BodyPlus Podcast

Welcome to Episode 7 of BodyPlus.

In Episode 7, we sit down with Caroline Loke, Registered Massage Therapist and one of the founding members of the FBL team. Before she ever set foot in a treatment room, Caroline spent eight years in the corporate world and studied on three different continents — from BCIT to Emily Carr to Bond University in Australia. She also trains Muay Thai and has been a fixture in Vancouver’s street dance community for over 12 years.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, Caroline walks us through what finally made her leave a stable corporate career to become an RMT — and why she made the decision lying face down on a massage table. We get into how she works with patients that most RMTs never encounter in a clinical setting, including people with spinal cord injuries and C4 quadriplegia, and why treating the person and not the condition changes everything. We talk prenatal and postpartum massage, what massage can actually do for your nervous system beyond just muscle soreness, and why one session is never going to fix anything. Plus we dig into the Vancouver street dance scene, Ladies First, and why she would keep dance over Muay Thai if she had to choose.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Welcome to Body Plus
0:37 - Meet Caroline Loke — RMT at FBL Since Day One
1:31 - From BCIT to Emily Carr to Australia — A Unique Path
3:25 - Did Her Creative Background Shape How She Practices?
4:41 - Eight Years in the Corporate World — When Did She Know It Was Time to Leave?
7:42 - The Massage Table Moment That Changed Everything
8:10 - Close to a Decade in Practice — Cases That Have Stuck With Her
9:37 - Treating Patients With Spinal Cord Injuries & C4 Quadriplegia
12:20 - Treat the Person, Not the Condition
13:03 - Prenatal & Postpartum Massage — What to Expect
16:09 - The Benefits of Working in an Interdisciplinary Clinic
19:33 - How Massage Helps Desk Workers — And What They Get Wrong
21:52 - What Massage Can Do Beyond Muscle Soreness
25:29 - The Vancouver Street Dance Scene — How Caroline Got Into It
27:46 - Ladies First — Building a Safe Space for Female Street Dancers
30:34 - Muay Thai — Why She Does It and What It Gives Her
32:07 - Does Dance and Muay Thai Change How She Sees the Body?
33:51 - Rapid Fire With Caroline
38:17 - Final Thoughts

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Welcome to Episode 6 of BodyPlus.

In Episode 6, Dr. Oliver Sanchez and Dr. Zoe Fasoulakis answer your most common shoulder questions — breaking down three shoulder injuries they see regularly in the clinic: frozen shoulder, rotator cuff injuries, and calcific tendinitis. If your shoulder has been bothering you and you have been putting it off, this one is for you.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, we explain why the shoulder is so uniquely vulnerable compared to other joints and why that mobility comes at a cost. We walk through what frozen shoulder actually is, who is most at risk, what each stage feels like, and why stretching it aggressively in the early phase can actually make things worse. We break down the rotator cuff — what it is, how it gets injured differently in athletes versus desk workers, and when surgery actually becomes necessary. We also get into calcific tendinitis, why it tends to hit sedentary middle-aged women the hardest, and why shockwave therapy is one of the best tools we have for it. We wrap up with a rapid-fire round on the most overused excuse for skipping shoulder rehab and the go-to exercises both of us actually prescribe.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Welcome to Body Plus
0:54 - Today's Episode — Your Shoulder Questions Answered
1:28 - Why the Shoulder Is So Complex — Ball on a Tee
2:40 - Who Typically Comes In With a Shoulder Injury?
4:53 - Frozen Shoulder — What's Actually Happening in the Joint
6:05 - Who Is Most at Risk for Frozen Shoulder?
7:07 - The Three Stages — Freezing, Frozen & Thawing
9:26 - How to Assess for Frozen Shoulder
10:38 - Does Imaging Actually Help?
11:33 - Treatment — How It Changes by Stage
14:17 - Co-Management — RMT, Acupuncture & Physio
15:18 - The Rotator Cuff — What It Is & How It Works
16:40 - How the Rotator Cuff Gets Injured
17:35 - Athlete vs. Desk Worker — Same Injury, Different Cause?
18:44 - Assessing Rotator Cuff vs. Frozen Shoulder
20:15 - How We Treat Rotator Cuff Injuries at FBL
22:11 - When Does a Rotator Cuff Injury Need Surgery?
23:36 - Calcific Tendinitis — What's Happening in the Tissue?
24:46 - Who Gets Calcific Tendinitis & Why?
25:37 - Sudden or Gradual? How It Presents
26:05 - How We Diagnose It in the Clinic
27:48 - Shockwave Therapy for Calcific Tendinitis — Why It Works
29:20 - Rapid Fire — Excuses, Go-To Exercises & Shoulder Advice
31:50 - Final Thoughts

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Welcome to Episode 5 of BodyPlus!

