Annabelle’s passion for the field of physiotherapy grew while working as a Physical Therapy Assistant in home care. Captivated by the influence physiotherapy services can have on someone’s life, this led her to earn her bachelor’s degree in Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies from the University of Calgary. Annabelle then completed her Masters of Physiotherapy from the University of Alberta. Originally from a small French town east of Ottawa, she moved to Calgary 10 years ago and continues to be drawn by the proximity of the Rocky mountains.

Annabelle is passionate about working with her clients to help them return to doing what they love. She takes on an active approach with her treatments which include evidence-based interventions to promote recovery and prevent further injury. Sessions with her will include a combination of education, manual therapy, and functional exercises. Annabelle’s goal is to ensure that everyone she works with feels comfortable and heard throughout their session. A key focus for Annabelle is to provide the support and guidance client’s need to improve control of their health and healing journey. With an interest in pain neuroscience, pelvic floor therapy and dry needling, Annabelle plans on continuing education in these areas to further help clients.

In her spare time, Annabelle can be found walking her dogs, playing volleyball, participating in yoga or spin classes, snowboarding, hiking, and camping during the summer. Annabelle believes in the importance of an active lifestyle which has helped to form the basis of her physiotherapy mantra. Annabelle strongly believes that working with a physiotherapist can help you manage your pain, and help you incorporate movement into your daily life.

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Kate’s approach to rehabilitation is highly focused on empowerment through education and movement. She takes the time to really get to know her clients and hear their stories, and then works together with them to come up with a treatment plan that suits each person’s unique goals and lifestyle. She will help you understand your injury and give you the skills to successfully get out of pain and return to doing what you love at an even higher capacity than before. Kate has a strong background in sports and athletics, and grew up competing in track and field, volleyball, basketball, and rugby. She completed her Masters of Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta in 2019 following a Bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology. She has been a part of the fitness industry for over 5 years, first as a group fitness instructor and then as a physiotherapist. Kate believes that movement is essential, not only for successful recovery from injury, but also for overall quality of life. You can count on your physiotherapy sessions with her to be educational and exercise-focused, supplemented with some targeted hands-on treatment and dry needling. In addition, Kate has post-graduate training that allows her to offer support for individuals with concussions, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunctions, and pelvic floor conditions. When she’s not in the clinic, Kate enjoys exploring new movements and physical pursuits. Ask her if she’s tried something: she probably has at least once, and if she hasn’t she will want to! She is an avid outdoor enthusiast, and prefers to spend her weekends in the mountains hiking, running, rock climbing, and skiing. Professional Memberships and Certifications: - Canadian Physiotherapy Association Member - Functional Dry Needling Level 1 Certified – EIM - Pelvic floor physiotherapy - The Running Clinic – specialist - SMFA Level 1 Certified - Concussion Rehab Works: Concussion Management

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Jenna first understood the importance of rehabilitation after receiving treatments for injuries from track and field competitions, swimming, and years of ballet. The impact that sports had on her own body was her motivation for getting an education and the experience as a wellness practitioner so she could help others get back to enjoying life.

In 2014 she graduated from the Mount Royal University 2200 Hour Massage Therapy program. Jenna has worked on a multitude of musculoskeletal disorders and ailments including muscle sprains, tears, tendonitis, back pain, arthritis, joint injury, reduced range of motion, stress and sport injury. Expanding her knowledge Jenna completed a Bachelor of Kinesiology degree from the University of Calgary, and her Personal Training Certification to complement her well-rounded approach in treating pain and various health conditions. Jenna is a firm believer in exercise as an integral part of the solution to wellness and rehabilitation.

When she’s not at Restorative, Jenna can usually be found out on the golf course, on the squash court, or training in the gym. She leads an active lifestyle and is dedicated to helping others take an active role in their health.

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Kalyna is a recent graduate and has a wealth of knowledge and experience in sports and recovery. She values the importance of all aspects of health and is passionate about helping people reach their healing goals which led her to become an RMT.

