Crista was raised in the small village of Metcalfe where she developed some of her core values. She grew up and worked on the family sod farm learning hard work, loyalty, and acquiring a love for the outdoors. She took to the ice at age 3, becoming a competitive figure skater until her late teens. Through her skating career, Crista was able to help coach young skaters, expanding her love for the sport and physical activity. She also passed on her academic knowledge through tutoring peers and younger children throughout high school.

Always interested in sciences, math, sports and well-being, physiotherapy became the obvious career choice at a very young age. Crista completed an Bachelor of Science with Honors in Kinesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. She followed this with a Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from Queens University in Kingston, Ontario.

Ready to start her professional career and raise a family, Crista returned to Metcalfe, where she and her husband built their family home. They have 4 amazing children as well as a large network of family and friends. You can always find her being active with her family and friends, pushing them to experience new things, explore new places and live life to its fullest. She has forever been the number one fan to her family and friends, cheering them on from the sidelines and occasionally fulfilling the roll of personal trainer.

Crista started her professional career between the two small-town clinics of Winchester and Kemptville, where she developed as a therapist, gaining knowledge and experience practicing alongside many fantastic colleagues. Crista’s treatment philosophy is to help individuals improve their mobility, health and well-being while empowering them to reach their goals. Over the years, Crista has advanced her training in acupuncture and dry needling, concussion rehabilitation, and vestibular rehabilitation. Together, with exercise and physical activity, Crista uses manual therapy techniques, traditional acupuncture and Gokavi Transverse Technique - GTT (a specific dry needling technique.) Crista is passionate about her profession and enjoys the fact that it is ever evolving, with boundless new discoveries, techniques and philosophies. She continues to attend a variety of valuable post-graduate courses to increase her knowledge and expertise.

Crista has always had the dream of owning her own clinic, and now this has become a reality with Move Better Physiotherapy. With growth Crista’s ideas for Move Better Physiotherapy will be put into action better supporting all of its patients and the community as a whole.

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After graduating from Queens Uniiversity School of Rehabilitation Therapy in 1997 with her Bachelors of Science in Physiotherapy, Jodi went to up state New York for 2 years to work in a Cardiac Rehabilitation Hospital and Sports Medicine Clinic. In 1999, she returned to Ontario and began working as a physiotherapist for the Department of National Defence (DND). She worked as a civilian physiotherapist for DND until 2011, after which time she established herself as an independent practitioner in Pembroke, Ontario. Jodi opened a community clinic with a concentration of orthopaedic and sports rehabilitation. Jodi’s special interests in physiotherapy include functional dry needling , manual therapy, myofascial cupping, sports rehabilitation and exercise therapy. Jodi has moved and travelled extensively with her formerly military spouse and their two teenage boys. In her spare time she enjoys travel, hiking, yoga, skiing, taking photos, volunteering in the community and spending time outdoors with her dog, Jett. New to the Move Better team, Jodi looks forward to working with Crista and implementing her skill set in the village of Metcalfe.

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Adrianna graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Health and Education in 2007 and went on to complete her Masters of Physical Therapy at Queen’s University in 2009. Upon graduation Adrianna worked in the acute care hospital setting including a 2 year position at King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bermuda. Having worked from acute care to complex continuing care Adrianna has a special interest in working with clients with complex medical needs and improving her clients quality of life and level of independence through movement. Adrianna is ADP authorized for mobility aids and has taken a number of continuing education courses with focuses on traumatic brain injury, cardio respiratory, neurological and oncology physiotherapy. Adrianna looks forward to continuing to develop her skills in order the better serve those in the community.

As a mother of 3 boys you will often find Adrianna in her car, at the rink or at the gym practicing what she preaches.

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