SPECIFICALLY ADULT WOMEN WITH ADHD.

I, Kearsten Lyon, the founder of TMT was diagnosed with ADHD in 2021! Same me, now searching for less dopamine.
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I will talk more in depth about my experience in the future.

Today I want to bring awareness to better meeting the needs of ADHD brains in the medical, health, wellness & rehab spaces.

Many ‘challenges’ neurodivergent people face are more to do with the environment and systems they are placed in, often designed by a majority population.

Neurodiverse brains need approaches and systems that they understand and work for them.

Don’t assume someone is flakey or a pain in the butt person/client. They often just need to have their needs met in a different way than you might be used to.

Here are my top tips to better meet the needs of ADHD brains in your medl, rehab, health or wellness space!
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03/07/2023

🦶 FEET 🦶

I did a mentorship session with on Saturday and we went through our TMT Method Protocols for Feet So, we did a case study with her!

Picture 1: Dorothy at rest, standing at the beginning of our session.

She reported her feet felt rigid, get sore and she has difficultly with controlling midfoot overpronation that can be uncomfortable and contribute to other challenges up the chain.

She has difficulty toeing off / accessing SBL (superficial back line and yes anatomists and fascianauts I know it’s not JUST a line it’s a continuum of tissue but let’s just keep it simple for now 😆).

She was a ballerina and lived in external rotation and has Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Goal: Movement is medicine.

We used balls to mobilize her foot while educating her and helping her embody the bones and joints in her foot and how it all works together in Movement.

Plan for her specifically:
◾️Mobilize forefoot towards supination
◾️Mobilize reaefoot towards pronation
◾️Massage the tissue on the bottom of the foot, specifically lateral and use a smaller ball between metatarsals where appropriate.
◾️LIFT the metatarsals at met heads esp 2-3-4
◾️ Walk and embody simple cues for gait cycle for now, to help her toe off.

Picture 2: Dorothy at rest, standing at the end of the session.

The difference in the L foot tib, fib and hip is incredible. She reported being able to just stand and feel like her feet weren’t collapsing but were stacked and active but not in a gripping way. And it was all brand new for her brain and felt great!

In Conclusion:
A lot of what we do is very simple.

We:

1️⃣Teach you how things move.
2️⃣Give you movements you need and in a way that you understand, embody and feel good.
3️⃣Help you integrate that movement into whatever movement you do or want to do.

If you need help, we’ve got the moves!
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03/06/2023

TMT ROLL (ROLE 😆) CALL!

Our in-person team has GROWN, quite a lot, and so have our services! I thought I’d post a who’s who in the clinic now!

First off, they’re great humans.
Trauma sensitive, very smart and passionate about what they do.
They see the value of working as a team and offer client-centred care to get results.

When they are hired, we go through extensive onboarding and training to help them meet the needs of our unique clientele, fine tune their role and expertise amongst the group.

🤜🤛We offer weekly mentorship to discuss case studies, build new programs and services and improve our systems.
🧐We have a group chat on Instagram to discuss trends and posts in the industry.
💪We challenge and support each other to be better.

If you are interested in becoming a client, it might be overwhelming to know where to start, especially if you have experienced medical trauma or haven’t gotten results elsewhere.

I can help.
As the Founder and Clinic Director, I offer weekly complimentary consult calls.

I look at these calls as: Asking for directions.
We chat about what’s going on for you, what you’ve tried, and I can make suggestions within and outside of our clinic, which you can follow or not, totally your call.

✔️I want you to have a potential plan.
✔️I want you to not waste your time trying to navigate the healthcare system on your own.
✔️I want you to have corrective experiences to empower you to take care of yourself and feel better.

You deserve that.

Link in bio to book a complimentary consult or to book in with one of our great team members.

Yours in growth,
Kearsten
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Address

181 Carlaw Avenue, Suite 212
Toronto, ON
M4M2S1

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 8pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 8pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 8pm
Thursday	7:30am - 8pm
Friday	7:30am - 2pm
Saturday	8:30am - 2pm

Website

http://www.torontomovementtherapy.com/

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Toronto Movement Therapy is a Pilates and Movement Therapy clinic in Toronto's east end which also features complimentary services like Registered Massage Therapy and Naturopathic Medicine.

Toronto Movement Therapy uses various movement modalities including but not limited to: Pilates, Franklin Method,Oov Education and traditional strength and conditioning to educate and coach clients to obtain optimal function, control and performance with their bodies.

The Pilates and Movement Therapy practitioners specialize in working with a wide range of clients from chronic pain, hypermobility, pre and post surgical, pre and post natal, rehabilitation, neurological conditions including concussions, motor vehicle collisions, trauma recovery and athletes.

The Registered Massage Therapists and Naturopathic Doctor on site are exceptional.