The World Cup is here and Vancouver is absolutely delivering. In this episode, Dr. Oliver Sanchez and Dr. Zoë Fasoulakis reconvene to recap everything that's happened since they filmed their pre-tournament predictions — and it turns out they called almost all of it.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, we break down how Canada's tournament actually went — spoiler, they were three for three on predictions — and revisit the Alphonso Davies hamstring story and what it tells us about how tricky that injury really is at any level. We talk through every major injury of the tournament so far, from Ismaël Koné's tib-fib fracture on the field to Jordan Henderson getting stretchered off during a celebration. We get into the VAR debate, the controversial offside rule, and whether 48 teams has actually worked. Plus we share what it was like being in the city during the games, debate France vs. Argentina for the final, and weigh in on whether the African teams were the surprise story of the tournament.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Welcome to Body Plus
0:31 - World Cup Recap — How's Vancouver Been?
2:06 - We Review Our Predictions — How Did We Do?
2:41 - Canada's Group Stage — Three for Three
3:11 - Alphonso Davies & the Hamstring Reality
4:34 - Canada vs. Morocco — Round of 16
7:27 - Ismaël Koné's Tib-Fib Fracture — What Happened?
10:27 - Concussion Protocols at the World Cup
15:27 - Every Other Major Injury of the Tournament
17:54 - Jordan Henderson's Celebration Injury
18:49 - The England vs. Mexico Game — Best of the Tournament?
21:15 - Tournament Injuries — What We Predicted vs. What Happened
22:42 - Messi vs. Ronaldo — The Internet Responds
23:44 - Portugal's Disappointing Run
26:09 - France is Terrifying — Mbappé at 8 Goals
29:54 - The 48-Team Format — Did It Work?
36:15 - Canada's Future in Soccer — Infrastructure & Funding
42:02 - Youth Sports & Early Specialization
46:55 - VAR — Good or Bad for the Game?
48:46 - The Offside Rule Is Broken — Here's Why
53:04 - Croatia vs. Portugal Controversy
54:01 - Final Predictions — France vs. Argentina?
54:37 - Final Thoughts & Go Spain

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Welcome to Episode 4 of BodyPlus!

In Episode 4, we welcome our first ever guest — FBL's own acupuncturist Dayna Mulkay. From growing up on a cattle farm in Alberta to becoming a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Dayna's path into healthcare is anything but conventional. And yes, she can milk a cow and drive a tractor.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, Dayna breaks down what acupuncture actually does to your body — and why the best way to understand it is that it puts you into rest and digest mode. We clear up the biggest misconception about acupuncture (hint: it's not as painful as you think), dig into the difference between acupuncture and IMS, and explore how electroacupuncture works. We also get into facial acupuncture — what it actually treats, why it's more than just aesthetics, and why it might be the most relaxing treatment you've never tried. Plus, Dayna shares what stress looks like physically through a Chinese medicine lens, why waking up between 1 and 3 a.m. is a liver signal, and why your morning smoothie might be working against you.

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Welcome to Body Plus
0:52 - Meet Dayna — FBL's Acupuncturist
2:23 - Growing Up on a Cattle Farm — How It Shaped Her Path
4:04 - From Edmonton to Victoria — Pursuing Traditional Chinese Medicine
5:09 - Blending Eastern & Western Medicine
6:27 - Movement as Medicine — The Chinese Medicine Philosophy
7:58 - Who Dayna Treats Most in the Clinic
9:00 - What Acupuncture Actually Does to Your Body
10:04 - How to Explain Acupuncture to Someone Who's Never Had It
12:49 - The Biggest Misconceptions About Acupuncture
14:15 - Is Acupuncture More Accepted Than It Used to Be?
15:56 - Facial Acupuncture — What It Is & Who It's For
18:05 - How Many Sessions Does It Take to See Results?
19:28 - Common Sports Injuries Dayna Treats
20:27 - How Acupuncture Helps Athletes & Active People
20:56 - IMS vs. Electroacupuncture — What's the Difference?
23:14 - How Stress Shows Up Physically — The Chinese Medicine View
24:59 - How Dayna Avoids Burnout Working in Healthcare
25:30 - Rapid Fire with Dayna
29:49 - Final Thoughts

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The FIFA World Cup 2026 is coming to Vancouver — and we had to talk about it. Dr. Oliver Sanchez and Dr. Zoë Fasoulakis get personal: both have torn their ACLs playing soccer, Zoë played varsity at McGill and still plays today, and Oliver has had his fair share of the beautiful game too.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, we break down the most common soccer injuries we see in the clinic — hamstrings, ankles, ACLs, and concussions — and how we actually manage them as chiropractors. We dig into why the ACL research on female athletes is still inconclusive, why the old "dark room, no screens" concussion protocol is outdated, and what a smart recovery actually looks like. Plus we share our personal ACL stories, debate Canada's chances at the tournament, pick our World Cup winners, and weigh in on the heading ban debate. We wrap up with the big one — Messi or Ronaldo?

