Discovering my true north

Prairie transplant (Saskatoon & Lloydminster, SK) to orchard country (Lake Country, BC), I moved to the Okanagan in 2017 practicing first at NeuMovement and now with the team at Sun City Physiotherapy.  I enjoy working part - time and doing short-term locum work as far as the Yukon and as near as Vernon. I consider myself a born second-in-command - I love raising up and celebrating my clients and those I work with.

A little more about me… Preceding my family's relocation to the Okanagan, I practised as a Physical Therapist in the Lloydminster Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient therapy departments for two years. 

I obtained Master of Physical Therapy (2015) and Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (2006) degrees from the University of Saskatchewan and I am a Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP) with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (2006).

Before completing my Masters, I worked as an Exercise Therapist in both chronic disease management and physiotherapy clinic settings. I also owned and operated a Pilates and Highland Dance studio from which my devotion to integrative methodology is rooted.

A life-long learner and professional development devotee, I am perpetually registered in courses that hone my therapy skills, namely manual therapy, neurodynamics, acupuncture and taping. 

Outside the clinic and studio, I enjoy trying new physical activities. I  started playing hockey on a women’s team in rural Saskatchewan in an attempt to impress my two hockey-crazed sons and their coach, (my husband) Ashley. I also learned to row, attending the 2016 Masters Rowing Championship in Regina with the resurgent Lloydminster Rowing Club. I play fastball in the summer and ski, wake surf and mountain bike at every opportunity. I have loved getting back in the dance studio as an instructor with the Aviemore Highland Dancers.

I have a passion for performing arts, physical activity and sport, respecting the powerful synergy between physical participation and well-being at every age.