Chris Burton is a practicing Kinesiologist and new-comer to SunCity Physiotherapy. Chris was born in Toronto, Ontario, but spent his later childhood and teenage years in Alberta where he got his degree in Kinesiology from the University of Calgary in 2003. Later that year he moved to the Okanagan where he began to practice as a Kinesiologist. He began his kinesiology career working in the field of rehabilitation, but he has also worked as a Personal Trainer in Kelowna, Calgary, and Toronto areas . Chris is passionate about what he does professionally and has furthered his knowledge and skill set to improve his ability to assist his clientele through continuing education and in particular through training with the CHEK institute, where he learned an integrative approach of biomechanical assessment, exercise prescription, and nutrition and lifestyle coaching. Chris grew up playing many sports but in particular competitive Basketball. He later took to weight lifting and running, as methods of achieving physical fitness and health; he currently is passionate about hiking, martial arts, good food, and enjoying life in multiple other ways. Chris has 2 children and currently calls Kelowna home.

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Louise’s passion for self-wellness is a long-standing core value. When she recognized a desire to support others in their wellness, Louise felt drawn to a career in health care and acquired a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. After practicing community health nursing in a loving Secwepemc community, Louise obtained a Master of Social work, with a clinical practice focus, at the University of British Columbia in Kelowna. This enabled Louise, as a dually-registered and regulated health professional, to provide counselling informed by her nursing and clinical social work education.

Louise has practiced as a mental health clinician and counsellor, in both nursing and social work roles, in various community settings throughout BC’s Interior. This has informed her specialization in mental health; she can support clients who have a formal mental health diagnosis and clients who do not but are experiencing mental and/or emotional health concerns. Louise can perform mental health assessment; give a clinical impression; and provide and carry out a plan for treatment including monitoring of symptoms or experiences; support in maintaining stability or wellness; interdisciplinary collaborative care (with client’s consent); provision of resources, education, supported skill building and therapeutic processes.

Louise is also skilled in and has a passion for supporting clients in pursuing healthy lifestyle & goal setting; exploration of self, values & meaningfulness; functioning within relationships and effective communication; stress management and processing of grief, loss and trauma. Louise utilizes awareness of the mind-body connection, housed within the nervous system, to inform her practice of supporting the wellness of a person’s whole self. Louise can support clients in managing the emotional toll of chronic pain, illness or injuries; rehabilitation and recovery; and navigating shifts in functioning.

Louise is trained in and can offer Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Louise’s practice is also informed by the modalities of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, expressive therapies (art, play, music, etc.), group therapy, family & couples therapies and sensorimotor therapy.

It is Louise’s priority to offer counselling that is trauma-informed, culturally safe, client-centred, evidence-based, empowering and strengths-focused. Louise feels privileged and grateful for the opportunity to have therapeutic relationship with SCP’s community and support its members in their processes and journeys.

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Graham is a registered physiotherapist and co-owner of Sun City Physiotherapy. Graham has been the manager of our Sun City Winfield clinic since 2008.

Prior to moving to Lake Country, Graham worked for almost two years overseas as senior therapist at the Fawzia Sultan Rehabilitation Institute in Kuwait City. In Kuwait, Graham was also the Men’s National Tennis Team therapist. Before working in the Middle East, Graham spent two years at one of the largest and busiest private practice sports clinics in Toronto. Graham was born in Windermere, British Columbia and completed his Undergraduate Degree in Human Kinetics at the University of British Columbia. He then graduated from the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Medicine’s School of Rehabilitation Sciences where he received his Masters of Science in Physical Therapy. Graham went on to get a second Masters degree from the University of Western Ontario, obtaining his Masters in Clinical Science in Manipulative Therapy. Graham is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy and a certified Gunn IMS (Intramuscular Stimulation) and Acupuncture practitioner. He specializes in the treatment of sports injuries as well as neuromuscular dysfunction and chronic spinal pain.

During university Graham was a double sport Varsity athlete in both volleyball and football and he continues to stay active in his leisure time.

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Prairie transplant (Saskatoon & Lloydminster, SK) to orchard country, Kendra has worked in private physiotherapy practice since arriving in Lake Country in 2017. She was inspired to pursue physiotherapy as a profession in 2002 - her temporary role as Director of Dance at PEI’s College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada afforded her the opportunity to see a physiotherapist for the first time. She was grateful to rehab a longstanding injury and still teaches, judges and jigs whenever possible.

