New Westminster Health and Fitness

When the owners of Integrative Healing Arts chose a logo for their natural health center, they opted for the Tibetan symbol of the endless knot. The knot traditionally represents the interconnectedness of the universe, making it uniquely suited to a clinic that seeks to understand the interconnected elements of each patient’s health.

By integrating different healing styles, from chiropractic and massage to traditional Chinese medicine and homeopathy, the three naturopathic physicians that helm the clinic strive to combat ailments without oversimplifying them. Many treatments are designed to ease medical issues without the side effects associated with traditional procedures, including prolotherapy treatments that help alleviate chronic pain with sugar water injections and thermography scans that check for disease without harmful radiation or ticklish cootie shots. At their spa, technicians can buff away dead skin and fine lines with microdermabrasion and firm features with non-surgical facelifts powered by the Rejuveness system. Visitors can also shop for their own holistic remedies in the natural dispensary, which stocks a range of Chinese herbs, homeopathic solutions, and natural hormones.

At age 18, Hadj Gill was a professional boxer with a 33-1 fight record in North America. He spent nine years in the pro circuit before seguing his boxing experience into a new athletic career: personal training. Gill inspires other athletes with the same motivational techniques that kept him competitive on the circuit, tweaking his boxing workouts to incorporate plyometrics moves that help build fast-twitch muscle. These tweaks have evolved into his signature workout system, Grind, which he teaches at Grind Athletix. Grind workouts focus on speed-training, cardio, or lower-body-toning plyometrics, such as lunges, hops, and other explosive movements that emulate the feeling of leaping away from a snake pit. Gill motivates his charges by working out right next to them and switches routines up in order to stave off workout boredom.

At Rumi Optical, registered opticians evaluate vision and staff members help customers choose the eyewear that best fits their lifestyles and eye sockets. In addition to its own collection, the clinic carries eyeglasses and sunglasses by designers that include Burberry, D&G, Oakley, Ray-Ban, and Gucci. Fashionable frames can be fitted with single-vision or specialty lenses or ignored entirely in favour of contacts.

Amid an elegant spa space, Chryssalis Skin Renu's dedicated team works to restore youthful appearances with advanced cosmetic and laser treatments. A three-step Triniti system alleviates hyperpigmentation and firms sagging skin with radio frequencies and gentle, yet firm, reprimands. Technicians use the Syneron elos laser to banish hair of any color from the face or body and administer noninvasive VelaShape treatments to address cellulite while contouring frames. For clients looking to shape up the traditional way, the center's women-only workout area invites them to torch calories during 30-minute circuit-training programs.