Our Team
What makes us unique?
✅ All our physiotherapists are runners (and running nerds). But we love to treat non-runners too!
✅ We love learning and teaching other healthcare professionals locally and around the world
✅ We actively publish sports medicine research and stay up to date with the latest science
We take pride in clinical excellence and we will go the extra mile for you!
JF Esculier, PT, PhD
Founder, Registered Physiotherapist
✨ Internationally renowned clinician-researcher & educator
👟 Runner (Road/Trail/Ultra)
Special interest areas: Running Injuries & Performance, Knee Pain, Foot Pain, Osteoarthritis, Masters Athletes, Ultra-Trail Runners
JF can help you in English or French.
Bea Francisco, BKin, MSc, MPT
Founder, Registered Physiotherapist
✨ Former high performance athlete and currently a new mom 👶🏻 🐶
👟 Runner (Road/Trail)
Special interest areas: Running Injuries & Performance, Pelvic Health / Pelvic Floor Physio, Prenatal and Postpartum Care, Postpartum Runners, Female Athletes, Dizziness / Vertigo
Bea can help you in English.
Kaz Kikuchi, BPE, MScPT
Registered Physiotherapist
✨ Father of 2 who has lived in 3 different countries (Japan, UK, and Canada!)
👟 Runner (Road/Trail/Ultra)
Special interest areas: Running Injuries & Performance, Chronic Pain, Back Pain, Neck Pain and Shoulder Pain
Kaz can help you in English or Japanese.
Rob Sullivan, BHK, MPT
Registered Physiotherapist
✨ Raised in Kelowna with experience as a multisport athlete
👟 Powerlifter Who Runs Casual 5Kms (Road/Trail)
Special interest areas: Running Injuries & Performance, Strength Sport Injuries and Performance, Contact Sport Injuries, Back Pain, Shoulder Pain, Knee Pain
Rob can help you in English.
Kona
Mascot
✨ Sock Thief & Foodie
👟 Runner (Road/Trail/Off-leash parks)
Kona loves promoting an active lifestyle and often convinces humans to play, swim in the lake, and go trail running!
She also loves stealing socks, but doesn’t care much about running shoes.