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Jacalyn Lynch

Co-Founder & Registered Massage Therapist

Before studying massage therapy, she was a competitive gymnast for over ten years and continued with the sport as a coach. She also competed and coached in track and field (pole vault, hurdles, sprints).

Because of her experience in sports, Jacalyn believes stretching, strengthening, and self-care go hand in hand with an effective massage treatment. She is impassioned with how the body works as a whole and makes sure to incorporate all appropriate aspects to ensure the patient’s goals are met.

Jake Baker

Co-Founder

Jakes passion for health care stemmed from his career in hockey and his life long interest in sports. After playing years of competitive and professional hockey Jake was able to see the importance and value of body maintenance and enhancement.

After seeing and dealing with many injuries over the years he was able to experience many different types of treatment. What fascinated Jake the most was how much therapy has evolved over the years. His vision for Revamp Wellness is to always be at the fore front of the leading therapies for patients.

Brandon Huezo

Registered Massage Therapist

Inder Sanghera

Physiotherapist

Inder Sanghera holds a Bachelor of Health Science from Simon Fraser University and a Master of Science in Physiotherapy from the University of Brighton. Her practice spans workplace injuries, motor vehicle accidents, post-operative rehabilitation, athletic injuries, and neurological impairments.

Dedicated to exceptional care, Inder builds personalized treatment plans for each patient. She uses evidence-based practice, integrating manual therapy techniques and active rehabilitation strategies to improve performance and mobility and alleviate pain. Advocating for collaborative care, she works closely with patients to understand their goals and customize treatments accordingly. Patient education is fundamental to her approach, empowering individuals to take an active role in their rehabilitation journey.

With first-hand experience in rehabilitation, Inder empathizes with her patients and guides them effectively through recovery. Fluent in English and Punjabi, she is committed to serving a diverse patient population with compassion and understanding.

Outside of work, Inder enjoys an active lifestyle, exploring the outdoors, travelling, and spending quality time with her family, particularly when cheering on the Vancouver Canucks.

Taylor Cahill

Student Massage

Taylor is a recent graduate of the RMT program from Vancouver Career College in Burnaby. Her passion for helping people stems from years of working in laboring jobs and playing competitive sports.

Taylor has always been passionate about helping others which made stepping into the healthcare field a natural transition for her. She pursued massage therapy to assist others in achieving their personal health and wellness goals. Being able to partake in her clients progressions inspire her to help guide others on their journey to wellness.

Taylor is happily welcoming new faces, and is always greeting you with a warm smile.

Melanie Snow

Registered Massage Therapist

Melanie attended the Vancouver College of Massage Therapy and graduated from a 3000 hour program in 2014. Her interest in the body and health began while studying Anatomy & Physiology at the University of the Fraser Valley in 2010. At UFV, she has completed three years of coursework and is currently working towards her Kinesiology degree. In addition to her 5 years of massage experience, she has focused her continuing education in Soft Tissue Release, Manual Lymph Drainage, Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization and Functional Release. She was certified as a yoga teacher with the yoga alliance in 2017, and enjoys offering a holistic approach by incorporating therapeutic yoga, stretches and breathing exercises into her treatment plan. In 2018, Melanie became apart of the faculty at WCCMT and taught massage to students providing therapy at a men’s drug and addiction center. Melanie is passionate about helping athletes reach their peak performance, whether in preparation, maintenance, or recovery of their sport. In her practice, she has experience with professional athletes and has worked for sports events such as Iron Man Canada, HSBC Rugby Sevens, and was a core member with the BC Lions massage therapy team for 3 seasons. In her leisure time Melanie keeps an active lifestyle including yoga, hiking, strengthening and in 2018 ran her first full distance marathon and is always in pursuit of a new athletic goal.

