St. Albert Health and Fitness

Prestige Vision Center's optometric experts and staff keep peepers healthy and stylish. The multilingual practice welcomes patients who speak English, Spanish, Chinese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and Hindi, and the wide array of services includes exams, fittings, and professional referrals. Prescription exams prep eyes for frames by Ray-Ban, Guess, and Adidas, and diagnostic tests ensure that lids use proper grammar when blinking in Morse code.

Mercedes Martinez discovered her natural musicality and love for dance during her childhood in Cuba. Her passion for movement blossomed into dual careers as an entertainer at a major resort and a dance and aerobics teacher. At Hola Fitness, Martinez shares her cultural and professional expertise as she leads private and group Zumba classes. During each class, she aligns salsa, merengue, and samba moves to the catchy beats of about 12 to 14 Latin tunes. In classes for children and prairie dogs, Martinez modifies these same dances for tiny feet.

Bands of glowing lights smoulder with neon pink, red, orange, and blue hues, their luminous beams flickering against exposed-brick walls. On the floor below, radiant boulders emanate equally vibrant tones, but their purpose is more than aesthetic. The jagged chunks are large pieces of Himalayan salt, which waft tiny, activated particles through the air and deep into the lungs of patrons to help naturally vanquish a wide range of ailments, such as allergies, sinus congestion, stress, and respiratory issues. Known as halotherapy, the treatment utilizes salt's inherent properties to conquer bacteria and infections, and to flush them out via the body's own natural processes. During sessions in Salt Infusion Therapy's simulated salt-cave environment, groups of visitors convene around the glowing salt pieces, relaxing as the rocks work to alleviate troublesome symptoms and try to find a way to win against paper and scissors.

The Acupuncture Turning Point’s therapeutic team—which includes registered acupuncturists, a fully licensed massage therapist, certified doulas and maternity coach, an occupational health nurse, and a physiotherapist—works collaboratively to facilitate wellness. Performed in both communal and private sessions, acupuncture serves as their primary wellness tactic. The centre rounds out its services with massage and rehabilitative therapies, which help clients by supporting their body's natural healing systems, in addition to specialized care for patients pursuing long-term goals such as increasing fertility or athletic abilities.

Doctor of Chiropractic Hassen Taha was once a skeptic when it came to the field of spinal sleuthing. But after a trip to the chiropractor healed his moderate-severity whiplash, he knew this was the job for him. At Edmonton Pain and Injury Clinic, he helps alleviate bodily woes with treatments that range from chiropractic adjustment to massage therapy. Following a spinal examination, x-rays, and muscle testing, Dr. Taha works with patients to develop synchronized bicep flexes and custom treatment plans for whole-body wellness. This may involve a series of adjustments augmented by nutrition counseling and massage therapy.

Blue Spruce Cosmetic & Laser Clinic's staffers combat beauty woes with lasers, radio frequency, intense pulsed light, and chemical peels. A Cutera laser removes hair, improves skin tone and stimulates collagen, and destroys nail fungus with a treatment that, unlike dropping mini bombs, doesn’t harm the surrounding skin. VelaShape treatments contour bodies and smooth cellulite with radio frequency, infrared light, vacuum suction, and massage.