Minda Chittenden

Minda has worked as a kinesiologist for 15+ years in the Okanagan and Lower Mainland. Her focus with Symmetrix clients is aquatic rehabilitation. Minda loves working with clients in the pool because she believes that water is the best environment to rehabilitate orthopedic injuries for these reasons:

1. Water reduces gravity’s strain on an injured limb and allows it to strengthen with less pain
2. Being in water challenges the body’s core stabilizer muscles, strengthening them
3. Movement in water stimulates the nervous system and improves the quality of the body’s movements
4. You can challenge your balance in water without risk of falling, reducing the fear of injury

A bit more about Minda: she earned her Master’s Degree in Gerontology (the scientific study of old age) from Keele University in the United Kingdom in 1999. Prior to that she earned a Bachelor’s of Applied Science (Kinesiology) and a Certificate of Health and Fitness Studies from Simon Fraser University in 1997. Upon completion of her Master’s Degree in Gerontology, Minda worked as a research associate in the UK and Canada. 

After leaving the UK, Minda worked as a Kinesiologist providing Functional Capacity Evaluations and was declared an Expert Witness in the BC Supreme Court. She provides work specific rehabilitation programs, gradual returns to work, job demands analyses, active rehabilitation, and ergonomic assessments.

Minda specializes in rehabilitation for complex orthopedic injuries, soft tissue injuries, and chronic medical conditions. Her expertise in gerontology provides her with an understanding of how the body ages as a result of recent injuries. She uses her gerontological knowledge to strengthen people in order to help them function to the best of their ability.

When she’s not working, you can find Minda outdoors exploring all of BC’s unique and interesting towns, beaches and trails. Minda is on the Executive Committee of the BC Association of Kinesiologists.