About Us
Your health is our first priority.
Teams We Currently Treat
We are the treating facility for the Niagara Ice Dogs - Hockey Team, Niagara Spears - foot ball team, Starting line fitness Club and the Shooting stars soccer camp.
Links to Team Websites
Shooting Stars of Niagara Soccer Training programs
Niagara Junior Spears Football Teams
Niagara Ice Dogs
We are Proud Sponsors and treating facility for the Starting Line Fitness Running Club
Our Facility Staff
Dr. Patrick Maddalena, Chiropractor
Dr. Maddalena has been practicing Chiropractic care for over two years. Dr. Maddalena has treated professional lacrosse players on the Arizona Sting and New York Titans of the National Lacrosse League. Over the past two years, Dr. Maddalena has been treating patients in Buffalo, NY. Dr. Maddalena treats patients of all ages with various spinal complaints and is dedicated to getting patients out of pain as quickly as possible. While earning his Bachelor of Science degree from Brock University, Dr. Maddalena studied Kinesiology with a focus on foot biomechanics and gait analysis. When not treating patients, Dr. Maddalena is playing lacrosse for the NY Titans of the National Lacrosse League. Dr. Maddalena was the team's 2006-2007 leading scorer.
Corrina Brest van Kempen, Registered Massage Therapist
Corrina Brest van Kempen has been relieving pain and discomfort for family and friends long before becoming a Massage Therapist. For several years, she has been involved in soccer, skiing, and more recently, rowing with the St. Catharines rowing club. After growing up in the area, developing a passion for health and fitness, she pursued her first dream of becoming a Kinesiologist. Following her honours degree from Brock, she chose to branch into a more hands-on career as a Massage Therapist (Canadian Therapeutic College). As a member of the Ontario Massage Therapy Association, she is determined to keep up with the latest Massage Therapy news. Her enthusiasm is demonstrated with her determination to relieve aches and pains. She can treat a variety of conditions from Constipation, Arthritis, Grinding teeth (Bruxism), to Pregnancy-related conditions, Frozen Shoulder, and Functional Scoliosis. She is experienced in Trigger Point Therapy, Swedish Massage, Intra-oral, and Lymphatic Drainage.
Courtney Franks, Office Administrator and Kinesiologist
Courtney is currently in the fourth year of her Kinesiology Degree at Brock University. She has extensive experience in the rehabilitation health care industry through her volunteer and practical experience at physiotherapy clinics in Peterborough and Waterloo. Courtney has also worked in the Skate Lab at Brock University for the past two years were she as furthered her training skills specifically in the area of hockey both on the treadmill and in off ice conditioning. Courtney also has extensive experience with MVA paperwork and extended health care benefits, she also thoroughly enjoys helping individuals through the rehabilitation process.
Jana Stewart, Certified Laser Therapist and Counsellor
laser@acceleratedhealthcentre.com
Jana Stewart, M.A. is both a Meditech Canada certified laser technician and a counseling psychotherapist, with a nursing and exercise science background. Receiving professional degrees both at Concordia University in Montreal and Lesley College Graduate School in Cambridge Massachusetts in the counselling psychology field, she spent several years working in the Boston area as a Behaviour Health Specialist with special needs children, Hospice patients as a certified Bereavement Counsellor, and helping transform many behavioural habit-control issues in young people and adults as a Stress-Management Counsellor. She is passionate about the uplifting benefits that clients report after utilizing Low Level Laser Therapy. Jana is now residing in the Niagara area and is delighted to be available for assisting many of our clients in turning from smokers into non-smokers.
