Reviews of Acacia Health - Westside (Massage Therapist)

Dr. Nickolas J. Cherwinski

Dr. Dan is an exceptional chiropractor. Christina is an outstanding acupuncturist.

Trudy Winder

From start to finish I felt well supported in her care. Having walked into my appointment already with a migraine she was able to adapt my massage to suit my needs.

Allison Gatey

I can’t say enough about the amazing staff at Acacia Westside!! In particular, Allison Heath is an out of this world RMT who has without question changed my life. I came to her as a broken body and spirit and have absolutely transformed thanks to her incredible gifts.

Danielle Greenhalgh

Sandy is amazing!!! She has helped me for years wether it's a some off or chronic pain she works her magic

Lee Ludvigson

I've been to a few sessions with Nicola and I've left feeling great every time! I saw them once before at their old practice and a couple times at the Westside location. Great tip, remember to check which location you are booked at! I went to the wrong one for my first appointment because I didn't check, but the front desk staff were super helpful and directed me to the right one and Nicola was happy to accommodate. I would highly recommend. Also, as a non binary and queer person, I felt very safe and respected during the booking process and the appt itself. Clinic was very clean and following covid protocols. Nicola and the staff were all wearing proper PPE at all times as necessary to remain open during these times and keep all patrons and staff safe. Before starting my sessions with Nicola they went over what I wanted to work on and asked about old and current injuries and trouble spots and worked out what needed to be done with that. I will definitely be coming back for more sessions! Oh and the free parking is a great bonus

Kelcie Yaromy

I've been there for massage and physio. I love the space and the pros I've worked with so far have been great. Acacia offers many paramedical services so it's a great one-stop shop for self-care

Brandon Challen

Very professional, but friendly staff, and a beautiful office with lots of greenery. Massage was very thorough!

Virginia Rego

My previous experiences with chiropractors were usually 10-min appointments- not so with Dr. Dan. His appointments are like physio/massage/chiro/rehab/PT all in one! Very thorough and effective.

Jouelle Brick

Great attention to me as a client making sure I was comfortable and that my needs were being met.

christy kearney

Love this place! Very professional. Excellent services and direct insurance billing.

AJ Bast

Great massage. Save on parking lot... so busy. Park underground

Almeda Getty

Dr Ken is good with people that are a bit nervous.

Jacqollyne Keath

Met a great RMT today at Acacia Health. Nichola is super! Looking forward to my next appointment.

Saul Gabriel

Nice friendly and professional staff

Nicole Williams

The relief I feel to be seen in my pain and also be able to finally believe that it’s persistence does not submit me to a life with a ‘mystery’ injury is beyond words. I’m so grateful to have found Aaron and feel truly hopeful about my recovery for the first time in years.

Vanessa Hammond

Outstanding wellness professionals, great support staff and excellent facilities.

Matthew Tromp

Great place for a massage

Donna Johanson

I had an excellent experience. She was gentle and took her time giving me a wonderful craniosacral treatment.

Natalia RS

Looking for a place that truly cares about your well being with access to multiple practitioners? This is the place for you. Friendly staff, free parking!

Brett Cane

Graham is friendly and professional, remembers all my issues and treats them accordingly and is willing to go the extra mile in terms of concern and care.

haley tarnow

Finally a therapist who understands the intricacies of all sports and activities. She took away the pain on day one, and gave helpful tailored exercises. A wonderful person and healer, Marina is a must see! COPY Open Google Review

Tyson Walters

Massage therapist and physio really helped with my neck issues.

Rochana Hall

Jocelyn was super attentive and hard working!

Dave Salmons

Professional vibe and a really nice space.

Corinna Zimmermann

Christina is a miracle worker!

Elisabeth Hazell

Great massage practitioners and easy to book online.

Bernadette Schulz

Aaron (Physiotherapist) was very thorough, and I really liked his "bedside manner" (how he spoke to me and the info he gave me). I will recommend him.

Lexi Corbett

This place is so lovely. Everyone who works there emits positivity and sincerity. I always feel so welcome and leave feeling so relaxed. They offer so many different services as well so I can literally come here for all of my body maintenance needs and have them direct billed to my insurance company!

Julianne McKay

Wonderful! Highly recommend ????

Farhang Jalilian

Great staff, good service.

Megan Hale

The space is comforting as soon as you walk in. Diana Alvarez (acupuncture) has been amazing. Welcoming. Asks questions and listens to your answers. Explains what she’s doing while she’s doing it. Explains how each point she’s touching will help or what it does. I felt “safe” and left feeling valued.

Diana Chomack

Very pleasant clinic with excellent massage therapists and a great online booking system

william heigh

Very professional staff and service.

Kaitie Sly

Acacia Health is the place for all things healing for those in the Esquimalt or Vic West communities and surrounding areas. I have experienced acupuncture and massage therapy treatments here and am also going to try their physiotherapy out, but so far my experience has been nothing short of amazing as Jennifer (acupuncture) and Jess (massage) have both helped me with some much needed healing and self care to get me feeling more like myself again. The space itself feels tranquil and calm, with their lovely plant arrangements and green tones to help you feel a bit like you’re in nature. Complementary Silk Road tea is also nice!

