Gavin grew up playing ice hockey and he was introduced to physiotherapy for sport injuries he faced. With the use of Physiotherapy, Gavin was able to rehabilitate from injuries, learn preventative measures and increase his knowledge of how the human body works in order to maximize strength and endurance. It was from those experiences Gavin decided to pursue a career in physiotherapy and help others recover from their injuries and improve their function.

Gavin’s most recent experience was as staff physiotherapist at Surrey Memorial Hospital. Gavin graduated from SFU with a Bachelor’s in Health Science. He completed his Physiotherapy Degree from the prestigious University of Nottingham in England.

Gavin’s approach in physiotherapy includes active and hands on approach alongside therapeutic exercise.

Gavin’s hobbies include: traveling, working out, watching sports!”

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Hansley Cagdan is the newest addition to our MOVE team as a Chiropractor. Hansley earned his Doctor of Chiropractic Degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic West in San Jose, California, after completing his Bachelor of Kinesiology Degree at UBC.

He has worked countless hours throughout the last year at the Student and Outpatient Clinic at Palmer College, treating a diverse range of patients and rapidly gaining experience and knowledge early on in his career. Along with chiropractic care, Hansley utilizes many other various modalities to guide his patient’s to achieving better health, such as, manual massage, IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization), Kinesio taping, Active Rehabilitation, and Cold Laser therapy. Hansley focuses on the sustainability of his patients by emphasizing muscle strengthening and preventative care, and helping the patients apply healthy habits into their lives.

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Pamela is a self-proclaimed people person, so much so that she’s centered her career around it. She’s a Registered Clinical Counsellor and works as a counsellor in both a clinical and private setting. Her therapy is rooted in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and she has a keen interest in working through trauma. As such, she’s completed refugee and trauma training and Somatic Based Therapy training.

Pamela’s interest in counselling and trauma-based practices comes from her own experiences with anxiety and pain. After a car accident that left her on the receiving end of an injury, Pamela became interested in working with trauma and chronic pain and the connections of both with anxiety and depression. Learning to navigate her own relationship with anxiety, pain, and depression allows her to root herself in compassion as a practitioner.

Pamela’s connection to people has been a thread that she’s actively woven through the entirety of her career. Long before working in clinical and private settings, she actively exercised her therapeutic capacities in the community. For many years, Pamela both worked and volunteered her counselling skills in the non-profit sector. She previously offered accessible therapy to marginalized folks at both the individual level and in group-based counselling sessions. She did so because she believes that counselling should be accessible to everyone, despite their circumstances. She still makes time for community work and has a strong passion for providing low-barrier counselling to folks of the Punjabi community. She is able to offer counselling sessions in both English and Punjabi.

Personhood is at the core of Pamela’s practice, her method of counselling focuses on empowering her clients. She ensures that her clients are in charge of their own journey and receive therapy at their own pace. Pamela honours the importance of individuals crafting their own individual journeys.

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Dr. J.S. Sandhu brings over 20 years of experience as a Sports Kinesiologist and practicing Chiropractor in the United States and Canada. He specializes in treatment of bone and joint pain, whiplash injuries, rehabilitation of sports injuries and mind-body protocols.

Dr. Sandhu is Master Certified in the use of Bioflex and he utilizes Bioflex Cold Laser Therapy as an innovative treatment for a variety of acute and chronic – often painful – conditions.

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Alice is a registered Acupuncturist and TCM practitioner registered with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncturists of BC. She graduated from an University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China, and has several years experience as a Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor in a hospital in China. During her career in China, she treated a variety of patients, especially those suffering with pain.

She has a Master’s Degree in Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine from the prestigious China Academy of Chinese Medical Science. Alice also holds a Bachelors Degree in Orthopedics of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Medicine from Heilongjiang Traditional Chinese Medicine University.

Alice provides a comprehensive assessment and diagnosis. She has over 17 years of specialized experience providing chronic pain relief from neck, shoulder, back, and joint pain. Her treatment approaches include herbal formulas, acupuncture, cupping, and gua sha.

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Rick graduated from the Utopia Academy Faculty of Massage Therapy and became an RMT in 2012. Over the last 9 years of his practice, Rick has treated many patients in pain as a result of motor vehicle accidents. He also treats patients with sports injuries, frozen shoulder, chronic back and neck pain, and other soft tissue tightness or injuries. His goal is always helping his patients to manage their pain and get back to their normal life without the use of medication.

Rick uses a variety of techniques, including deep tissue techniques, myofascial release, muscle energy techniques, PNF stretching and Swedish relaxation.

Rick has called South Surrey home for the past 15 years, and when he’s not working, Rick is often running and in training for the BMO Vancouver marathon, which he competes in nearly every year. He also enjoys trail running, hiking, skiing, kayaking and the West Coast life style.

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Sunny Zhao is a Registered Acupuncturist in British Columbia. She earned her Master of Health Science in Peking University Health Science Center in China.

She uses acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, and Tui-Na manual therapy to safely and effectively get her patients out of pain and back to health. What she has been pursuing is to obtain the best curative effect with the least pain.

She will provide the most suitable treatment plan according to the patient’s condition and use a variety of traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods comprehensively, including electro-acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, auricular therapy, cupping, scraping, massage.

