B.H.K B.A.H.Sc CAT(C) – Certified Athletic Therapist
Rebecca completed her degree, with High Honours in Applied Health Science (Athletic Therapy) in 2007 from Sheridan College. Once becoming a certified Athletic Therapist she took on the position of Head Athletic Therapist for the Canadian Woman's National Soccer Team. During this time she worked with the athletes on a day to day basis as well as going on several international tours with the team throughout 2007-2008. Becky stays true to her view," that anyone can be an athlete, being active and fit is part of what an athlete is". Growing up she competed in a variety of sports, particularly alpine skiing. Upon going to university she traded her skis in for a pair of rugby boots to play for the UBC Woman's rugby team as well as living and playing rugby in New Zealand in 2002. Since hanging up her boots in 2004, she stays active in her spare time by skiing, mountain biking, hiking and long distance running. She works with acute and chronic injuries providing manual therapy, soft-tissue and joint mobilization, MET and trigger point release, electrotherapy modalities and exercise prescription in her practise. She is a certified practitioner of Active Release Techniques (ART) for the lower extremity. She provides therapy for all orthopaedic and sports injuries – you don’t have to be an athlete to benefit.

Her education includes: Canadian Athletic Therapist Association - Certified Athletic Therapist CAT(C), 2007; Bachelor of Applied Health Science (Athletic Therapy) High Honors, Sheridan College, 2007; Bachelor of Human Kinetics, UBC, 2004; and Canadian Red Cross First Responder and CPR – HCP. Her work experience has included working with the Canadian Woman's National Soccer Team, Whitecaps Men's Residency Program, BC Soccer Provincial Teams, and as a student therapist with Club Physio Plus, Hamilton Tiger Cats, McMaster University with the Men's Rugby, Woman's Basketball, Sports Injury Clinic and the University Of British Columbia Football team. 
Email: bswan@westcoastkinesiology.com 

B.H.K., CAT(C) - Certified Athletic Therapist

Nick completed his bachelors of human kinetics in 2007 from the University of British Columbia. He then attended Mount Royal College in Calgary to complete his Advanced Certificate in Athletic Therapy, and is currently an athletic therapy certification candidate. Nick is certified as a Canadian Red Cross First Responder including CPR/AED Level HCP, and as a practitioner of Soft Tissue Release (STR) for the entire body. While studying athletic therapy in Calgary Nick worked as a student therapist/trainer for the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (SAIT) varsity men’s volleyball team and the Broncos midget football team. Nick also worked in the SAIT athletic therapy clinic where he treated and rehabilitated varsity athletes. Recent experience in BC includes working at the Western Canadian High School Football Camp at Simon Fraser University, and working as the therapist/trainer for the Richmond AAA Bantam Blues hockey team. Nick is a passionate hockey and tennis player, and to stay active in his spare time he likes to hike, scramble, play squash and badminton.

B. Sc. Kin., BCAK Practicing Kinesiologist
CSEP - Certified Exercise Physiologist, ACE/HFAC (Assoc.), NCCP I. 

Kerry is the owner and president of West Coast Kinesiology and is a practicing kinesiologist (BCAK). He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from SFU in 1985. He has been a resident of Maple Ridge Since 1970 and has played a variety of sports here, including hockey, baseball, soccer, swimming (Coquitlam Sharks) and basketball (MRSS and Douglas College). Kerry has developed rehabilitation and athletic training programs since 1992 at the Maple Ridge Leisure Centre. Most recently, he obtained his Certified Exercise Physiologist (CEP) designation from CSEP, which is the highest fitness testing designation in Canada and certifies kinesiologists to test elite athletes. It also allows the CEP to prescribe exercise for chronic disease states and metabolic disorders such as diabetes, cardiac conditions (post-MI or surgery), hypertension, hyperlipidemia, MS, MD, obesity, post-stroke and lung function disorders. He is a Functional Capacity Evaluator and an ergonomist and is a member of ACE (Association of Canadian Ergonomists). He was formerly a director of dry-land training for a local hockey school and is a speaker for public and private groups on cardiovascular disease, injury prevention in the workplace and athletic training issues. He is actively involved in creating and developing community based exercise programs for both the districts of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows and writes a bi-weekly column in the News on a variety of health and recreation topics. His passions include hockey, basketball, running 10K to marathon distances, music, film, writing, and public health and education.
Email: ksenchyna@mapleridge.ca   

Tel: (604) 467-4675 

Fax: (604) 467- 5830

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Please note we only run a few classes a week
out of the Pitt Meadows Family Recreation Centre.