OUR TEAM
Dr. Greg Tollefson
Dr. Greg Tollefson grew up in north west Canada. The pursuit of an optimization of wellness and performance was a central curiosity and passion of his from a very young age. He has been blessed professionally with the opportunities of sharing this passion with his community through treatment, education and advocacy.
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Greg obtained a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours from the University of Saskatchewan in Human Physiology. He attended graduate school at Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in Toronto where he attained his Doctor of Chiropractic. While studying Chiropractic, Greg further specialized with a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist designation.
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While practicing in Toronto, Greg networked and grew a strong reputation within the athletic community. Here, Greg had the honour of working with Olympians, professional hockey players, collegiate athletes, travel to work the elite and was the in-house manual therapist at Toronto’s Oldest Indoor Tennis Club.
Since moving to Ireland, Greg has shifted gears a bit – working more with anyone and everyone. His practice is driven by people who are wanting more from their bodies. From 2 weeks to 90+ - there is no restrictions at either end. Greg still enjoys the steady flux of All levels of GAA athletes, road runners, athletic clubs, power lifters, rugby players, swimmers, rowers, golfers and mixed martial artists.
He loves the challenge of jumping between the two polarities, strategizing and planning with whoever is in front of him, about their body!
In the past three years, Greg has been serving as the President of Sports Chiropractic Ireland which is a member of International Federation of Sports Chiropractic (FICS). The Olympics are starting to recognize FICS members on an official level, which is great for growing our profession.
Move well, feel well. Be strong. Be mobile.
Greg takes pride in assisting every patient who walks through the door to progress their quality of life based on their own specific life demands and personal goals. Greg is an avid educator of patients. He believes the importance of what he teaches patients and what they can take forward in their everyday life is by far more important than any of the hands on therapies provides.
Knowledge. Team work. Accountability. Consistency.
Services provided: Chiropractic, Restoration Space, Nutrition
Helena Angelini
Helena Angelini is a therapist with more than 20 years of professional experience. She is a psychologist who graduated at Universidade Fumec in Minas Gerais/Brazil, specializing in the Jungian Psychological approach. She has keenly continued education with various courses in Complementary Therapies, Mythology and has travelled all over the world looking to obtain broader and vaster perspective of human behaviour. As a psychologist, Helena has always strived to understand in depth the particular universe of each culture and each human being.
This passion granted her the ability to treat people of different ages, cultures and interests. She has clinical experience in Brasil, Ireland and with clients all over the world treated on online sessions.
She has a wealth of experience dealing with depression and panic disorders, although she has worked with all varieties of psychological sceneries. She also has a special interest in athletes and wellness minded individuals, as she firmly believes in integration between mind and body. The work with blocked expressions and repressed emotions takes a big part in treatment as well, since there is no wellness, wealth and integrality without the freedom to express the various parts of us.
Helena is also a singer and composer, and she has recorded 2 albums, one with Celtic and Sacred music (Celtic Seeds), and other with Tribal Electronic Music (Hayeya! All Tribes). She uses her voice and instruments to heal, carrying the ancestral wisdom of Celtic and Indigenous people. She has a long path as a shamanic practitioner, with experience in Ireland and Brazil.
Helena realizes the importance of an integrated and balanced consciousness, especially in this challenging modern life, not only for psychologically disturbed people, but for anyone searching for a healthy life style. She takes pride in putting all of her knowledge, gifts and strength towards helping people and society achieve this goal.
Services provided: Jungian Psychotherapy, Kinesiology, Reiki, Living Singing - medicine music, Shamanic Healing.
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Chris Myles
Chris Myles is from the hometown of Crossmolina, Co. Mayo. Chris has been a highly active sports person all his life, living on a philosophy of well-being, health, and performance through active day life and within a sports environment from both playing and coaching with his local GAA Club Crossmolina.
Chris is a qualified and registered Neuromuscular Physical Therapist along with holding qualifications in Orthopaedic Sports Massage. He is currently studying an Honours Degree in Physical Education with the John Moore’s University in Liverpool.
Since qualifying, Chris has worked with numerous sporting bodies within men’s GAA both in mayo and Sligo along with the Mayo ladies Senior Football Team. He has worked with numerous clients outside of the sports genre also.
Chris’s ethos within our Emerald Wellness therapy clinic is integral. Chris takes great pride and passion in providing that client’s get the required health through Manual Therapy so that their body can reach and maintain a healthy state by allowing them and helping them to be pain free.
Services provided: Restoration Space, Sports Massage, Orthopaedic Massage, Relaxation Massage, Soft Tissue or Deep Tissue release Massage, Back Massage.
Renata Santos
Renata Santos is a Technician in Natural Body Therapies trained at Faculdade Ibrate in Curitiba -PR/ Brazil with a focus on relaxation of muscle tension and massage for pain relief through Ayurvedic techniques. With more than eight years of experience, she has worked in small tennis championships as a sports masseuse and private appointments for athletes.
In the same period, she also became interested in the universe of pregnant women, she trained to be a Doula, in which she also has more than 8 years of experience supporting pregnant women to prepare for childbirth through a lot of information, knowledge of possible events during the period gestational process in order to clarify and provide more confidence for the pregnant woman. Another service provided for pregnant women is to relieve pain and muscle discomfort, relaxation massage and swelling through massage techniques appropriate for the gestational period.
Services provided: Ayurvedic Massage, Sports Massage, Relaxing Massage, Lymphatic Drainage, Massage for pregnant women.
Dylan McGuinn
Dylan McGuinn is native to the town of Castlebar, Co.Mayo. Dylan has been heavily involved in sport and exercise since a young age, gaining vast knowledge in fields such as tennis, soccer, and functional strength training. Dylan has always stayed involved in health
and fitness as he strongly believes in both the physical and the mental health benefits.
Dylan is a qualified Personal Trainer with experience in many areas in areas such as; Active Ageing, Youth Athletic Development, Functional Movement Patterns, Strength Training, and body composition objectives.
Dylan has worked within local gyms including The Movement Castlebar & Claremorris and currently works alongside F23 Fitness Balla. As well as 5 years’ experience on the gym floor, he has worked in schools and is an active online coach.
Dylan is a huge advocate for resistance training when it comes to restoring our basic human
movement patterns and believes there is a space for everyone. Dylan’s goal is to help all ages recover and thrive. From injuries and restrictions to functional strength endurance and recovery!
Services provided: Restoration Space, Personal Strength Coach.