Our Team

Kam Yan is an excellent and experience physiotherapist, acupuncturist, and IMS instructor focusing his practice on pain relief and body mobility functions for all muscular, skeletal, soft tissue injuries, sport injuries, work-related and car accident injuries, nerve, circulation, and degenerative joint conditions.

He has accurate assessment diagnostic skills together with his vast knowledge, experiences, undivided listening concentration and communication ability that can pinpoint your problems leading to a fast and effective recovery.

His constant reflections of certain clients who do not improve as expected have provided him with numerous experiences in selecting which treatment is the best for each client. This feature of his constant quest for treatment effectiveness distinguishes him from other physiotherapists.

His excellence in therapy is well shown in testimonials from his patients.

A glance of his experiences can be found as follows:

1. Staff physiotherapist at Royal Alexander Hospital, University of Alberta Hospital, Misericordia Hospital
2. Sole charge physiotherapist at Barrhead General Hospital
3. Directory of Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapy at Chilliwack General Hospital
4. Directory of Scott Gateway Physiotherapy Clinic
5. Director of Main Yan Physiotherapy and Acupuncture Centre
6. IMS instructor at ISTOP (Institute for the Study of Pain)
7. IMS instructor in Hong Kong

Qualifications

1. Baccalaureate Degree Physiotherapy University of Alberta
2. Member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA)
3. Member of the College of Physiotherapy British Columbia (CPTBC)
4. Member of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture (CTCMA)
5. Member of the college of Hong Kong Physiotherapy
6. IMS instructor Hong Kong
7. Honorary Fellowship Gunns IMS at ISTOP
8. Hospital Management certificate
9. Sports Medicine certificate
10. International membership of ISTOP

Academic achievements:

1. Speaker at the 7th International Congress of Physiotherapy 1972
2. Speaker at UBC: non-needle acupuncture
3. Speaker at the Beijing University of China, School of Acupuncture and Moxibustion

Dr. Allan Lam joined CHANGEpain in May 2013 as a GUNN IMS Practitioner.

In 1997 Dr. Allan Lam studied, learned and practiced Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) under the mentorship of Dr. Gunn, the founder of IMS. He was appointed the Clinical Director at the Institute for the Study & Treatment of Pain (ISTOP) in 1998 and was Awarded Honorary Fellowship in IMS, in recognition of extensive knowledge, outstanding contribution and expert teaching abilities in IMS. He also develops and teaches IMS courses offered by ISTOP.

In 2004, in Lima, Peru, Dr. Allan Lam was invited as a speaker at the II Congreso Latinoamericano del Dolor, V Congreso Peruano del Dolor and Capitulo Peruo de la International Association for the Study of Pain – IASP on the topic of: Segmental Nature of Neuropathic Pain. Furthermore, in 2005 he was an invited speaker at the International Symposium on Techniques and Clinical Applications of Acupuncture and Moxibustion in Beijing, China on the topic of: Neuropathic Pain, treating it with Intramuscular Stimulation (An Anatomic and Physiological Approach).

Dr. Allan Lam has also published Treating Whiplash-associated disorders (WAD) with Intramuscular Stimulation (A retrospective review of 43 patients with long term follow up) Journal of Musculoskeletal PainVol. 9 (2) 2001 and translated Dr. Gunn’s Book “The Gunn Approach to the treatment of Chronic Pain, IMS for Myofascial Pain of Radiculopathic Origin.”

Yuan Jing has been practicing acupuncture for 20 yeras. She is a registered doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine in BC. She was a Medical Doctor in China with advanced acupuncture training in 2001. She went to University of London and graduated with a MSc in Biomedical Research. In 2008, she went to University of Ulster, UK under scholarship on a PhD reseach on the "Acupuncture of Pain". She moved to Hong Kong in 2012 and worked there as a physiotherapist and practiced acupuncture for 5 yeras. Then she relocated to Vancouver in 2017 and started her career in Traditional Chinese Medicine there.

Currently she is also a part-time instructor of the Tzu Chi International College of TCM.

Emily completed her Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiotherapy and obtained her Master of Science Degree in Sports Medicine and Health Science in Hong Kong. She has been practicing physiotherapy for more than 15 years.

She realized physical conditions and mental health is interconnected, which led her into a passion for learning about the brain, behavior and body. She had attained Professional Diploma in Health Counseling and Psychology and Diploma in Self Actualization Psychology. She believes body and mind integration is the key for a happy and healthy life. She is certified as a yoga instructor and had been incorporating yoga therapy and positive psychology into her clinical practice for over 15 years.

Emily is dedicated to pursuing continuing education to expand her clinical skills. She has extensive training in spinal and orthopedic manual therapy with the McKenzie method, the Mulligan Concept, vestibular rehabilitation and women’s health. She is a certified practitioner in kinesio taping for sports injuries and ICB orthotics for common foot pathologies.

Her treatment approach includes a combination of hands-on manual therapy, myofascial release, electrotherapy, precise exercise prescription and yoga therapy to help clients reach their goals. Each treatment is uniquely customized to the patient, not only seeking immediate relief of pain but also developing long-term solutions and preventing future injuries.

With extensive knowledge of anatomy and exercise physiology, Emily has a broad range of clinical experience including sports injuries, work related injuries, postural dysfunction, arthritis, pre and post natal care, back and neck pain along with post operative rehabilitation. Emily adopts a biopsychosocial model in treating her patients as a whole. She believes empowering her patients to understand their condition and take an active role in their treatment is essential for the recovery journey. She cares about you, not just your body. She strives her best to get you back to enjoying your life.