Bridgette is fascinated by the adaptability and resilience of the human body and is passionate about helping people become and stay active in whichever ways are most meaningful to them. When it comes to treatment, Bridgette believes that no one treatment approach works for every client, and feels that a customized and flexible approach to care is key. She often combines a variety of modalities into treatment plans including hands on techniques, electrophysical modalities, personalized exercise prescription and thorough patient education to help clients reach their therapeutic goals.

Bridgette graduated from the University of British Columbia with her Masters of Physical Therapy, following the completion of her undergraduate degree in physical education and coaching. Since then, Bridgette has developed a special interest in pelvic floor physiotherapy and has pursued additional post-graduate training in this area including courses in: urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, pregnancy & pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain, diastasis rectus abdominis, preparation and recovery following caesarean delivery among others.

Bridgette is passionate about continuing education, and is constantly looking to further her training whether through formal means, reading and self-education or through collaboration with colleagues.

Bridgette has also completed training in anatomical neuropathic intramuscular stimulation (IMS/dry needling), and is on the dry needling roster with the college of physical therapists of BC.

Bridgette is also the proud mother of her son Declan. In her down time, she can be found spending time with her family, exploring our beautiful province, cooking, baking and staying active!

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Farideh is a registered physiotherapist with over two decades of experience in a variety of healthcare settings, from university hospitals to private clinics. She has gained a wealth of experience treating a wide spectrum of conditions, including pain management, geriatrics, musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. Since 2007, she has also been working as a pelvic health physiotherapist. Along with working as a clinical practitioner, Farideh keeps up her research efforts in the field of physiotherapy as a published author in scholarly international journals.

Farideh believes wholeheartedly in skillful hands, based on knowledge and experience, to relieve the pain of patients, manage their dysfunction, help them regain their functional abilities, and improve their quality of life. With an empathetic approach, Farideh believes in establishing a collaborative and supportive patient-therapist relationship.

Farideh enjoys the outdoors and meeting new people. She loves travelling, and writing an autobiography is high on her bucket list!

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Devaki graduated with a Bachelors in Physical Therapy from India in 2017. Along with that, she has also completed programmes in Taping and Vestibular rehabilitation from India. She fundamentally believes that “Bodies are meant to move”. Her passion for fitness has been a driving force in choosing Physical Therapy.

Devaki relies on tailored and holistic approach to develop an individual rehab plan to achieve a functional goal. She is committed to help clients achieve their functional goal as efficiently and effectively as possible through active rehab.

Devaki continues to focus on updating herself in various fields of interest. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking or spending some quality time with her family.

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Michael has been practicing Massage Therapy since 2016, with many years of working in health care, personal training and sport. His focus has been in the areas of persistent pain, athletics including the BC Lions, ICBC and WorkSafe.

Michael’s aims to apply specific functional goals to re-educate the body using safe movement strategies, while developing an area of focus around persistent pain in the general population. Manual techniques are tailored to your goals and preferences, all while encouraging the body to heal in a safe environment.

His passions include running, weightlifting, ice-hockey, hiking and camping with family, watching sport highlights, and reading fantasy novels.

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With 9 years’ experience as a Registered Massage Therapist, Chris focuses mainly on individual areas of compromised muscle tissue resulting in effective, specific improvement in muscle function. Chris has 3 years’ of experience working alongside the BC Lions Practitioner team treating sports injuries and aiding in muscle recovery.

Chris graduated from WCCMT Victoria in 2013 and his main treatment area of interest is trigger point therapy, sedating overactive nerve endings and increasing oxygenated blood flow to restricted tissue.

Fitness and music are his passions and he will say yes to anything outdoors.

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Connor is a graduate from the Vancouver College of Massage Therapy. Having previously worked as a registered kinesiologist, he was drawn to massage therapy because he recognized its strength as a pain and stress management tool, as well as its ability to enhance recovery after exercise. He enjoys working with a wide range of patients and believes everyone can benefit from incorporating massage therapy into their lives. He understands that each patient is unique and deserves a unique approach to help them best achieve their goals. He is passionate about health science and education, having spent several years working within the Faculty of Medicine at UBC to help create learning resources for students.

Connor is especially interested in helping people manage sports injuries, chronic pain, and anxiety. He is a big believer in meeting people where they’re at, and he will work to support you along your health journey as best as he can.

Connor is a big fan of all action sports, and enjoys skateboarding, snowboarding, and mountain biking the most.

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Dr. Vivie Bojilov is a chiropractor dedicated to providing exceptional patient-centered, evidence-based care for musculoskeletal pain. He is specifically proficient in the use of patient education, manual therapies, and functional rehabilitation.

Vivie grew up in Vancouver and completed his Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology at UBC, where he also played varsity football.