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CHAPTERS
0:00 - Welcome to Body Plus
1:06 - World Cup in Vancouver — How Are We Feeling?
2:19 - Canada's Chances & Jonathan David
4:15 - The FBL World Cup Pool
5:00 - Most Common Soccer Injuries in the Clinic
6:14 - Why Hamstrings Are So Vulnerable in Soccer
7:20 - Ankle Sprains — Grades, Assessment & Recovery
9:34 - Concussions in Soccer — What's Changed
12:11 - How Chiropractors Help With Concussion Recovery
12:25 - ACL Injuries — Why Soccer Players Are at Risk
14:05 - Our Personal ACL Stories
17:36 - Managing Acute Soccer Injuries — Zoe's Approach
20:12 - Recovery Tools — Sauna, Cold Plunge & Compression
22:15 - Sleep & Injury Risk in Elite Athletes
23:34 - The #1 Thing Recreational Players Can Do to Stay Injury-Free
26:00 - World Cup Predictions — Spain vs. Portugal
27:43 - How Far Will Canada Go?
29:01 - Most Underrated Team in the Tournament
29:46 - The Heading Debate — Should It Be Banned for Youth?
31:39 - The World Cup Song — Jelly Roll vs. Waka Waka
32:50 - Messi or Ronaldo? The GOAT Debate

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Welcome to Episode 2 of BodyPlus!

In Episode 2, we flip the script — Dr. Zoe sits down with co-host Dr. Oliver Sanchez to dig into his path from a teenage football injury to founding Foundation Body Lab, his 15 years in practice, and how he approaches care with athletes and active patients every day in Vancouver.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, we discuss how a shoulder injury on the football field led Oliver straight to chiropractic — and why that personal experience still shapes how he treats patients today. We look at what it actually means to treat everyone like an athlete, from weekend warriors to high-level competitors, and why the toolkit matters. We also break down the real cost of waiting too long to get an injury looked at, why "just rest it" is outdated advice, and what a smart return-to-sport progression actually looks like. Plus, we go inside the story of building Foundation Body Lab from the ground up in Vancouver — the hardest parts, the mistakes, and what nine and a half years of waiting taught him. We wrap up with a rapid-fire round on gym culture, TikTok fitness trends, and why simplicity usually wins.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro to Body Plus

1:27 - It's Episode 2

2:34 - Oliver's Journey Into Chiropractic

4:07 - Personal Training & Working With Athletes

5:01 - Sporting Events at Palmer West

6:25 - Graduating Magna Cum Laude

7:29 - 15 Years in Practice — Has It Stayed Fresh?

8:25 - Oliver's Clinical Toolkit

9:34 - Why Patient Education Matters

10:29 - What Oliver Looks For the Moment You Walk In

11:46 - Treating Everyone Like an Athlete

12:44 - Staying Active Through Injury

13:43 - Return to Sport & Training Progressions

15:02 - Why Oliver Opened His Own Clinic

15:37 - The Hardest Part of Starting Foundation Body Lab

16:58 - Building a Multi-Disciplinary Clinic

18:49 - Rapid Fire with Dr. Oliver

21:24 - Final Thoughts

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Welcome to Episode 1 of BodyPlus!

In our inaugural episode, host Dr. Oliver sits down with co-host Dr. Zoe Fasoulakis to dive into her background as a collegiate athlete, her clinical approach at Foundation Body Lab (FBL) in Vancouver, and the real-world patterns they are seeing every week at the clinic.

We cut through the health jargon to bring you practical, honest conversations about how your body works so you can know more and move better.

In this episode, we discuss the Small Big City backstory of how a high school volunteer placement randomly connected Oliver and Zoe years before they became colleagues. We look at what evidence-based chiropractic care actually means, and how to balance research guidelines with individual patient needs.

We also break down the common injury recovery traps that active Vancouverites fall into, and why people often do too little or go too hard, too soon. Plus, we look at the spike in injuries from local fitness trends like HYROX and Pickleball, and wrap up with a rapid-fire round on why perfect posture is overhyped.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 - Intro to Body Plus

0:54 - Meet Dr. Zoe Fasoulakis: Varsity Soccer at McGill to CMCC

3:03 - The Small World Story: How Oliver & Zoe First Met

5:50 - What Does "Evidence-Based" Chiropractic Actually Mean?

8:00 - Tools of the Trade: Muscle Adhesions & Soft Tissue Mobilization

9:00 - The Crucial Role of Patient Education & Home Care

10:00 - The #1 Mistake People Make During Injury Recovery

11:10 - Spring Running & "Thrown Back" Injury Patterns in Vancouver

12:20 - The Chronic Pain Blindspot: Why the Whole Picture Matters

13:34 - The Rise of Pickleball & HYROX: Unexpected Injury Trends

15:35 - The FBL HYROX Team Experience (December Race Recap)

17:08 - Standout Clinical Cases: When Low Back Pain is Actually a Kidney Issue

18:48 - Practicing on Main Street at Foundation Body Lab (FBL)

20:03 - Rapid Fire: Overhyped Posture, 10-Min Health Hacks, & Gym Cringes

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