Our Registered Massage Therapists

Nancy Blanco, Registered Massage Therapist

Nancy grew up in Colombia and arrived to Canada in 2008. She graduated from the Massage Therapy program at International Academy of Massage with a high score and is a Registered Member of the CMTO and RMTAO.

She is currently trained in Swedish Techniques, Myofascial Release, Joint Mobilization, Trigger Point Therapy, Hot Stone, and Indie Head Massage. Nancy loves being an Massage Therapist to help people heal from pain and have each of her clients leaving feeling relaxed and stress free.

Outside of her work she loves listening classical music and also gives free classes of meditation.

Nicki "Nick" Camardi, Registered Massage Therapist   

Nicki is a Registered Massage Therapist. He completed his program in May 2017 at The Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy. He is truly fascinated by the human body and optimizing its capabilities. Nicki’s end goal is to empower people to increase their health, wealth, and happiness. He hopes to help facilitate people’s journey of health and wellness.

His approach to massage will be based on the client’s desired outcome. This outcome based massage will be accomplished by incorporating evidence based practices, clinical decision making, and building a therapeutic relationship. He uses various techniques such as petrissage, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitated stretching, fascial techniques, muscle activation, and range of motion techniques alongside critical thinking to accomplish these desired outcomes. 
Optimal wellness is the balance of mind, body, and spirit; his treatment will be based on improving these aspects to create harmony throughout the body. 

Nicki’s interests include biohacking which is the act of manipulating the internal or external environment to create the biological desired outcome. Nicki also enjoys Brazilian Jujitsu, weight lifting, listening to podcasts, reading books, creating music, being out in nature, and exploring novel ideas.

Sarah Hutton, Registered Massage Therapist   

Sarah graduated with honors and an award for "Excellence in clinical practice", from the International Academy of Massage in 2020.

She is passionate about health and healing. She believes in assisting the body to follow its own natural healing rhythm by helping the nervous system relax and soothing the tissues directly through massage.

While encouraging the use of the breath & relaxation to release tension, Sarah also targets any issues directly with advanced techniques such as trigger point release for irritable knots in the muscles, myofascial work to realign connective tissue, gentle joint mobilizations to improve joint health and movement, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation to help lengthen and realign tissues to improve flexibility and ease of movement. 

As we are all unique, Sarah will work with you to find what suits you best and assist you with suggestions for homecare exercises that may expedite the healing process.

In her spare time, Sarah enjoys bicycling beautiful Ottawa, camping, and crafting.

Frank Costaguta, Registered Massage Therapist    

Frank's background in health and wellness spans wide, from a lifetime involvement in strength training and yoga, to studies in meditation, emotional wellness and trauma recovery. In addition to massage therapy, Frank's studies include a degree in Psychology, training in both Thai Massage and Reflexology through Lotus Palm in Montreal and certification in Personal Training and Fitness Leadership through CanFitPro. Believing the key to wellness to be a holistic balance, Frank's aim as a therapist is always directed toward helping his clients feel grounded and renewed. While he enjoys identifying and resolving the roots of physical impairments, providing pain management and relaxation. Frank takes particular interest in treatments for complex emotional health issues such as depression, anxiety, and post-concussion syndrome.

Oleg P., Registered Massage Therapist   

Oleg is graduated from ICT Kikkawa college in Toronto over 20 years ago,  which has highly respected Massage Therapy programs. 

In his career he worked in different settings such as multidisciplinary clinics, spas, Massage therapy clinics,  worked closely with different health care providers.

Since Oleg moved to Ottawa in 2013, most of those years he is working in Massage Therapy clinic ,  he is also doing mobile and corporate services as well on table and chair. 

Oleg using different techniques such as relaxation techniques,  deep tissue,  myofascial release,  trigger points release 

Oleg treats a range of patients including health-care workers and varsity athletes providing him valuable experience in dealing with a diverse range of conditions such as headaches, frozen shoulder, chronic hip/lower back pain, and sport related injuries.

Outside of work, Oleg enjoys going for hikes and travels.

Trisha G., Registered Massage Therapist   

From Ottawa, Trisha is a graduate of the massage therapy program at Algonquin College and a registered member of the CMTO. She appreciates the power of massage and all the benefits it has to offer and she has seen first hand how it can improve one's well-being. Through the last three years, she has participated in numerous outreaches and learned a variety of techniques in aiding with elevating symptoms of all sorts of conditions and enhance relaxation. Trisha plans on continuing her education in related massage courses to expand her skills and better serve her clients.

Taylor Mccanna, Registered Massage Therapist

Taylor is a recent graduate from Willis College and a Registered Massage Therapist with a genuine passion for helping others feel and move better. He takes a client-centered approach, focusing on personalized treatments that relieve pain, improve mobility, and support overall well-being. Whether addressing chronic tension, injury recovery, or stress relief, he strives to make every session a positive step toward lasting health.

Cody Woods, Registered Massage Therapist

Cody has been pushing the limits of anatomy and physiological output long before his years as a Massage Therapist in attempt to maximize peak strength, endurance and mobility. Having over a decade of experience working with professional athletes and weekend warriors, he understands deeply the desire felt to get back to full potential performance after injury.

Completing his Advanced Diploma of Massage Therapy and spending a majority of his career in London, Ontario, he gravitated to treating in prominent Physiotherapy environments while working in a larger scale of multidisciplinary healthcare services before spending 2 years treating in Queenstown, New Zealand. These environments provided him invaluable expertise in pre/post operative care, motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, and sports science with the later in the more extreme domains of downhill mountain biking, mountaineering and ultra trail running.

As an athlete, Cody grew up skateboarding, biking tough trails and long-distance cycling turning to the practice of Ashtanga yoga to counteract the injuries acquired along the way before pushing hypertrophy in bodybuilding and gaining strength in the realms of powerlifting. His current goal has him venturing into the world of ultra sports. (Thanks’ New Zealand).

Cody applies his own trail and error knowledge along side clinical research to provide the best possible treatment outcomes whether you are looking to improve existing performance or get back to the activities you’re passionate about.

 “I help people become more functional and move with increased efficiency. Techniques are a dime a dozen. Results are achieved but understanding the dysfunction and / or identifying the desired outcome, then implementing a treatment plan that works with their body. I gravitate to the use of myo-fascial, active and passive release and IASTM but this is my no means the limitations of my ability as a Massage Therapist.” ~ Cody Woods, RMT