Lakeside Health
On the shores of Shuswap Lake, Salmon Arm British Columbia.
Shuswap Acupuncture and Harbourfront Massage have joined together at Lakeside Health
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Available for current patients only. New patients, please call us at 250-833-5899
How we can help your body heal
Our reputation, our team
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is the practice of puncturing the skin with needles at certain anatomical points in the body to relieve specific symptoms associated with many diseases
Laser Therapy
Low-Intensity Laser Therapy (LILT, phototherapy, ‘cold laser’) uses red and infrared light to relieve pain, accelerate healing and decrease inflammation.
Massage Therapy
All of our therapists are Registered with the College of Massage Therapy of BC. Registered Massage Therapists have the highest standards in North America.
Functional Medicine
Combining modern Functional Medicine with the ancient wisdom of East Asian Medicine.
Functional Medicine shares many principles with traditional East Asian Medicine. Both recognize our bodies as complex interconnected webs. Both are systems-oriented approaches to the whole person – including
Meet our Team
Our team of professionals are committed to your heath. To serve you, we have on our team: Registered Acupuncturists, Practitioners (and a Doctor) of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Registered Massage Therapists. Our support team
Donna Rasplica
Donna Rasplica M.Sc., R.Ac., Dr.TCM (Registered Acupuncturist and Doctor of Traditional Chines Medicine) Donna has earned degrees from the University of Illinois, Northwest Institute of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and Bastyr Natural Health Sciences University....
Christopher Davies
Christopher is a registered Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner, who also integrates Functional Medicine into his practice. Christopher studied Nutrition, Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Alberta for two years before completing...
Nicole Davies
Nicole is a registered Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner (R.TCMP) with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of B.C. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Alberta in 2007, then went on to...
Lynne Ozone
Lynne is a Registered Acupuncturist and began her interest in health care after being hit in the eye and head by the length of a 5/8 inch thick, 60-foot long chain and hook. This was the beginning of many years of massage and chiropractic treatments, leading to her...
Erica Nicoll
B.C. Registered Acupuncturist and Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner Erica graduated with distinction from a five-year Doctorate program in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Kootenay Columbia College of Integrative Health Sciences (KCCIHS) in 2019; after...
Melanie McLeod
B.C. Registered Acupuncturist Melanie is a Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac) who brings a holistic approach to her patient care. She uses modalities of acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, and moxibustion with a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) diagnosis to address the root...
Clayton Bostock
Dr. Bostock was raised in a ranching family east of Kamloops and graduated from Thompson Rivers University & the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine. He believes that, through education, each person holds the power to unleash the “doctor within”.
Sophie Fischer
Registered Massage Therapist "You can never go too deep, only too fast.", one of her instructors used to say. Sophia works gently with the nervous system to listen first to what the tissues, the system have to say before moving forwards. She uses a variety of...
Kristina Addison
Relaxation Massage This is an excellent option for our patients who do not have extended health insurance coverage.Our non-registered therapists are either nearly completed or have completed their RMT training and are awaiting their board examination or registration...
Abbigail May
Abbi graduated in 1993 with a degree in Physical Therapy from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. She practised as a physiotherapist in Halifax, N.S., working in both acute care and rehabilitation settings. She comes to the field of phototherapy with a strong...
Erin McKay
Erin joined the Lakeside Health team in October 2012 after moving from Alberta with her family. Erin has an education degree and brings with her 25+ years of experience in office management and leadership. Throughout her career, Erin has used her organization and...
Dusty Clarke
Dusty joined the team at Lakeside Health in March of 2018 after moving to Salmon Arm from Northern BC. She has lived in four corners of BC and has found Salmon Arm to be the friendliest town of all! Her education is in Recreation, Fish and Wildlife and before coming...
Thank you, Donna, for your great work yesterday. I don’t know what you did, but I feel so much better than I have in weeks. I received laser therapy for treatment of neck pain. I was relieved of pain after 5 treatments. The results were better and longer lasting than other therapies. I am enjoying the laser treatments on my jaw and the sensitivity in my tooth has diminished to almost no sensitivity. I feel so much better
Results were better and longer lasting
Almost no sensitivity