Laura Andrew

Dr. Dan Collins was very thorough and informative during my initial assessment. I felt completely at ease during my first manual adjustment, thank you.

julia dillon

Excellent client-centred care. Collaborative and comprehensive! Aaron’s breadth and depth of knowledge is impressive. I also see Chelsea and she has helped tremendously with post surgical pain. Highly recommend this clinic!

Chris Willis

Incredible experience! The session was professional, educational and really made an impact on correcting an injury both in the session and at home with recommended exercises.

Demi Palmer

Marina Insley is a thorough, intelligent, caring and skilled practitioner! Everyone should go see her! After dealing with some stubborn pain that was unresponsive to other forms of treatment, I came to see Marina for Athletic Therapy and have seen improvement after just the first treatment. She listened attentively and performed an extensive assessment. In addition, the manual therapy felt great and left me feeling limber. When instructing on exercise techniques, her cues were clear and easy to follow. Marina provided me with a clear treatment plan at the beginning and end of every session so I knew what to expect from the treatment and what my treatment timeline would be like moving forward. She is also friendly and personable, and I felt very at ease during our treatments together. I would highly recommend her services!

melissa vogt

I highly recommend Acacia Health and have had amazing health care treatments from this establishment. I am currently seeing Graham RMT and can not be happier. He is amazing at his job, kind, smart and goes above and beyond to help and to teach about chronic pain and strategies for healing and for coping. His energy is lovely and that is important to consider when someone is working on your body and helping you heal. Can't thank Graham enough for th positive impact he has made and he continues to help me navigate complex pain issues and trauma. Thank you!

Bailey Marchetti

I had an excellence first experience with Acacia help. From their online booking, the intake form, the Covid-19 safety protocols and the lovely staff, I would absolutely recommend booking with Acacia Health. Consent was a top priority and I felt incredibly comfortable during my visit.

Navneet Kaur

Great service

John Pickersgill SR

Went to Marina for work on my neck & shoulders which have bothered me for a long time. Hard to turn to the right , soreness etc. Must say she is very professional young woman , took her time to really understand the issues and went to work to help resolve them. Feeling much better today and will continue with follow up appointments.

Matt Vasili

Seth was awesome! Made sure I was comfortable the whole time and did a great job.

Regia Gouveia

Jocelyn was very friendly and very knowledgeable! I highly recommend her.

Sarah McEwan

Christina is a wonderful acupuncturist! I always feel amazing during and after treatments! I would recommend Christina and acupuncture to anybody dealing with any physical, mental or emotional health concerns!

Paul Barton

Excellent RMT massage. She hit the right spots.

Natalie Kelt

A modern, thoughtful, bright and clean clinic space. I have appreciated the staff I have met and the practitioner I have worked with. My massage therapist has been very knowledgable, calm and supportive. I like that the clinic offers direct billing.

Tonya Fitz-Gerald

This was my second time visiting your clinic after having a great experience the first time around. When I came in for my appointment as per my last visit and your website guidelines regarding COVID, I had my own mask on and was prepared to wear it the whole time while having my massage treatment. However, what I was not prepared for was to be informed that your "guidelines" had changed and that instead of wearing my mask, you have placed pillowcases on the headrest for patients to breathe into for the duration of their treatment. This struck me as an odd request, as I really don't see how there could be any reason why a mask wouldn't be sufficient enough to wear throughout the treatment, or why your clinic believes a pillowcase is any more effective. Upon having my massage, I found the whole experience actually really awful. I found it quite difficult to breathe for the duration of the massage and very claustrophobic to have my face essentially in a pillowcase for almost an hour. I could see how this might actually be distressing to some of your patients who may experience anxiety of small spaces or other medical issues. I myself am pregnant and actually left your clinic with a headache and felt quite nauseous afterwards. On top of this, which is what I found extremely contradictory at the end when I was asked to lie on my back, I had to put my mask back on anyway. So, it really made me wonder what exactly was the point of asking me to breathe into a pillowcase for the good part of an hour and then for the last part of the treatment my mask was sufficient enough to wear? I understand that during these times we are all trying our best to keep each other safe while still being able to treat your patients, however after my experience I think you deserve to have some feedback on what you are asking of your patients. Nowhere on your website in the COVID guidelines is there any mention of patients being asked to remove their masks and breathe into a pillowcase instead. If I had known prior, I can honestly say I would not have booked a treatment with your clinic. I also don't think this is a standard for the industry and you should perhaps relook at the guidelines for RMT. Here are a couple of guidelines that would pertain to my experience (copied and pasted directly from the guideline): — The RMT must have additional cloth or paper/disposable masks available for patient’s use if requested, and for RMT’s use if patient requests it. — If a patient chooses to wear a mask in the treatment room, RMT must accommodate that choice and adjust treatment positioning as appropriate if needed. Unfortunately the regulating body can’t mandate the use of masks so it’s entirely up to the RMT and/ or patient to want to. But the RMT can’t tell a patient not to wear one if a patient wants to wear one. Nowhere in the guidelines does it say a pillowcase is a mask alternative I really hope you reconsider this practice for future patients.