Karolina Szulc

Registered Massage Therapist

Karolina is a graduate from the Registered Massage Therapy Program at CDI College in October 2022. She has immigrated to Canada from Poland at age 14 and has flourished in her education. She is excited to work together towards getting you to be able to do what you love to do; whether that would be hiking, playing sports, partaking in winter or summer activities or simply being able to enjoy your everyday life pain-free. She focuses on mind and body integration and your overall well-being to help alleviate stress, fatigue and chronic pain.

Karolina believes that massage therapy can aid in managing present and past injuries, reduce dysfunction and improve mobility. She thrives on treating low back pain and knee dysfunctions. Some modalities that she utilizes in her treatments are Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Muscle Energy Techniques, Active Release Techniques and Passive Stretching. She trusts that tying it all together through diaphragmatic breathing, patient relaxation and education can assist in reaching the goals that have been set: achieving the optimal level of function physically and emotionally.

When not in clinic or furthering her knowledge in massage therapy, you can find Karolina enjoying the great outdoors with family and friends, hiking, sitting by a campfire, walking her two huskies, relaxing at the beach or snowboarding in the mountains. Her passion for travelling the world has given her diverse experiences of other cultures and their culinary specialties.

Karolina is always happy to welcome new patients.

Kurt Baker

Registered Massage Therapist

Kurt graduated from the Massage Therapy program at the Vancouver College of Massage Therapy (VCMT). He spent the last 9 years as a personal trainer and CrossFit Coach. His profound interest in the human body and movement began at a young age when he discovered how to change his body with weight training for football, hockey and lacrosse.

During that time, he worked with a wide range of clientele ranging from elite national level athletes of multiple sports, to weight loss, to those with the goal of aspiring to get fit.

Kurt’s goal is to share his passion for wellness with his patients by not only treating, but by educating them on how their body works, how it should move, how to prevent further injuries and ultimately, how to improve performance.

When Kurt is not at the clinic, you can find him training at the local CrossFit gym, playing football or snowboarding one of the local mountains.

Learn more about Kurt (video)

Dr. Kamran Eghtesad

Chiropractor

Dr. Kamran Eghtesad grew up in Vancouver, BC. Growing up in Vancouver he enjoyed learning about health and wellness. This led him to Simon Fraser University where he studied Kinesiology. From there he began to explore his options in health. He worked with local high school football teams addressing acute injuries. Also, worked on the manufacturing side of creating and designing custom foot orthotics. Conducted ergonomic assessments at PepsiCo to reduce workplace injuries. All these different jobs had one thing in common, they allowed people to do what they love without injury or pain.

This led Dr. Eghtesad to attend Palmer West Chiropractic College in San Jose, California, where he graduated with Cum Laude with a Doctorate in Chiropractic. While in San Jose he spent his free time teaching anatomy and conducting cadaveric dissections to further understand the human body. He also worked with Stanford University Neuroscience and Pain Lab to publish research to explore artificial intelligence for neck MRI’s.

Chiropractic with Dr. Kamran (Video)

Orthotics with Dr. Kamran (Video)

Kiarrah Pinkney

Registered Massage Therapist

Kiarrah graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. She began her massage journey at a young age due to a motor vehicle accident; an accident which led to injuries that only massage therapy could provide relief from. She played competitive soccer through her youth and into her university career, until she concluded that being an RMT was her ultimate career goal and came home to the lower mainland.

In her free time, Kiarrah enjoys being active in any way possible, through the gym, hiking, playing sports and other various activities.

Kiarrah enjoys working with young athletes and hopes to one day work professionally with a team. She also enjoys work with scar tissue and different fascial treatments, and cannot wait to expand her knowledge of sports-rehab and the post-injury world.

Dr. Daniel Dhesa

Chiropractor

Dr. Daniel (Danny) Dhesa earned his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 2022. Prior to moving to California, he earned his Bachelor of Kinesiology from the University of the Fraser Valley.

