Our Difference:
Your treatment is a personalized ‘blueprint’ and roadmap for care specifically designed for you.
Full In-House Services
One centre, all under one roof aimed at holistic healing and helping you live your optimal life. Mind, Body and Soul.
100% Money-back
After your first session, if you are not satisfied, let us know and you’ll receive your money back for that visit, no questions asked.
Our Services
Because we are all about taking care of the whole person – mind, body and soul – we offer you a range of services that all work together to benefit you. Within the first session, we will conduct an initial assessment and discuss the reports with you. Once that step is complete, we then create your own personal ‘blueprint’ to restore you back to health and peak performance.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy improves circulation by bringing oxygen and other nutrients to body tissues, relieving muscle tension and pain, increasing flexibility and mobility, and helps clear lactic acid and other waste, which reduces pain and stiffness in muscles and joints. Most massage therapists often incorporate a number of complementary therapies within their treatment session in order to help their clients heal from injury and pain.
Physiotherapy
Physiotherapists combine in-depth knowledge of how the body works with specialized hands-on skills to assess, diagnose and treat symptoms of illness, injury or disability. Your physiotherapist’s assessment may include measures of body functions, strength and weakness testing, and analysis of gait, posture, balance, joint range of motion, and functional movement.
Osteopathy
Osteopathy is a treatment that focuses on the body as a whole. It uses the idea that the body functions as a unit, not just as separate entities. Osteopathy treats the restriction of motion within the body which is often due to traumatic or postural stress causing muscle tension and pulling on the soft tissues of the body. Our practitioners use specific techniques to improve functions of the body’s structure, muscles, tissues, organs, and the movement of bodily fluids. This variety means that a greater scope of conditions can be treated by using osteopathy.
Fascial Stretch Therapy
Fascial Stretch Therapy is one of the fastest, most effective and pleasant methods to eliminate pain, restore function, move and feel better in activities of life, fitness and sports.
Acupuncture
Traditional Chinese Medicine Acupuncture involves the insertion of very thin needles through your skin at strategic points on your body. A key component of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture is most commonly used to treat pain. Increasingly, it is being used for overall wellness, sports injuries, as well as stress management. Traditional Chinese medicine explains acupuncture as a technique for balancing the flow of energy or life force — known as chi or qi (chee) — believed to flow through pathways (meridians) in your body. By inserting needles into specific points along these meridians, acupuncture practitioners believe that your energy flow will re-balance
Acusculpting ®
Acusculpting ® is a specialized cosmetic acupuncture system targeting the whole body. This unique protocol is designed to firm, lift, tighten and shape tissues and skin thereby ‘sculpting’ the face and body. Specialized needle protocols, as well as massage, cupping, and gua sha techniques, helps to reduce inches, lift, plump, and change the overall appearance and structure of internal and external layers of the dermis. It takes a modern approach to a traditional modality. As a holistic whole body treatment, this specialized cosmetic acupuncture protocol balances out hormones and the internal system so patients may also experience better sleep, improved digestion and regular bowel movements all essential for a youthful appearance.
Our Practitioners
Alvin Brown
CEO/FOUNDER/Osteopath
Alvin is the CEO and founder of The Centre for Healing and Peak Performance (TCHPP), a multidisciplinary wellness and peak performance centre located in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He is also the founder and CEO of the sought after Integrated Peak Performance Consulting (IPPC) certification program, a mind and body peak performance training system, getting elite performers to move from good to peak performance. Alvin is also a passionate international speaker and author of Journey to Personal Greatness, Mind, Body & Soul: A Blueprint for Life Balance & Self-Mastery.
Joe Palumbo
life strategy coach/R.M.T
Joe has a focus on the treatment of chronic degenerative disorders and the rehabilitation and treatment of injuries pertaining to elite athletes, both professional and amateur. He graduated from the Sutherland-Chan School of Massage Therapy in 2000. Since then, he has gained experience as a massage therapist working in various clinics. Using a whole body approach (based on the “structure governs function” osteopathic principles), Joe seeks to find and treat the cause of the “dis-ease”. Through the guidance within the Integrated Peak Performance program and Life Strategies Coaching, he has honed the integrated approach to his sessions. These modalities include: muscle energy therapy, craniosacral techniques, visceral manipulation and osteopathic assessments, among many others.