Preceding her family’s relocation to the Okanagan, she practiced at Lloydminster Hospital in Inpatients and Outpatients. She obtained her Master of Physical Therapy (2015) and Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology (2006) from the University of Saskatchewan and is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) with the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology (2006). Before completing her Masters, she worked as an Exercise Therapist in both chronic disease management and physiotherapy clinic settings. She also owned and operated a Pilates and Highland Dance studio for 10 years.

A life-long learner and professional development devotee, she is perpetually registered in courses that hone her therapy skills. She is a graduate of Diane Lee’s Integrated Systems Model (known by some as ‘ring theory’) as well as many courses in manual therapy, running analysis, taping and persistent pain management. She is pursuing her training through Acupuncture Canada and hopes to offer this to her clients in 2023. Her MPT research team’s work on accessibility of physiotherapy has spurred her to take on the volunteer role of secretary for the Global Health Division for the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.

Outside the clinic and studio, she enjoys trying new physical activities. As an adult she has learned to row, attending the 2016 Masters Rowing Championship in Regina with the Lloydminster Rowing Club. She also started playing hockey to impress her two hockey-crazed sons and their coach, (her husband) Ashley, and continues to don a Solid Gold team jersey every Sunday night. Typically, though, you’ll find her on a mountain bike trail or chasing her family down the ski slopes.

She has a passion for performing arts, physical activity, and sport, and respects the powerful synergy between physical participation and well-being at every age.

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Nikolina completed her Masters of Physical Therapy program at the University of British Columbia and has worked as a Physiotherapist in Prince George and the Kootenays. She has recently moved back to Lake Country to be closer to family and enjoy all that the Okanagan has to offer.

Women’s health and pelvic floor physiotherapy are the focus of Nikolina’s career. She treats the prenatal and postpartum populations, as well as individuals that have had surgery and those living with incontinence, urgency, frequency, prolapse, pelvic pain and/or sexual dysfunction. Additionally, she works with individuals who have a musculoskeletal or sports injury, and those undergoing post-surgical rehabilitation. Nikolina has taken many post-graduate courses to advance her training in these fields and is dedicated to developing her expertise. Her physio toolkit consists of manual therapy, education and individualized exercise programs. She is also accredited in Anatomical Acupuncture by Acupuncture Canada. With her warm and glowing personality, she creates a professional and compassionate environment where she can work closely with you to help you achieve your goals.

When she’s not in the clinic, you might find Nikolina painting a masterpiece, exploring the farmer’s market or biking on the trails. Is it snowing? She’ll be on her skis! Doesn’t matter where, as long she’s on the move!

Nikolina looks forward to meeting you and working with you!

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Tamara enjoys working with a variety of patients (including pediatrics) and strives to build a connection with clients that allows a collaborative approach to their care. She completed her Masters of Physical Therapy program at UBC and spent many years as a fitness instructor before entering the world of physiotherapy; you will likely still catch her performing the occasional hamstring-repeater or grapevine as she moves around the Winfield clinic.

Always a keen learner, she has pursued many post-graduate education topics, including AN-IMS (dry needling), vestibular rehabilitation (vertigo/dizziness/balance), pilates, manual therapy, and specialized exercise prescription. Notably, Tamara is currently the Okanagan’s only certified International Schroth 3-dimensional Scoliosis Therapy practitioner and is happy to be able to offer this gold standard treatment to her scoliosis and kyphosis patients.

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Jon was born in Ontario and moved to Lake Country in 1996. From a young age he was interested in physical activity, and grew up playing soccer and hockey. Jon further developed his passion for competition when he attended nationals for soccer with Team B.C. He studied locally at UBCO, where he took his bachelor’s of Human Kinetics. During his undergrad, he spent some time with the Sun City Physiotherapy in Lake Country which inspired him to pursue a career in Physiotherapy. Jon completed his Masters in Physical Therapy at the University of British Columbia Vancouver Campus, and has returned home to the Okanagan to join the Sun City Physiotherapy team. He’s now exchanged his soccer boots and hockey skates for golf clubs and enjoys playing many of the courses in the area. Jon’s areas of passion are exercise prescription, spine health, orthopaedics and chronic pain management. Jon is a clinical skills instructor at the UBC Southern Medical Program.

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