He then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to attend Chiropractic school, during which he was involved in assisting many local sporting teams/events within the area such as the North Face Endurance Challenge, San Jose State Rugby, the former NFL Oakland Raiders, Sea Otter Classic and many more.

After completing his last year of clinical rotations throughout various clinics in the US from Alaska to Florida, Dr. Bojilov worked at Stanford School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine to help publish new research regarding cervical spine MRI segmentation. Thereafter, Dr. Bojilov returned to full time clinical practice in 2020 and is now extremely excited to finally be back in Vancouver, BC to provide his community with the highest level of evidence-based care musculoskeletal care.

During his free time, Vivie loves to climb with his wife Lilly and go adventuring with their pup Grizz.

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Massage Therapy has shown Sandie how her patients can take back control of bodily pain & discomforts that they are feeling. Through her experience at Vancouver Career College, she has grown and is confident in knowing how to help those around me by offering treatments that are centered for you and your pain tolerance.

Physical activity and health have incorporated itself naturally into Sandie’s life through understanding of functional and mechanical anatomy. With that, Patient progression has brought a fulfillment to her day-to-day life that has directly impacted her unlimited desire to continue acquiring new information and implementing it to her patients.

Sandie’s treatments are relaxation centered while also using direct techniques like PNF, stretching, and assisted movements to reduce pain or imbalances in the body. Stress is a large factor in most of our lives so she believes in educating her patients on ways they can reduce their stress at home while also targeting areas of the body that need to be worked on in order for her patients to gain optimal function.

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Credentialled in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (McKenzie Method or MDT), Leo has extensive experience with inflammatory conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis and spondyloarthropathies, joint replacements and other musculoskeletal conditions related to acute injuries and chronic overuse injuries. Leo likes to work with the patient to look beyond the location of pain to the underlying cause and finding self-management tools to support the patient.

Leo’s continuing education has included Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy, Dry Needling, Mobilization with Movement, Mobilization of the Myofascial System, Soft Tissue Release, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Advanced Joint Arthroplasty Rehab, and Arthritis Continuing Education for inflammatory conditions.

When Leo has free time, he likes to play Hockey or take the kids skiing or for a hike.

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Meet Herman, a graduate from Vancouver College of Massage Therapy. He believes that anyone can pursue what they love without being held back by physical limitations. Herman aims to show that reaching your lifestyle goals is absolutely attainable, with a little guidance in the right direction.

Herman began his health and fitness journey at The University of British Columbia, where he completed his bachelor in Nutritional Sciences. Shortly after, he obtained his Personal Trainer certification from NSCA. Herman’s past weight lifting injuries and clinical practice have given him experience working with musculoskeletal conditions, neurological symptoms, sports related injuries and chronic pain.

Outside the clinic, you can find Herman training in the gym, playing basketball and developing his videography skills.

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Jeffrey is a Registered Massage Therapist and has 10+ years of helping general public return to activity and manage tension and stress from the workplace and otherwise. He has worked with patient populations ranging from chronic illness and pain to weekend warriors and part-time athletes looking to free themselves of soreness and rid themselves of nagging tension. Jeffery has also worked with Coquitlam Express BCHL Hockey Club, RMT Supervisor at Simon Fraser University Varsity Programs and was a Primary Instructor at West Coast College of Massage Therapy.

Jeff uses a combination of deep tissue massage, joint mobilization, pelvic alignment, as individually required in his treatments.

Jeff was attracted to rehabilitation therapy as a result of a fascination with the neuromuscular system and has a deep interest in athletics, kinesiology, physiology and neurology. Helping patients to navigate through the recovery process and assisting them with self-care methods is an essential part of Jeff’s treatment approach.

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Erin Reid is a Registered Massage Therapist and the Clinical Director here at Coast Therapy.

Erin has 15+ years’ of experience helping athletes optimize their performance, injury prevention and recovery. Her passion for sport massage therapy has taken her around the world, from the Paralympic games in Beijing 2008, to the 2014 Commonwealth games in England. She also played a part in the Medical Services offering during the Vancouver 2010 Olympics.

Erin looks to work with a range of athletes and sports, from amateur to Olympic, Paralympic and professional levels. Some of her career highlights include being a Torch barrier for the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games, traveling to Brazil in 2009 for IPC Swimming World Championships, providing therapy for the performers of Vancouver Cirque du Soleil shows and was also the lead Massage Therapist for the MLS Vancouver Whitecaps (2014 to 2019).

In Addition, Erin has a special interest in Pre and postnatal Care (Including Infant Massage). Erin is Mother of two girls and is happy to help through all stages of development. Erin has taken a variety of courses to support this work, including visceral massage and sports related injury and recovery.

Erin has served on the CSMTA Board, volunteered for many events and organized/hosted symposiums and host Medical Tents for sporting events. Erin is passionate about serving the community and brings that excitement to each of her treatment sessions.