Shannon Wightman
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Shannon graduated with her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Tennessee in 2008, after finishing her bachelor’s degree in rehabilitation science with honours in 2006. Having practiced in an outpatient orthopaedic setting since 2008, Shannon has extensive experience with a variety of neuro-musculoskeletal disorders and post-operative patients. Guided by osteopathic principles, her approach to treatment is identifying the underlying cause of dysfunction and treating through a combination of manual therapy, therapeutic exercise and modalities. Shannon was promoted to clinical director at TCHPP in 2015.
Mohogany Brown
REGISTERED massage therapIST
Mohogany is a graduate of Sutherland Chan School of Massage Therapy and is a certified RMT. She has spent years admiring the work of many wellness workers around her and quickly grew an admiration for the human body. Not only is she a professionally trained dancer, but also a dance teacher here in the Durham region. Her knowledge for the human body and how it moves is continuously expanding. She is excited to share her enthusiasm and love for life to the clinic and share her passion for wellness and the human body with all of her clients here at The Centre!
Madison Naar
Marketing Manager
Laura Bietola
Massage Therapist
Laura is a dedicated massage therapist with a passion for holistic wellness. She graduated from Canadian College of Massage & Hydrotherapy in 2016. Laura has been committed to helping clients achieve balance and harmony in both body and mind through various techniques, including general Swedish massage, cupping, graston, stretching, craniosacral therapy and more. Laura cherishes the opportunity to meet new people and establish new connections. Each session is not just about providing relief, it’s about understanding the client’s unique needs and tailoring treatments to address them effectively. In Laura’s spare time, you’ll find her immersed in activities to invigorate her spirit. She loves to mountain bike, go for runs, rock climb and play her piano. She believes in living life to the fullest and embracing every moment of joy and vitality.
Amreen Thawer
Registered Acupuncturist R. Ac.
As a graduate from the Toronto School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, I have an in-depth knowledge of how the body functions. As an acupuncturist my goal is to improve the functions of the body and promote self-healing through a more natural and holistic way. Alongside needles, there are other modalities of treatment that can be used such as cupping, gua-sha, ear acupuncture, scalp acupuncture and so on to help with healing the body. Acupuncture can treat a variety of conditions ranging from pain, physical injuries to more internal conditions such as anxiety, emotional trauma and so much more.
In addition to being a licensed acupuncturist, having a Kinesiology background allows me to work with a wide variety of clients ranging from athletes to clients that are completely new to the holistic world. Having that flexibility is great when it comes to interacting and working one on one. I believe that by caring for the body through acupuncture the body can achieve optimal wellness. To me, the mind and body are one entity and when nourished and treated well it can work wonders.
I love meeting people and hearing their stories. It is my goal to be able to help you in your journey of becoming the best version of you.
Tarjanee Sauhta
Chiropractor
*We wish Tarjanee good luck in her future endeavors*
After the completion of BPT program in 2001, I am interested in treating a wide range of musculoskeletal disorders with the help of manual based therapy, myofascial release, therapeutic exercise and therapeutic modalities. With over 15 years experience, I have worked with a broad range of areas, including; neurology, orthopedics, geriatrics, burns, and sports injuries. My passion is helping others to achieve a pain free lifestyle so that they can get back their optimal selves. I believe that when the mind and body function together, it helps create optimal health status and feeling of well-being.
Scott Turner
Reg PT
Scott graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physical Therapy in 1993.
In 2000 he obtained his post graduate credential in McKenzie Mechanical Diagnosis and Treatment of Orthopedic Impairments [MDT]. Scott studied exclusively under Phil Burchell for which the Phil Burchell MDT Diploma Scholarship is named after. It was indeed a blessing to have studied under one of Canada’s most renowned MDT instructors.
Scott likes the challenge of discovering the physical impairments of patients that present with what seem like unresolvable problems.
Other competencies of Scott include Mulligan mobilization with movement and Butler neuro-dynamics. Both of these blends well with MDT. As well, Scott is effective at assessing and treating benign vertigo and those with the most common form of Scoliosis.
Scott is innovative within his scope of practice and has developed his own method of using surgical tape to protect ligaments while they heal. He also developed in 2001 a new method of assessing & treatment for meniscal injuries of the knee and a novel method of mobilization wrists and ankles.
