THE SHORE CLUB WELLNESS TEAM

Here at Shore Club Wellness, we have an exceptional, experienced who excel in the their craft. We are here for the love of our practice and the commitment to helping people move and live stronger, healthier and happier in every area of their lives.

KARA LODEWYKS

Owner of Shore Club Wellness, CPT

As a resident of the South Beach Community for over 8 years, Kara's passion to start Shore Club Wellness was solely to enhance the resident living experience and increase the value and worth of her home as an owner here. As the business has evolved over the past 2.5 years, some incredible changes have taken place which has now brought the mission of Shore Club Wellness to existing to connect people to their best selves.

Kara has been a Certified Personal Trainer for over 12 years and has successfully owned and run a Master Franchise in the fitness industry before taking Shore Club Wellness on full time. Kara has worked with a broad range of clientele including children and adolescents to seniors, busy professionals, and new moms. You name it, she's trained it. Kara is proud of the incredible team she's build at the Shore Club whose staff perfectly rounds out the holistic approach to health and longevity.

AMANDA RODGERS

Registered Massage Therapist

Amanda Rodgers, RMT, combines stretching, deep tissue and trigger point techniques in all of her treatments. She believes in collaborative care with the client, to restore function and mobility.

Amanda's physical therapy practice is strongly influenced by looking at the body as one whole unit. It means more to her than noticing how one body part aligns or misaligns with the rest. It is mindfully assessing all the many details of your current situation, certain pain points, and designing a treatment plan that meets you where you are. Amanda has a passion for working through goals with clients, whether that is recovering from acute or chronic pain, a sports-related injury, neurological pathologies; or postural imbalances.

Amanda's aim is to help each person achieve their greatest potential for function, health and wellness using body awareness education. Her style of massage combines stretching, deep tissue and trigger point techniques. A variety of assessment tools, stretching, massage techniques and custom treatment plans are used to assist in achieving treatment goals.

ALYSSA FAIOLA

Certified Personal Trainer

Alyssa Faiola is a Personal Trainer with a passion for all things fitness with her primary focus being on strength training and functional movements that translate outside the gym. Alyssa grew up playing sports and was active throughout her adolescent years engaging in competitive dance and rep soccer. After graduating from the University of
Western Ontario with a degree in Criminology, Alyssa found herself craving a sense of routine where physical activity could be used as an outlet to decompress from the stresses of everyday life. After joining her local gym, Alyssa found herself without a plan and not knowing how to use the equipment and machines available to her. Alyssa signed up for small group training, specifically aimed at exposing women of all ages to
strength training and the benefits of this type of movement.

Alyssa has been consistently engaged in this training style since 2016 and in 2020, found herself wanting to share her passion for fitness with others. Alyssa obtained a Group Fitness Instructor Certification and facilitated workouts both online and in person. She has recently transitioned into focusing her efforts on Personal Training and is excited to engage with residents of South Beach who are looking to start their fitness journey or elevate their current exercise routine. Alyssa is especially passionate about motivating and encouraging women to embrace their strongest version of themselves by not shying away from equipment and forms of
movement typically associated with male body building.

CHRISTINA SNIPES

Master Esthetician

Throughout her 15-year career, Christina has dedicated herself to perfecting her craft, continually expanding her knowledge to provide exceptional service and guidance to clients and colleagues alike. She takes pride in educating clients on a wide range of treatments, including skin care, IPL, fractional and micro-needling procedures, chemical peels, facials, permanent makeup, and physical therapy treatments. Christina's background in dermatology, cosmetic injections, and both topical and oral medications enables her to support fellow estheticians effectively.

She possesses extensive knowledge of various product lines such as Dermalogica, Image skin care, Kai Derm, and Yonka Paris, to name a few. Over the past decade, Christina has specialized in consultations for cosmetic injections, acne treatments, pigmentation issues, skin tightening, fat reduction, and other clinical skin therapies, as well as through innovative techniques like combined therapy and strict timelines for optimal results.

CAILA CRAWFORD

Acupuncturist R.Cu

Caila is a board certified registered acupuncturist with the CTCMPAO. She has received her B.A. Kinesiology from the University of Western Ontario which began her journey in the wellness field. It was during this time that Caila also earned her 200 hour YTT yoga teacher training which opened her mind to viewing the mental, emotional, and physical body in a different way. This lead her to apply and be accepted at CCNM the naturopathic college here in Toronto. Within her first year Caila was introduced to acupuncture and that’s when everything ‘clicked’ for her on how she wishes to treat. Shifting gears Caila completed school in China town studying Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Caila is successfully able to treat stress, digestive disorders, pain management, fertility, gynaecological disorders and cosmetic acupuncture. Caila also includes cupping, Guasha and body work into her treatments depending on what is needed. Lifestyle and diet advice will also be given from a Chinese medicine perspective.

LAUREN COSTESCU

Registered Massage Therapist, Fascial Stretch Therapist

Lauren is a registered massage therapist and fascial stretch therapist with over 12 years of experience in sports rehabilitation and manual therapy. She studied kinesiology and education at Western University where she specialized in athletic therapy and rehabilitation as well as physical education.

She has worked with amateur and professional athletes recovering from traumatic injuries and surgeries of the shoulder, elbow and knee, with extensive experience in post operative ACL reconstruction rehabilitation, return to play assessment and injury prevention.

Lauren's practice now focuses on helping her clients feel better and move better by blending a variety of techniques into her treatments, including relaxing swedish massage, trigger point therapy, deep tissue treatment and fascial stretching. Her specialties include treating postural dysfunctions, neck pain, low back pain and improving overall mobility and flexibility. Lauren curates her treatments to her clients' individual needs and her goal is to help you relax and decompress while melting away your aches and pains.