She firmly believes that traditional Chinese medicine has unique advantages in certain areas, such as various pains, insomnia, emotional and mental health, dysmenorrhea, hair loss, dizziness, menstrual syndrome, many chronic diseases, and health care during recovery.

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Have you met Abbigail? If you have visited our clinic in the past you may have seen her at the front desk. Abbigail is currently attending the University of British Columbia for her bachelor’s in Applied Biology. Growing up in Edmonton Abbigail previously attended the University of Alberta, before moving to Vancouver in 2022 to attend University at UBC.

Before becoming a fully certified garment fitter by Medi Canada Abbigail worked as a laser technician here at Move Health and Wellness. It was through this experience working closely with patients that Abbigail learned how much she enjoyed helping people with their recovery.

With Lymphedema and Lipedema the process for treatment can be hard and emotionally draining, Abbigail understands the importance of creating a safe space working collaboratively with clients to insure they receive the best care possible. When she is not at school or at our clinic she can be found playing soccer or volunteering with the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre caring for seals.

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Sarah graduated from the University of Cape Town in 1998 with a BSc in Physiotherapy. She then worked for a time in Public and Private hospitals, until she started her own outpatient clinic. In 2011 she felt she needed to advance her practice and enrolled in a clinical Masters program from Stellenbosch University. This deepened her knowledge of and interest in all areas of neuromusculoskeletal therapy.

Following the Masters Sarah did undergraduate and post-graduate teaching work for both universities and post graduate private manual therapy courses. Sarah has a special interest in joint and tendon injuries, headaches and neck pain, sports injuries, rehabilitation and female pelvic floor dysfunction. Sarah arrived in Vancouver in August 2023 with her husband and young family. She enjoys exploring with them on the weekends, hiking and playing the saxophone.

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With a devotion to physical development, Trevor has been practicing and studying the health sector for over 4 years. Through playing soccer for Douglas College and being involved in years of coaching/athletic training, Trevor focuses on helping individuals achieve their fitness goals of optimal movement and performance.

Trevor’s attitude towards fitness allows him to provide quality and caring service to those seeking a more pain free lifestyle, an increase in athletic performance and a more active lifestyle.

Credentials: Bachelors in Kinesiology, Diploma in Sports Science, Active Member of BCAK, Soccer for life certification, Trained in NCCP and High 5 (working with kids)

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Dr Kim Castelo Branco was born in South Africa and graduated with a Masters Degree in Chiropractic with Cum Laude distinction from the University of Johannesburg. She practiced for 8 years in a family-based practice, caring for a variety of people of all ages, including pregnant families, athletes and including providing chiropractic care for underprivileged communities near Johannesburg,

Dr Kim provides a holistic approach to chiropractic care that focuses on wellness and prevention. She has a gentle, hands-on approach that utilizes manual chiropractic and instrument-assisted techniques (diversified and Activator techniques respectively) to help you improve your body at every stage of life. For instance, she can focus on pain-relief, posture-care, and/or maintenance and wellness care to respect your health goals.

She is Board certified in both South Africa and Canada. In addition, she is trained and certified to provide the Webster technique, which is known to help optimize pelvic alignment. Many pregnant families benefit from this technique for before, during and after pregnancy.

She has completed the prestigious International Certificate in Sport Chiropractic (ICSC) and she is a certified FAKTR Rehab Provider (Functional and Kinetic Treatment with Rehab). She is a member of the International Chiropractic Paediatric Association (ICPA) and the International Federation of Sport Chiropractic (FICS).

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Life has unexpected turn of events and you may find yourself needing additional support to get through the day, someone unbiased to talk to or to process your emotions. Counselling can offer many individuals with the kind of guidance, comfort and unconditional support that they are looking for. Whether you are finding yourself lost in the trajectory of life or just trying to break through past residual trauma or wanting to improve your current circumstances, counselling could be the stepping stone in helping you feel fulfilled in a more purposeful life.

Jessica has had experience working with seniors with chronic mental illness, suicidal clients to clients in crisis. Her training in her previous roles has given her the experience to work with individuals from all ages and cultural backgrounds. Her objective is to create a safe, non-judgmental and positive environment to be able to share openly and freely and to work towards your personal goals.

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Previous to becoming a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) Ellen practiced as a Clinical Counsellor in Poland since 2005. Even after transitioning to the RMT career, she carried the same passion to support the recovery process of her patients. It led her to attain a full certification of the Vodder Method of Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) and Combined Decongestive Therapy (CDT). This training has made it possible to treat vulnerable conditions such as Primary and Secondary Lymphedema, Lipidema, Non-infected inflammatory conditions, Chronic sinusitis, Dermatological conditions, Pre- and post- plastic surgery and treating scar tissue. She has been working as an RMT since 2019 continuously learning and adding experiences with lymphatic pathologies. Ellen is also certified in lymph taping.

As the human body’s systems are all integrated and intricately interconnected, she prefers holistic approaches to patients’ conditions. In addition to Manual Lymph Drainage to treat lymphatic system, Ellen provides general Registered Massage Therapy Services patients’ with gentle, non-aggressive techniques as appropriate in their healing stages.

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