Danny treats a wide variety of acute & chronic musculoskeletal conditions, specializing in neck pain, back pain, hip pain, headaches/migraines, shoulder/elbow/knee/ankle injuries & sports related injuries. It is his goal to get patients back to doing what they love by utilizing an integrated & rehab-based approach to treatment which includes:

• Chiropractic Adjustments (Spine & Extremities)
• Strength & Mobility Exercises
• Instrument Assisted Adjustments (Drop Table Technique
• Manual Soft Tissue Therapy (Myofascial Release/Active Release Technique & PNF)
• Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Therapies (Laser Therapy, Shockwave Therapy, Cupping Therapy & Graston)
• Spinal Decompression/Traction/Flexion-Distraction
• Taping (KT/Physio/Dynamic Tape & Athletic Tape

Chiropractic with Dr. Dhesa (Video)

Prior to pursuing a career in chiropractic, Dr. Danny worked as a certified personal trainer for 5 years, creating individualized workout programs and leading group training sessions. Danny has volunteered with Special Olympics BC, Paralympics Canada, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Fraser Valley.

Outside of the clinics, Danny enjoys being active by playing sports, hiking, kayaking, weightlifting, and more recently, golf and running. If he is indoors, he enjoys reading, watching documentaries, and producing music.

Dr. Danny is fluent in English & Punjabi.

Mike Hosseini

Physiotherapist

Mike’s approach to physiotherapy is to not only decrease your pain, but to identify the real reason behind your injury. Properly understanding why the injury occurred in the first place will lower its chances of happening again. To accomplish this, Mike treats with manual therapy, education, exercise and improving movement patterns. Mike has certification in IMS/Dry needling and acupuncture.

Mike decided to become a physiotherapist after tearing his ACL while playing soccer at the age of 21. Working closely with his physiotherapist, he was sold on Physio as a career path. To pursue his goal, he made the big decision to move to Sydney, Australia and completed a Master of Physiotherapy degree. He then stayed in Australia to gain valuable clinical experience but is now back home, providing his Australian perspective to clients.

Physiotherapy with Mike (Video)

Dean Corpuz

Physiotherapist

Dean grew up in Port Coquitlam where he fell in love with the outdoors, mountain biking in summer and snowboarding in winter amongst other activities. He had a number of injuries while he was young which he was in and out of physio with which sparked his interest. This led him to complete his Bachelors of Kinesiology at Simon Fraser University with a concentration in Active Health and Rehabilitation. He then went on to work as a Kinesiologist, where he helped clients who had been in work and motor vehicle accidents. After a couple of years of working in rehab, he knew that he could help clients more if he became a physiotherapist. So, he moved to Australia where he completed his Masters of Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney. From there, he moved north to the Gold Coast where he planned to stay one year but ended up staying for six. The lure of the sunshine and surf made it hard to leave, but eventually he moved back to the Lower Mainland with his wife to be closer to family and friends as they started a family.

While working in Australia, he progressed his skills by working in a one-on-one setting. He uses movement and postural analysis to help figure out the root cause of patients concerns. This helps him create an individualized exercise/rehab program to address these issues and help prevent future issues from occurring. He is great at communicating, educating and helping clients understand their issue and what they can do to help their cause. He also utilizes manual therapy including specific techniques for headaches and migraines that he learned in Australia where he helped start up the Gold Coast Headache Clinic. He is trained and qualified in IMS/Dry needling, which he first learned overseas when he first graduated.

Rebecca Baskovic

Registered Massage Therapist

Rebecca graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in April of 2023. Before becoming a Registered Massage Therapist, Rebecca achieved her Bachelors of Kinesiology in 2019 and worked as a Kinesiologist. Rebecca grew up playing many different sports and learned about massage and physical therapy when she sustained her own injury while playing volleyball. She learned that there are many components to any injury and it is best to assess the body as a whole to provide the best treatment.