Kalyna is passionate about preventing and treating injuries to ensure longevity in all aspects of movement. She is always excited to help vault her clients to a better state of function and wellness while combining an active, therapeutic approach with client involvement.

In her spare time, Kalyna is an avid cross fitter who understands the importance of daily movement and values the importance of recovery. As a therapist, “Helping clients recover from injuries and pain is my #1 goal. I believe everyone should get to live life pain free and partake in activities they enjoy the most.”

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Dr. Emily Doyle is a Registered Psychologist who has joined the Restorative team to provide support to our clinic patients who would benefit a supportive, therapeutic conversation.

Working from a single-session model of therapy, Emily will be offering appointments focusing on the conversation you would really like to have, on that day. In single-session therapy, each session stands alone, and there is no expectation for ongoing involvement. This allows you to book any number of sessions, on an if-needed and as-needed basis.

Emily has a background working with individuals, couples, young people, and families. Her approach draws from systemic, narrative, and solution focused therapies. She has a passion for supporting counselling education and currently works for Athabasca University as the Director of Training in the Graduate Centre for Applied Psychology.

Emily is looking forward to providing counselling services to the Okotoks community, where she lives with her daughters and her partner (and their dogs and cats).

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Gina holds a Bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from the University of Lethbridge (2000) and another in physiotherapy from the University of Alberta (2005). Gina’s extensive post-graduate training in both manual and McKenzie based treatment techniques give her a unique skill set. Gina focuses on sports therapy and postural and repetitive strain injuries. Her treatments include spinal mobilization and manipulation, spinal stabilization (CORE) exercise, neural tissue mobilization, postural taping and myofascial release. Gina is also qualified to practice acupuncture and uses this, combined with a dry-needling technique (Gunn IMS), for patients with chronic pain and long standing musculoskeletal problems. She is currently working on completing her Selective Functional Movement Assessment (SFMA) levels and is excited to bring this into her practice to help her patients with both mobility and stability motor control problems. Gina recently completed her 200hr yoga teacher training and applies mindfulness and mind-body connection in her physiotherapy practice.

In her off time Gina is an avid athlete with a background in many different sports, such as basketball, fitness competitions, triathlon, yoga, and crossfit, but cross trains today primarily because she loves it! She believes that not only physical health is important but mental health should not be over looked and practices both meditation and yoga on a regular basis.

Gina also consults out in the community, and provides clinical and professional practice leadership. She provides coaching, mentoring and work planning to support various health professionals in their practice and strength training coaches in their programming. She runs various Movement and Mobility workshops to educate both health professionals, coaches, and athletes on the recognition of mobility and stability issues, and how it can alter sport or training performance.

Gina is highly disciplined and knows that consistent work and dedication are keys to success. She also values life-long learning and continues to further her own education by taking advanced physiotherapy courses. Gina is friendly, enthusiastic, detail oriented and professional. She is committed to high quality care and loves knowing that her clients leave Restorative Sports Physiotherapy feeling better

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Shelly works with you to apply her Nursing lens in providing care that is collaborative, comprehensive, and inclusive of your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health care needs.

Holistic Nursing Services allows for you to get curious and creative with self-care planning that is exploratory, impactful, and built on guided self-discovery, intention setting and overall optimized wellbeing. Based on the applied Nursing Process, Shelly provides evidence informed practices and modern standards of nursing care while incorporating complementary alternative modalities to create a truly individualized, full circle self-care experience.

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Nika’s aim through physical therapy is to empower people to understand their injuries and their bodies through education and movement based rehabilitation.

She thrives off of connection with her team and clients and is focused on collaborating with her clients to create a treatment plan that suits both the patient and the person. Education is a huge part of her practice and making sure at every step the patient understands the purpose and the rationale for a given treatment. Nika’s goal with her clients is to provide individualized care with a focus on getting them back to what they love to do most.