Christie Harvie

Great kineseologist! Thorough and professional.

dylan hodgins

Dr. Daniel is very very awesome... his knowledge and expertise is right up there with the best I've ever seen... I would definitely recommend that you see dr. Daniel Collins for any ailment you are experiencing... thanks Daniel

Willie Muller

I have seen James Dobby for a few treatments now. He is a very professional and knowledgable RMT. His treatments are spot on and I typically leave the room feeling like new and with some applicable home care exercises to work on.

Sarjit Manhas

I had my second treatment from Chelsea (Massage Therapist) today. She is an incredible masseuse. Excellent touch and full knowledge of the body 'points' where the problems are. Her 'bedside manner' is extremely comfortable and I would not hesitate to go back, if needed.

Way Kitt

Christina is wonderful and I’m glad I started with her for the treatment with my sore shoulder cuff. Feels like frozen shoulder or symptoms from it as it was painful to lift up and reach across my chest. After the first acupuncture session and now a second session with her, my shoulder rotator cuff area does not feel tight. Thank you Christina for your expertise, professionalism and care.

vanessa daniels

Every visit I have had has been wonderful. Chelsea has made my pregnancy pains and issues tolerable. She is always giving me amazing tips and advice to help alleviate the pain on my own as well. I would 100% recommend Chelsea and Acacia Health to everyone.

1971 Vitamin

I received massage therapy from RMT Nichola Slade. I was impressed by the questions Nichola asked me to fully understand what my complaint was. The treatment itself was really good. I had severe upper back pain partially caused by very tight muscles and she managed to bring the pain down significantly. I really feel like I'm well on the the road to recovery.

Annie Robinson

I received a thorough assessment and diagnosis. I wish I'd found Aaron years ago.

Tiffany Davis

I saw Dan the chiropractor, and was actually really impressed! It was my first time getting any kind of chiropractic work done and he eased my skepticism. Very very knowledgeable and helpful!

Josh McKenzie

CANCELLED LAST MINUTE MULITPLE TIMES - DO NOT BOOK HERE I have severe herniated discs in my lower back and was told by my GP to get regular massages. I have tried to book in for 7 months with Acacia and on two occasions they have called THE DAY OF my appointment to cancel. I would not risk it and go elsewhere.

Jet Boy

Dresden is a miracle worker

Erika Dufort

I’ve been going to this location for massage for 3 years now. It’s clean, organized, well managed and has a variety of massage therapists to choose from. It’s super convenient to book appointments online or by phone and the staff are very friendly. I highly recommend!

Heather Anderson

Another excellent session with Dr. Collins. Dr. Collins listened to my concerns with some of the exercises he had assigned a week ago and was able to make slight adjustments. He explained the modifications thoroughly and ensured I had done a few before leaving the session. I know this will help with my recovery! Keep up the great care!

KATHERINE GARAY

Always a delight.!. No matter which way you arrive, they treat with a gratifying release of all that stirs and ails during the session, that the body needs.

alexandra Innes

Admin. staff are helpful beyond handling appointments. I needed info from my file which was promptly given. Physiotherapist knowledge, attention to detail was above any I have experienced from any physio. The report to my Dr. was complete and will help my Dr. attend to his patient’s soft tissue complaints seriously which may indicate further medical attention.

Josh Krusell

Marlène is amazing at what she does!

Sasha Dani

Jennifer is so wonderful

Robert Riendeau

This was my first experience with Owen and after 30 years with my previous massage person I was pleasantly surprised to find Owen very attentive to my injuries and applied his skills in a manner which showed me he cared about my many issues. I would recommend him to anyone looking for a caring massage therapist.

Natalie Hicken

RMT Jessie annihilated me (at my own request!) She has SUCH. STRONG. HANDS. 14/10.

William Heaton

Joanne is the dopest joint fixer upper!

Stacey Bruno

I just had one of the most relaxing yet therapeutic massages on my upper back and specifically neck EVER... first time in my life that I let the hands of a talented, grounded, knowledgeable RMT "Dresden" perform her magic skills on an area of my body that holds all my stress..What a place she took me to... something I needed... ....the down time every woman needs as a break from the everyday...This fantastic professional knows technique..I'm pretty sure I might have even fallen asleep in her very capable hands; again, something ive never done in my life! And yes Dresden, I will continue this bliss I'm feeling for rest of this day...Thank you.

Harvey Koffman

Pleasant and efficient reception staff. My massage with Seth was excellent. Seth was professional, skilled and knowledgeable. He was very attentive and kept communication flowing. Highly recommended!

Robert Clyde

been seeing Jocelyn Kirton for quite sometime now. I am always impressed by her and how she approaches working with me. I have a extremely physical job and Jocelyn will find ways to incorporate exercise into my daily routine and only suggests a doable amount per day ie when you are doing this try doing it this way 5 times per day this week. instead of while you're at home i think you should be doing this this and this to help your issue. She understands how lazy people can be and get that we probably wouldn't do it at the end of the day no matter how beneficial it would be. Jocelyn is also willing to try and accommodate my weird and last minute changing of schedule to continue the healing program that we have talked about.