Rebecca has had the privilege of working with a variety of people such as athletes, office workers, pre and post-natal women, people with neurological conditions, geriatric and ICBC clients. She utilizes a variety of techniques such as general Swedish massage, trigger point therapy, PNF, pin and stretch, fascial techniques and joint mobilizations into her treatments. She strives to incorporate her knowledge of health and wellness into her RMT practice while providing patient-centered care in order to help her clients reach their goals and improve their quality of life.

Elizabeth Lacey

Registered Massage Therapist

Elizabeth is a registered massage therapist who graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in 2023. With a passion for helping others she is enthusiastic about treating headaches, prenatal patients, and athletes. Throughout her clinical experience, Elizabeth has gained valuable experience working with a diverse range of patients, including high level athletes and individuals with neurological conditions. She is dedicated to providing personalized care that addresses each patient’s unique needs, promoting overall wellness and recovery. Elizabeth is committed to empowering her patients on their wellness journeys, ensuring they feel understood and cared for every step of the way.

Leah Fortin

Registered Massage Therapist

Leah graduated from the West Coast College of Massage Therapy in 2023.

Leah grew up in Langley and has a background in competitive sports including collegiate softball and high school basketball. Her experience as an athlete and experiencing an injury herself led her to pursue a career in health care.

As a therapist Leah’s focus are the styles of general relaxation, deep tissue and pregnancy massage. Leah provides her clients with knowledge to take an active role in healing and overall well-being. Outside of work she enjoys playing sports, being outdoors and spending time with friends and family.

Dr. Jessica McGuire

Naturopathic Doctor

Dr. McGuire grew up on a farm in rural Ontario, which fostered a love for nature and biology. This led her to study conservation biology at the University of Guelph in Ontario. After graduation she was drawn to natural health, and took a job working for her local health food store where she learned about naturopathic medicine, supplements, and herbal treatments. Although she was helping people improve their health in a small way, she wanted to learn more to help more. She moved to BC to attend the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, where she discovered her love for hands-on physical treatments, acupuncture, and botanical medicine.

Dr. McGuire tackles health concerns using a whole-body approach. This involves asking you numerous questions about your current and past health history, in order to discover the root cause of your concern. She is deeply passionate about educating and empowering her patients so that they feel confident following their individualized treatment plan. It is Dr. McGuire’s goal that all patients are comfortable enough to ask their questions and fully trust that she has their best interest at heart.

Naturopathic Medicine with Dr. McGuire (Video)

Regneet Mangat

Acupuncturist

Regneet is invested in helping her patients create a better quality of life. Her practice focuses on cosmetic acupuncture, women’s health and pain management. Using traditional Chinese techniques such as Cupping, Moxibustion, diet therapy and Acupuncture to create complete health plans and treatments.

A strong advocate for women’s health, Regneet is ready to help you be a better you inside, out. From treating PCOS, endometriosis, chronic illness, fertility support to cosmetic acupuncture and wellness management let Regneet help you put your best foot forward.

Regneet completed her Diploma in Acupuncture and four-year Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine program at the Alberta College of Acupuncture in 2015.

Acupuncture with Regneet (Video)

Eduardo “Eddie” Chagas

Kinesiologist

Eddie holds a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of British Columbia and is a practicing member of the British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists (BCAK).Committed to providing client-centered care, Eddie leverages exercise and mobility routines to help clients return to full functional capacity.

Eddie continuously enhances his expertise in the field, applying the latest knowledge and techniques to his practice and daily life. His extensive professional experience spans clinical rehabilitation, personal training, high-performance training with university teams, and work with local rugby teams.

In his spare time, Eddie enjoys walks in nature, watching sports, and powerlifting.

Nicole Sereda

Registered Massage Therapist

Nicole graduated from West Coast College of Massage Therapy (New West) in April 2022 and was licensed as an RMT Nov 30, 2022. Upon completing her Bachelor of Physical Education and Coaching with a specialization in Kinesiology from Douglas College, she knew massage therapy would be the perfect mix of both human anatomy and movement. Nicole grew up in the sport community playing soccer, basketball, and ultimately softball. Nicole played on the Douglas College varsity softball team during her undergrad. Since retiring as a player, Nicole has continued her involvement in the sport as a youth coach. 

