Born and raised in the big city of Calgary, I always wanted to live in a small town. So after obtaining my Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy at the University of Alberta in 1996, I tried out a few small Alberta and BC towns before my husband and I settled in Stettler in 2001. Before and between my first and second maternity leaves I worked at both the Hospital and the Private Practice in town. They were both fantastic work environments full of great people that are still friends today! However, my heart was always happiest in a private practice setting, so when I was ready to return to work after my second mat leave, and the Stettler Physiotherapy and Acupuncture Clinic had closed, I decided to fill the void and open a small part time private practice of my own. After my third maternity leave, I was forced into a larger and higher rent location, requiring full time business hours. With three littles and a full time coaching job with the Stettler Figure Skating Club, help was clearly required. From there, doors continued to open, bringing new opportunities, new people and new ideas. As an athlete, coach and physiotherapist, I have always been an advocate of multi-disciplinary health care and teamwork, and am therefore always looking for ways to offer more services in one location. I spent most of my childhood training as a competitive athlete in a private sports club, where I was blessed with a sense of community that supported health and fitness in an inclusive family friendly environment. These are the roots that have grown Performance into what it is today. Along the way, my professional interests have grown, leading me to many post-graduate continuing education courses in a wide variety of topics. I completed Level 4 of the Diploma of Advanced Orthopaedic Manual and Manipulative Therapy in 2003 and became a Certified Practitioner of Medical Acupuncture (CPMA) in 2006. I have been rostered as a Pelvic Floor physiotherapist since 2008 fitting pessaries since 2016 and attained my Certificate in Gunn Intramuscular Dry Needling (GunnIMS) in 2011.