Nika has an extensive background in sport and performance. She grew up playing competitive basketball and soccer and now participates recreationally in a variety of other activities such as volleyball, cycling, and climbing. Throughout her undergraduate degree she worked alongside the varsity rugby team at UBC playing a role in emergency first aid, injury prevention and health administration. She also has a body of knowledge in strength and conditioning; having worked with athletes in the gym both in the community as well as at her past university institutions. She completed her undergraduate degree in Kinesiology at the University of British Columbia, then soon after her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta.

Nika believes that movement plays a massive role in both injury recovery as well and over all heath and wellness. Her passion for strength and conditioning is integrated into her practice in both the way she aims to treat as well as her educational knowledge. Her treatments are also balance between education, exercise-focused treatment and purposeful hands on treatments to help provide a holistic approach to her sessions.

When Nika is not in the clinic, she enjoys staying active herself! She participates in variety of activities such as climbing, cycling, strength training, hiking, beach volleyball and tennis. She is passionate about learning new ways to move her body and is enjoys trying new sports.

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Born in Calgary and raised in Okotoks Dr. Shannon has strong ties to the community and has been practicing in town for 24 years. Shannon attended the University of Alberta for her undergraduate studies in Science and went on to study at Palmer College of Chiropractic West graduating in 1998. Upon completion of her studies, Shannon moved back to Okotoks to begin to practice and raise her family.

Dr. Shannon is passionate about moving every day but more importantly moving well. Shannon constantly focuses on her own mobility and motor patterns. It is through this commitment to her movement practice she is able to teach and coach from a place of direct experience and with incredible insight. She is detail-oriented in terms of patient care and takes her time to make sure the best course of treatment is delivered. She uses a variety of techniques including Spinal and Extremity adjustments, Activator Methods, Active Release Technique, Graston, Medical Acupuncture and Therapeutic exercise.

She is a firm believer that educating patients about their own bodies enables them to take a more active approach to their health care and makes working together a collaborative effort to help patients reach their goals.

In her off time, Dr. Shannon can be found in the mountains running the trails, at the pool or the local Crossfit gym. As an avid athlete over her life, she values the ability to keep active while the body goes through the healing process from an injury.

As a lifelong learner, Dr. Shannon upgrades her knowledge and skills by taking a wide variety of continuing education courses. Shannon’s goal is to empower her patients to take a proactive attitude towards chiropractic to help support them in living their best life.

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Connor began his physiotherapy journey as a patient. After completing his undergraduate degree, he spent several years investing his time and energy into climbing and skiing. Unfortunately, he had a serious accident while climbing in New Zealand that took a substantial amount of rehabilitation to come back from. Through this process, he discovered the power that physiotherapy has to empower people to realize the healing potential of their bodies. He was soon back to doing the things he loved, and after a few years decided to pursue physiotherapy as a career.

Connor had been living in Canmore, but moved back to the Calgary area when he began this process and actually worked at the desk here at Restorative while he completed pre-requisite courses and waited for acceptance into school. He is thrilled to be back joining the team. Connor’s sessions focus on education about your condition, hands on treatment, and functional exercise. He will also take the time to get to know you, because you are more than just an injury. The journey to recovery is rarely just physical, and he believes that by listening to his patients stories and considering the other circumstances in their lives, the emotional component of an injury can also be addressed. Each person will be different, so he will tailor a treatment plan to help you easily incorporate physiotherapy into your day and to make movement a daily practice. While he enjoys treating all kinds of conditions, Connor has a particular interest in hand therapy, knee surgery rehab, and pain science.

Outside the clinic, Connor can be found moving in the mountains. Climbing rock in the summer and ice in the winter are his biggest passions, but he also enjoys mountain biking, cross country skiing, and backcountry skiing. He also has come to thoroughly enjoy his own physiotherapy program in the gym, which these days just feels like a really good workout.

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