Optimum Wellness Centres: MacLeod Trail

Dr. Ron Toma is a graduate of Palmer College of Chiropractic West and has been in practice in Calgary since 2003. He has completed the Canadian National Chiropractic board examinations, and the American National Chiropractic board examinations level I, II, and III.

Dr. Toma is a member of the Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors, the Canadian Chiropractic Association, the Palmer Alumni Association, and the Gonstead Clinical Studies Society.

Dr. Toma is passionate about chiropractic and the body’s natural ability to heal and express itself. Dr. Toma enjoys teaching the principles of healthy living to all of his patients, and loves working with people of all ages.

Dr. Tanner has spent the majority of his life in Calgary, Alberta. After dealing with a nagging sports injury, Dr. Tanner found relief through chiropractic care and witnessed first hand it’s many benefits. After attending Mount Royal University, he obtained his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from the University of Western States in Portland, OR where he graduated with honours.

Dr. Tanner’s treatment approach focuses on determining the underlying cause of your symptoms and building individualized treatment plans to get you moving more efficiently and in a pain-free manner. Dr. Tanner utilizes a variety of techniques such as traditional chiropractic adjustments, various soft tissue therapies, rehabilitative exercises and patient education. His goal is not only to treat and reduce your symptoms, but to prevent future injuries by focusing on strengthening and rehabilitate exercises.

When not in the office, Dr. Tanner stays active by weight lifting, spending time in the mountains and enjoying quality time with friends and family.

Simson is an experienced therapist with extensive training in neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy for more than 13 years. He draws on a broad skill set, including soft tissue release, joint mobilization, needling, taping, and exercise therapy prescription to create efficient and effective treatment programs for his patients. He has worked on complex neuromusculoskeletal injuries in various age groups. Simson completed a professional postgraduate degree and certificate programs. He strongly believes combining experience, evidence-based practice, and patient values to promote excellent clinical outcomes.

Simson enjoys fishing and driving; otherwise, his daughters keep him busy.

Jency Henry is an experienced physiotherapist with significant experience in treating clients with musculoskeletal problems of all age groups. She has a particular interest in treating clients with neck, back, shoulder and knee injuries. Jency has extensive experience treating neurological conditions, including stroke and brain injury clients, and working with clients post-cardiac and thoracic surgery.

She believes finding and treating the real cause of the problem will have an excellent outcome. Her physiotherapy practice focuses on a holistic approach, including manual therapy, soft tissue release, therapeutic exercise prescription, shockwave therapy, client education, and more.

She believes in continuous learning, evidence-based practice and self-learning through reflection is essential in the advancement in the physiotherapy field. She is passionate about her work and strives to provide the best quality of care. She says she “became a physiotherapist to make a difference in someone’s life by changing their functional ability to the most independent level they can achieve.”

Born and raised in Alberta, Alisha Shivji holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and works as a Registered Psychologist in Calgary.

Amid her professional journey, she has volunteered as a victim support worker with the Calgary Police Service and has provided counselling services to clients from culturally diverse backgrounds.

Understanding that no 2 people are the same, Alisha is inspired to provide a client-centred approach to therapy tailored to meet each individual’s unique needs.

Mindfulness, cognitive-behavioural, and solution-focused techniques are some of the more common strategies that she uses to help individuals achieve a sense of growth and improve their quality of life. She also possesses training in clinical trauma therapy, pain management, and CBT-I.

An avid Calgary Flames and Manchester United fan, Alisha enjoys a variety of activities in her spare time that include travelling, photography, reading, and watching sports and movies.

Jacqueline is a Registered Provisional Psychologist in Calgary, Alberta.

Jacqueline is passionate about helping others achieve their counselling goals and strives to support each individual’s sense of autonomy and well being. Jacqueline’s past education, training, and experience have prepared her to make healthier lifelong changes. More importantly, helping clients’ live meaningful and purposeful lives that better align with their values.

Counselling is exploratory; any needs you bring forward will focus on integrity, sensitivity, thoughtfulness, and compassion. As a client-centred therapist, Jacqueline believes you possess all the resources needed to overcome life’s difficulties. She will help you resolve anxiety, stress, depression, life transitions, self-esteem, motivation, work conflict, autonomy, assertiveness, self-awareness, relationships, separation and divorce, trauma, grief and loss, and substance abuse.

Other modalities she works with include solution-focused therapy, strength-based therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and cognitive behavioural therapy.

Shea Karczewski is a new graduate from the Mount Royal 2200 hour Massage Therapy program. She is an enthusiastic practitioner who loves working with her clients to restore their well being. Shea uses a mixed method of therapeutic massage and home-based stretching programs to assist her clients in restoring range of motion and tissue mobility in post-injury rehabilitation or long term chronic pain conditions. She also utilizes techniques such as deep tissue work, relaxation and myofascial release in her massage treatments. She believes stretching and strengthening exercises at home can be vital in restoring postural dysfunctions caused by muscle imbalance, which can be very common with general pain conditions.

In her spare time, she likes to write short stories. Shea also enjoys activities such as painting, drawing, and using watercolours.

Gia is currently completing her 3000hr RMT diploma through MaKami College. She is a licensed practitioner through the Canadian Registered Massage Therapy Association with over 1250hr.

Gia is passionate about her studies and is committed to diligently attending to her clients’ well-being, while she deepens her knowledge and skill set. Her current skills include; Swedish massage, deep tissue techniques, trigger point release, prenatal, and stretching and strengthening. Her focus is on developing and implementing treatment plans with collaboration from her clients that empower clients to play a key role in their own well-being/recovery.

Gia is excited to grow as a practitioner and would love the opportunity to work with you!

Heather, originally from Oregon but raised in Calgary, is a young and enthusiastic Registered Massage Therapist who graduated from Mount Royal University in 2019, and also has training in Dynamic Cupping. She specializes in functional scoliosis, sciatica, shoulder injuries, headaches, and migraines, but is always ready to safely tackle any physical issue she finds with her extensive knowledge of conditions and possible treatments, treatment plans, and home care activities. Being able to provide, Dynamic Cupping, Swedish Massage, Hydrotherapy, Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Release, MVA/Whiplash treatment, and general pain relief to ease the suffering of chronic issues. She firmly believes in the healing powers of massage therapy. New to our team, she is excited to be working closely with other health care professions, and collaborating between her and her colleagues to help in providing an encompassing and holistic approach to the healing of our clientele”

Samar received her BA with an honours specialization in kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario. She then continued her education with a diploma in pedorthics and now practices as a Canadian Certified Pedorthist. Samar is an active member of both the College of Pedorthics Canada and the Pedorthic Association of Canada.

She has a passion for helping people get back on their feet, so they can continue doing what makes them happy. She believes her specialization in custom orthotics, gait analysis, proper footwear, bracing, and compression stockings will help get you there.