**Erin has a very limited Clinical schedule but is available for community involvement and professional consultations by request.

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After enduring a significant vision loss, Matthew was inspired to pursue a new career in Massage Therapy. Matthew graduated with honors from Georgian College’s 3-year Massage Therapy program in 2018 with training in therapeutic and wellness massage, incorporating myofascial release, deep tissue, hydrotherapy, low-grade joint mobilizations, Swedish massage techniques, and remedial exercise.

Matthew believes in a patient-centered approach with customized tailored treatments informed through clinical assessment, current knowledge, patient input, and his heightened sense of touch to achieve each patient’s goals.

Matthew is dedicated to furthering his education to better inform his practice.

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Clark is one of the very few acupuncturists specializing in Korean Elemental Therapy and Korean Modern Acupuncture in North America. He applies small Acupuncture needles primarily to the hands to treat clients as the hands represent the whole body. One of the best advantages is that clients do not need to undress for treatment as Korean acupuncture uses forearm and hands only to treat the entire body

Clark studied acupuncture and graduated from PCU College.

He studied Korean acupuncture in Korea and also from Dr. Kim who is a retired acupuncturist doctor. After becoming a Registered Acupuncturist, he continued to study to become an expert of natural medicine and home remedies. He earned a PhD in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and a Doctor of Naprapathy degree, researching exercise and mobility programs for spinal cord injury patients. Clark deepened his botanical medicine knowledge through a Doctor of Botanical Medicine degree as well.

He brings expertise in physical medicine exercises, botanical medicine, manual therapies, and manual osteopathic techniques to his practice besides his acupuncture practice.

With this diverse training, Clark takes an integrative approach, combining natural home remedies and manual techniques. He aims to optimize mobility, musculoskeletal health, and internal wellness to help patients regain health and improve their quality of life.

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In 2019, Alice successfully graduated from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy and began her career as a Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) in Nova Scotia. Over the last four years, Alice has gained extensive experience treating a diverse range of conditions, from acute injuries to chronic systemic issues.

Alice is dedicated to ensuring her clients not only experience immediate relief but also leave with a heightened awareness of their bodies. Her commitment extends to providing tools that empower individuals to navigate daily activities without limitations from injuries or pain. As part of her continuous professional development, Alice, who is also a certified yoga teacher and 3rd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo, has expanded her expertise into strength and mobility training as she finishes her certification with the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Alice is trained in techniques such as neuromuscular massage, deep tissue, myofascial release, trigger point release, Swedish massage, fascial stretch and yoga massage and therapeutic exercise.

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Dr Wendy is a Naturopathic Doctor that is passionate about empowering her patients. She believes the best way we do that is by striving to be the best version of ourselves. As a Naturopathic doctor, she addresses your complaints by taking a holistic approach to your health. Optimal health involves a balance between mental, physical and emotional factors and illness can manifest if any of these factors are out of control.

Dr Romano earned her Bachelor of Kinesiology from UBC and went on to study at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine in New Westminster. As a student of Naturopathic Medicine, she received extensive training in nutrition, nutraceutical and botanical medicine prescription, lifestyle counselling and Traditional Chinese Medicine (acupuncture). Training at Boucher was also very intensive in anatomical sciences and physical medicine, which strengthened her knowledge and clinical skills in sports medicine.

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Jessica first became interested in massage therapy given her ten years of athletic experience in fast pitch softball. Before starting her career she worked in assisted living and has experience working with people who have conditions such as Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Jessica graduated from VCMT: During her time at school, Jessica had experience working with people with sports injuries, neurological conditions, physical and developmental disabilities, post surgical patients, geriatric patients and infant/pediatric massage.

Jessica’s practice is focused around sports injuries, postural and muscular dysfunction, and myofascial release. As well as patients with disabilities and central nervous system impairments.

Outside of massage therapy, Jessica enjoys weightlifting, yoga, watching movies, painting and spending time outdoors.

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Sam grew up in Burnaby playing hockey, baseball and running track. As an accident-prone teen, he became very familiar with physiotherapy, which inspired a life-long fascination with exercise rehab.

Sam graduated from SFU with a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Physiology, gaining experience in rehabilitation of sports injuries. He further developed his experience as a therapist by providing gymnastics-based and aqua therapy for children with neurodevelopmental disorders, in which he found a passion for pediatric physiotherapy.

Sam completed his Master of Science in Physiotherapy in the United Kingdom and is currently going through the process of certifying as a Physiotherapist in Canada. Sam is excited about teaching exercise to recover from an injury and wants to help you restore your natural, pain-free, and efficient movement.

You’ll probably run into Sam desperately clutching a cup of coffee or reading. In his free time, you might find him running trails in the forest, bouldering at the gym or skiing in the mountains. Sam enjoys escaping into the woods for extended hiking and camping trips – but good luck finding him out there!

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