Maria graduated from the University of British Columbia Okanagan with a Bachelor of Human Kinetics and is a practicing member of the BCAK as a Kinesiologist. She has worked with individuals of all ages in a variety of fitness settings including group fitness, aqua classes, personal training, and online instruction. Maria began in the health and fitness industry as a group fitness instructor and since graduating university she continued her education to be a certified Pilates Instructor and Educator for CFES (Canadian Fitness Education Services). Her background in group fitness and Pilates, combined with her education, gives Maria a large repertoire of exercises with modifications to use when working as a Kinesiologist to fit every client. Maria is positive, energetic, and enjoys bringing enthusiasm to every appointment.

As a Kinesiologist, Maria is experienced in exercise prescription and is very excited to be joining Progressive Physiotherapy to help clients reach their goals to get back to the best version of themselves.

Aside from work, having grown up in the Okanagan, Maria enjoys skiing and hiking in her free time. She can also be found curled up with her cat after a busy day.

Nicole graduated from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. She completed her Masters of Science in Physiotherapy at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland. Her final thesis that examined strategies of increasing physical activity amongst the elderly population was published in the special edition of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. After returning to Canada, Nicole began her physiotherapy career in North Vancouver, and then expanded into the rest of Greater Vancouver where she was then elected in the Georgia Straight newspaper as Best Physiotherapist of Vancouver for 2018 and 2019. Her past professional work experience has been with a wide range of individuals from all ages and of various fitness levels with musculoskeletal injuries.

Nicole is active in post-graduate education having completed her certification in Acupuncture and IMS, amongst other credentials, and is now working on completing her manual therapy levels. She focuses on hands-on joint and soft tissue techniques coupled by therapeutic exercises to help her patients.

Besides physiotherapy, Nicole is a mother of two kids, while also passionate about health and fitness.

Jocelyn graduated with honours from an Applied Health Sciences degree in Athletic Therapy and began practicing AT in a small town in Ontario. She worked with individuals in the clinic, obtaining a thorough assessment and providing an individualized program with manual and active techniques focused on correcting biomechanical faults. She also enjoyed covering athletes on the field during a
variety of sports championships. Having been a competitive Jump Rope athlete for 15 years, she has a passion for athletics and loves to work with individuals of all ages and athletic abilities, helping them overcome their injuries. After a few years, Jocelyn wanted to further her manual skills, so she obtained her Massage Therapy certification and began treating as both an RMT and an AT.

Jocelyn and her husband share a love for the outdoors and healthy active living, so they decided to move to Kelowna and see what the west side of Canada has to offer. She is very excited to be joining Progressive Physiotherapy and to help her clients get back to doing what they love, using a variety of manual therapy combined with exercise prescription.

Aside from work, Jocelyn enjoys being outside doing anything active such as hiking, cycling, paddling and back country camping.

Cole began his practice in Ontario after graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Health Science degree in Athletic Therapy. Working in a clinic throughout the day and spending his evenings working at a college treating the athletes. After a few years in the industry, Cole went back to school to get his diploma in massage therapy to expand his knowledge and the variety of patients he treats. Continuing
to work in the small town that he grew up in, he wanted to travel to BC to explore what the west coast had to offer.

His passion is being able to help others get back to doing what they love as soon as possible. As a competitive athlete himself, he understands the frustrations of being pulled away from the thing you love and wanting to get back as quickly as possible. This passion drives his treatments that are individualized to achieve the patient’s goals based on the injury. Treatments involve a variety of manual techniques alongside exercise therapy where he focuses on correcting biomechanical faults in
order to fix the problem and prevent the injury from re-occurring. He focuses on educating the patient during treatments to help them better understand their injury and how to help manage it at home.

When he’s not at the clinic, he can be found enjoying the outdoors by backpacking or kayak camping. He also enjoys all sports but specifically hockey, soccer, running, and snowboarding.

Holly was born and raised in Edmonton Alberta, where she was highly active in all sports as a child and young adult. Upon completion of High school Holly went on to become a hairstylist.  She moved to the Beautiful Okanagan Valley in 2002 where she started her family with the birth of her son, followed by her daughter in 2007.  Holly practiced as a stylist for 18 years until an injury to her shoulder made her retrain for a less physically demanding profession.   In 2017 she continued to further her education through correspondence, as she was a full-time working stylist, mom, and wife, earning her Diploma in Administrative Assistance. Graduating with Honors.

In 2022 she began furthering her education once more by enrolling and taking the Business Management Diploma Program through the same avenue as previous.   As the Office Manager of Progressive Physiotherapy, she strives to greet each patient with a friendly smile and professional attitude, making their visits to the clinic as smooth and easy as possible.

Life in the Okanagan with her family is exactly where she is supposed to be. In her down time, she enjoys getting out into the valley whether it be hiking the various trails, walking along the lake, or going for a scenic drive.

In 2010, Jonathan graduated with a five year Master program in Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Specialized in Sports and Manual Therapy, at the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium. Barely graduated, he realized physiotherapy alone wasn’t satisfying his belief and capabilities to improve injuries, thus he decided to profound himself into the holistic approach of Osteopathy.

After spending three years specializing within the Osteopathic world, Jonathan now enjoys treating injuries in a holistic way. This means Jonathan will look beyond a local injury and search for other possible mechanisms throughout the body as cause of injury. Techniques used vary from manual therapy, soft tissue, trigger points, lymphatic system stimulation, arterial flow stimulation, fascia, visceral, and others.

Being fluent in French, Dutch, and English, Jonathan quickly made his way through different top sport competition as therapist combined with practice in private clinics surrounded by high level therapists and professors.

In 2012, he worked for the “F.B.R.B.”, Belgium National Rugby Team, followed by the Belgium National Judo Team in 2013. After this experience, he searched for another type of sport to learn from and found this as head physiotherapist for the Royal Beerschot Hockey Club, Men’s 1st division, in 2013-2014.

After working in Vancouver for six years, Jonathan decided to move to West Kelowna with his family to enjoy a different life style and pace.

Besides work and studies, Jonathan has always been very interested in playing sports such as rugby, soccer, tennis, running, kite surfing, dancing (University dance teacher 2009-2010), skiing and athletics.

Victoria is originally from Chile where she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy from University Andres Bello in 2005. She came to Canada in 2017 to pursue her dream of moving to the Okanagan.

Victoria is passionate about expanding her practical knowledge and has completed courses in Vestibular rehabilitation, TMJ rehab, Pelvic Floor Health, acupuncture and dry needling certification in Canada.

She uses a hands-on approach with her patients using a combination of manual therapy, cupping, exercises, dry needling and acupuncture.

During spare time, you will find Victoria with her husband by the lakes, hiking or snowshoeing. Victoria loves to travel and is excited to experience many new adventures in the Okanagan