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.
Natalia G., Registered Massage Therapist
Natalia grew up in Colombia and moved to Canada in 2013. She graduated with Honors from Massage Therapy program at Algonquin College and is a Registered Member of the CMTO.
Natalia loves to perform Swedish Techniques, Connective Tissue work, Deep Tissue Techniques, Manual Lymph Drainage and Trigger Point therapy while helping clients to treat a specific condition and accomplish their goals. She has trained to perform cupping treatments, kinesiology taping and hot stone.
Francisco E., Registered Massage Therapist
Francisco received his Advanced Diploma with Honors in Massage Therapy from Algonquin College in April of 2023 before becoming registered in August of the same year. Through this program he gained experience working in specialized clinic settings focused on pregnancy, chronic conditions such as fibromyalgia, scar tissue management, and sports related injuries.
Being new to the career, Francisco is eager to help you reach your goals with his freshly acquired knowledge. Whether your goals are recovering from an injury, improving athletic performance, or simply trying to relax after a long week, he will work closely with you to make a treatment plan that best suits your needs.
Outside of work Francisco enjoys taking part in rock climbing, MMA, snowboarding, reading, music, and video games. He also grew up playing sports such as football, rugby, and wrestling. Because of this, he is familiar with many sports injuries and has personal experience with the recovery process one must go through after receiving one.
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.
Lauren H., Registered Massage Therapist
Lauren is an empathetic Registered Massage Therapist with over 8 years experience working in Toronto and Ottawa. She graduated from the Everest College Massage Therapy program in Thunder Bay in 2014. Lauren employs a combination of Swedish massage, deep tissue and fascial release to provide a deep and soothing treatment. Lauren has taken many post-graduate courses and certifications including Thai Massage, Ashiatsu Massage, Hot Stone Therapy, and Aromatherapy. Lauren specializes in treating clients with neck, head and upper back pain, whiplash injuries, headache/migraine sufferers, and desk jockeys.
In her spare time, Lauren enjoys doing yoga or relaxing with a good book.
