# Health Garage | Family Practice & Lifestyle Medicine > **Notice:** We are not currently accepting new patients. Please do not book an appointment if you are not already a patient of Dr. Ahmed. **Location:** West Kelowna, BC **Coverage:** Covered by BC MSP **Website:** https://www.healthgarage.ca/ **Book:** https://portal.healthmyself.net/healthgarage#/guest-login?action=book (existing patients only) **Phone:** (778) 940-1430 **Email:** info@healthgarage.ca **Address:** 108-2374 Bering Road, Westbank, BC V4T 3J6 > Online booking is for existing patients only. If you're not yet a patient, please call us at (778) 940-1430 and we'll be happy to help. --- ## Medicine focused on how you live, not just how you feel. Whether you're managing a chronic condition, recovering from illness, or simply committed to staying at your best — Health Garage provides comprehensive, evidence-based care that meets you where you are and helps you go further. > "The goal isn't to manage illness. It's to keep it from defining your life." Most chronic diseases are preventable or modifiable. Our practice is built on that premise. We invest time understanding your full picture — your biology, your habits, your life — and build a care plan that helps you stay ahead of disease rather than react to it. --- ## Your Care Team At Health Garage, your care is never just one person in a room. Through our partnership with the Primary Care Network (PCN), you have access to a coordinated team of health professionals working together around your goals — from day-to-day illness to long-term disease prevention and lifestyle transformation. ### Dr. Rehana Ahmed — Family Physician & Clinic Lead **MD — Family Practice & Lifestyle Medicine** Dr. Rehana Ahmed is a Family Physician with a special interest in cardiometabolic health and preventative care. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, she began her career in Rehabilitation Sciences before pursuing medical training in Europe. Drawn by British Columbia's natural beauty and active lifestyle, she returned to Canada to practice medicine where she could align her professional focus with personal values. Dr. Ahmed serves as the Director of Obesity and Lifestyle Medicine at HML Athletics and Health Garage, where she leads an evidence-based approach to managing and preventing cardiometabolic disease. She is also a Clinical Instructor at the University of British Columbia, where she teaches the framework of Obesity as a Chronic Disease. Outside of her clinical and academic roles, Dr. Ahmed is raising two boys and can often be found exploring BC's trails — embracing the very lifestyle she encourages in her patients. **Specialties:** Cardiometabolic Health · Obesity Medicine · Lifestyle Medicine · Clinical Instructor, UBC · HML Athletics & Health Garage ### PCN Care Team - **Family Physician** — Primary point of care. Diagnosis, treatment, care coordination, chronic disease management, overseeing overall health plan. Scope: Acute care · Chronic disease · Preventive medicine · Lifestyle medicine · Obesity medicine. - **Registered Dietitian** — Individualized nutritional guidance. Evidence-based dietary counselling for metabolic health, chronic disease risk, weight management. Scope: Medical nutrition therapy · Metabolic health · Chronic disease diet · Weight management. - **Exercise Physiologist** — Physical activity program design. Safe, effective activity programs tailored to health status and goals. Scope: Exercise prescription · Chronic disease · Cardiac rehab · Functional capacity · Obesity. - **Social Worker** — Social and emotional determinants of health. Addresses housing, finances, mental health, relationships, and life circumstances. Scope: Mental health support · Anxiety & depression · Social determinants · Crisis support · Community resources. - **Clinical Pharmacist** — Medication safety and optimization. Reviews medications for safety, effectiveness, and interactions; optimizes regimens. Scope: Medication review · Polypharmacy · Chronic disease · Adherence support · Drug interactions. - **Physiotherapist** — Musculoskeletal care and rehabilitation. Assesses and treats musculoskeletal conditions, supports rehabilitation, restores function. Scope: Musculoskeletal care · Rehabilitation · Pain management · Mobility · Injury recovery. --- ## Services — Comprehensive care across every stage of health - **Acute Care** — Colds, flu, infections, minor injuries. Timely, attentive care for same-day or urgent issues. - **Chronic Disease Management** — Diabetes, hypertension, COPD, heart disease. Focus on slowing progression and improving quality of life through ongoing, coordinated management. - **Preventive Health & Wellness** — Annual physicals, cancer screening, vaccinations, routine lab work. Stay ahead of health problems before they develop. - **Lifestyle Medicine & Behaviour Change** — Structured, supported changes to nutrition, activity, sleep, and stress. Delivered in partnership with the PCN care team, based on the Seven Pillars framework. - **Obesity & Metabolic Health** — Non-judgmental, evidence-based obesity medicine integrated into a whole-health strategy. Includes metabolic disease management. - **Mental Health & Wellbeing** — Anxiety, burnout, chronic stress. Treated as clinical priorities with direct physiological consequences. --- ## The Seven Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine The clinical framework at the core of our approach. All seven pillars are treated as interconnected drivers of long-term health — not isolated checkboxes. 1. **Whole-Food Nutrition** — Dietary patterns that reduce chronic disease risk and support metabolic health. 2. **Physical Activity** — Movement as medicine, tailored to the patient's capacity and goals. 3. **Restorative Sleep** — Sleep quality as a driver of cardiovascular, metabolic, and immune health. 4. **Stress Management** — Chronic stress is a modifiable risk factor — treated accordingly. 5. **Social Connection** — Isolation carries measurable health consequences — community is care. 6. **Substance Avoidance** — Supportive, evidence-based approaches to harmful substance use. 7. **Positive Psychology** — Purpose and emotional resilience as clinical levers for better outcomes. --- ## Exceptional care. No extra cost. (BC MSP) Health Garage operates entirely within BC's Medical Services Plan. You receive comprehensive, prevention-focused family medicine and lifestyle medicine — without any additional billing or out-of-pocket fees. **Services covered under MSP:** - Comprehensive family medicine visits - Chronic disease management & follow-up - Preventive health screenings & annual physicals - Registered Dietitian — medical nutrition therapy - Exercise Physiologist — individualized activity programs - Social Worker — mental health & social support - Clinical Pharmacist — medication review & optimization - Physiotherapist — rehabilitation & musculoskeletal care - Acute illness & injury care --- Health Garage Medical Corp. | Family Practice & Lifestyle Medicine | West Kelowna, BC Billing covered by BC Medical Services Plan (MSP) | Member of the Primary Care Network (PCN) © 2026 Health Garage Medical Corp. All rights reserved.