Nicole loves being able to positively affect any individual through hands on treatment and therapy. She can provide patients with techniques such as myofascial release, trigger point release, and can release muscles through muscle activation techniques to name a few. She can treat everything from postural concerns to overuse and work/sport related injuries. 

Through her time at West Coast, Nicole has gained experience with sport massage,  pre and postnatal massage, as well as working with individuals who have specific conditions such as Fibromyalgia. 

Nicole takes pride in being able to effectively communicate with her patients in order to provide the patient with what they need to help the issue therapeutically, while also still providing an element of relaxation. From headaches, and everyday aches and pains to chronic injuries, Nicole is ready to help you fulfill your needs.

David Pannell

Registered Massage Therapist

David graduated in 2018 from the RMT program at Langara College in Vancouver. His previous experience as a personal trainer and nutritional counsellor gave him the foundational knowledge about how the human body can adapt and overcome many things when used in conjunction with therapy. 

His skill set can aid with things such as strokes, traumatic sports injuries, headaches, and soreness from daily activities to get you back to doing what you love to do. David knows that helping his patients understand their own body is an instrumental part of effective care. He is committed to encouraging each patient throughout their road to full recovery. David praises a lot of his success towards having a biopsychosocial treatment model that helps him
understand his patient’s personal needs for their recovery.

Naturally, David enjoys educating himself and sees the benefit it has for those in his practice. With a
focus on the nervous system and its behavior’s, David is eager to find the root cause of our aches and pains. On a personal note, he has enjoyed resistance training over the last 15 years and more recently started teaching at CDI College within the RMT program.

Cara Bagry

Kinesiologist

Cara earned her Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at the University of the Fraser Valley. She is a practicing member of the British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists (BCAK). Cara is dedicated to providing client-centred care and is passionate about using exercise as a tool to help regain full functional capacity.

Cara is continuously expanding her knowledge in this field and finding ways to incorporate these tools in her own day-to-day life. During her years of professional experience, Cara has had the pleasure of working with clients in various settings including the gym, pool, at-home, and long-term care facilities.

In her spare time, Cara enjoys cycling to the beat of the music at SpinHouse, and walking her dog rain or shine.

Kinesiology with Cara (Video)

Shelby Purser

Registered Massage Therapist

Shelby is a student at the West Coast College of Massage Therapy. She was first introduced to the benefits of massage therapy when she was a teen and had been experiencing tension headaches. Since then, she has made massage a part of her regular wellness routine, encouraging her friends and family to do the same.

When Shelby’s sister was pregnant with her first child, she had the opportunity to see the benefits of massage therapy and how it relates to women’s health. She realized that a career as an RMT would be one that she could bring her passion into, and one that could help her friends, family, and strangers in all stages of life. She is looking forward to graduating and continuing her education to gain more knowledge and experience in women’s health, pre and postnatal, and infant care.

Raffy Osoteo

Registered Massage Therapist

Raffy is a distinguished graduate of the Massage Therapy program at Pacific Coastal College of Massage Therapy. His foundational education emphasized the importance of fostering a robust and harmonious connection with each patient, a principle he holds as the cornerstone of effective therapeutic relationships.

In addition to his expertise in massage therapy, Raffy excels in his role as a carpenter and safety officer within the trades industry. His dedication to constructing and maintaining secure work environments for his colleagues reflects his unwavering commitment to safety. Beyond his professional endeavors, Raffy’s passions encompass gourmet cooking, avid cycling, nurturing his familial bonds, and creating memorable moments with his children.

Raffy eagerly anticipates the opportunity to connect with individuals seeking the transformative benefits of massage therapy, as he believes in its ability to enhance both physical and emotional well-being.