City Sports & Physiotherapy Clinic

04/19/2026

Happy Vancouver Sun Run Day! 🏃🏼‍♀️Here’s part 3 of our series of run cross training exercises that are helping our clinicians train for the BMO Half Marathon in 2 weeks.

Here is how Physio Erica is keeping her hip flexors strong and ready. 👟 This standing banded hip flexion exercise starts with a circle band placed around both feet. Keep your toes up and bring your knee towards your chest. Lower slowly with control and make sure to keep your torso still and core engaged. Erica chooses this exercise because her hip flexors often feel tight when running and stretching alone doesn’t always resolve it. Strengthening through range helps prepare her hip flexors for forward momentum and endurance.

Taper week is fast approaching! See your City Sports + Physio team to get your body feeling great before the big race day. 💪🏻

04/11/2026

🏃🏻‍♀️As part of our team’s BMO Half Marathon prep, our clinicians are focusing on cross-training exercises that support better running mechanics and reduce injury risk.🩼

Today’s featured move is one of Ana’s favourites: lateral heel taps. Start this exercise on a step or stair, slowly bend your standing knee and lower your other heel to lightly tap the ground. Keep your hips level when lowering and ensure that your standing knee stays aligned with your toe. Ana chooses this exercise because it strength in the gluteus medius muscle, allowing for better hip control and knee alignment during single leg movements. 👟

Check in with a City Sports + Physio clinician to give you that running edge!

04/05/2026

We’ve got 4 members of the City Sports + Physio Clinic team gearing up for the BMO Half Marathon on May 3! 🏃‍♂️They’re cross-training with purpose to improve running performance, build strength, and stay injury-free along the way.

Here’s Physio Dan showing us one of his staple race prep exercises: a bent-knee calf raise. Stand on one leg and begin by bending your knee, remain in a bent-knee position as you lift your heel up, ensuring that you keep your body-weight forward. Dan chooses this exercise because calf strength is very important for both the push-off propulsion and the eccentric landing phases of each step. 👟

Whether you’re training for your first race or chasing a new PR, we’re here to help you move better and feel stronger. Come visit the City Sports + Physio team for guidance, treatment, and support! 👊🏻

02/11/2026

Meet the “purr-sonal” assistants behind our staff! 🐈🐱They may not be license but they’re experts at helping our therapists “paws” and relax after a busy day of rehab. ☺️

01/08/2026

🖤 “Strong” & “Stable.”
This photo was taken by one of our patients.
For years, she didn’t trust her body.
With osteoporosis, exercise felt dangerous — something to avoid, not embrace.
With the right guidance, education, and gradual progression, she learned something powerful:
✨ Her body is capable.
✨ Strengthening can be safe.
✨ Confidence is built, not assumed.
As we head into a new year filled with health and fitness goals, this is your reminder:
You don’t have to be fearless to start — you just need support.
Movement isn’t about lifting the heaviest weight.
It’s about feeling strong, stable, and in control of your body again.
If fear, pain, or a diagnosis has been holding you back, you’re not alone — and you don’t have to figure it out by yourself. 💛

01/07/2026

Let us know how many of you would be happy if your physio could refer you directly for an xray, rather than having to send you back to your GP or the Urgent care? Share your thoughts on why or why not.

In case you missed it! 📰

PABC has officially published our Position Statement on expanding physiotherapists’ scope of practice to include diagnostic imaging — and it’s live on our website!

📌 Check out the full statement and our visual infographic online

Read the full Position Statement here! 👉 https://bcphysio.org/position-statements/

12/22/2025

Thank you for donating your shoes! 🥾👞👟

In collaboration with and , the shoes will be sent to those in need.

Shoes will be received by:
-Mary Pack Arthritis Society
-Ronald McDonald House ()
-Covenant House ()
-Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre () and
-Various donation bins

We will continue accepting donations (shoes and lightly worn/new socks) until the end of December! 🎄🎁

11/29/2025

The box is out for the annual holiday shoe drive at City Sports + Physio Clinic! 👟🥾👞👢

Please drop by and bring your gently used shoes. They will be donated through and to people in need this winter. Last year we donated over 100 pairs!!

10/30/2025

We love being in Vancouver and serving such a diverse client base 🌎 At City Sports + Physio Clinic, we’re proud to offer personalized treatment sessions in multiple languages!

🗣️ Meet our experts:
🇮🇹 Irene — bilingual in both English and Italian
🇫🇷 Shirin — bilingual in both English and French
Because your recovery should feel comfortable — in every language!

10/20/2025

Do you know the signs and symptoms of a blood clot?

Our clinicians got a visit from Portia, a medical equipment rep from Inari Medical, who taught us all about how to recognize a blood clot, otherwise known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE). 🩺

🩸Recognizing the early signs and symptoms of blood clots can save lives, and it is common for your primary care provider to notice it first! Our clinicians continue to build their knowledge to identify risks and act fast — because early detection makes all the difference. ❤️‍🩹

10/17/2025

Say Hello 👋 to our physiotherapist Zoë!

Returning from her years in Ireland, read more about the newest member of our team— now available for booking online! 🇮🇪➡️

Why are you passionate about being a physiotherapist? 🦴🦵
I spent most of my childhood dancing and getting injured! After spending plenty of time in physio clinics myself, I became fascinated by how the body works and how much good physiotherapy can help someone recover. Now, I love being on the other side of it, helping others get back to what they love.

What do you like to do in your spare time? 🎧🏋️‍♀️
When I’m not in the clinic, I love to stay active in the gym, workout classes or outdoors. I’m so happy to be back home in Vancouver spending time with friends and family, and getting to cheer on my sports teams in the proper time zone!

What did you love about studying in Ireland? 🌾📚
I didn’t know anyone when I moved over so it was amazing to form a whole new group of friends and build a life in a new city. It really does feel like a second home after spending four years living there, and I’m so grateful for my time in Ireland!

What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher? 🧦👩‍🏫
I started doing pilates as part of my own rehab. I immediately fell in love with it and decided to become a certified mat instructor to add to my toolkit as a kinesiologist. The first friend I made in my physio course happened to own a pilates studio so I was lucky enough to join their reformer training and eventually join the teacher training team!

What does your perfect fall weekend look like? 🏈🥅🍂
Definitely spending time outside (hopefully it’s not raining), cooking some cozy meals, hopefully watching all my sports teams win (Sunday is definitely all day football and hockey)!