Our Team
Meet your Dream Team when it comes to injury prevention and management.
Registered Physiotherapists
✅ 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 · 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 · 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
✨ Multisport athlete · Raised in Kelowna Loves to lift heavy things
👟 Powerlifter/Runner (Casual 5kms)
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 or French.
Client Care Coordinators
Our Client Care Coordinators welcome clients and can help with booking appointments, taking payments, and with answering any questions. They keep our entire team organized!
Jacob Jeffrey
Client Care Coordinator
Jacob was born and raised in West Kelowna, and is currently studying Kinesiology at the University of Alberta with hopes to pursue physiotherapy in the future.
He loves running, hockey, snowboarding, and any outdoor activities that the Okanagan has to offer. In his downtime, he also enjoys playing the guitar.
Jacob can help you in English or French.
Marisa Andreola
Client Care Coordinator
Marisa was born and raised in Vancouver, and moved to Kelowna to complete her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. She’s passionate about human behaviour and mental well-being.
She enjoys exploring the outdoors, camping, and staying active through hockey, yoga and pilates. She also loves spending time with her dogs, drawing, and painting.
Marisa can help you in English.
Mascot
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.