What Our Clients Say

What impresses me the most is how much she knows for a young woman and her knowledge is without a doubt extremely professional. I would consider her a natural healer. We are very lucky to have her in Nelson! I am thankful for all her help.”

Après 5 ans de douleurs dans le bas du dos, j ai finallement rencontrée Christy Nichol à Nelson. What a luck!! Elle a changé mon état critique, chronique à un état de vie normale. Après plusieurs années de traitements chez des spécialistes et dépensés des milliers de dollars, Christy a pu soulagé beaucoup de mes douleurs. Elle a un don de guerison et elle sent bien les parties du corps. Elle m impressionne énormément avec toutes ses connaissance pour une jeune femmes de son âge. Je lui suis très reconnaissane.

She helps bring the mind body connection back together in an environment that is non intimidating and fun. Christy is very thorough and passionate and is helping me piece together the many riddles that have perplexed me for years that others just couldn't find. Thank you Christy for all your help!!”

I have spent years and invested thousands of dollars into my back pain, and I finally found something that works! I would recommend Kootenay Athletic Therapy to anyone who has persistent chronic pain."

Her communication skills and level of professionalism helped to make sure that the best decisions were always being made. She was an important asset to our team and a significant reason why we were so successful.”

Christy worked with us, both 60-somethings, one trying to get past a severely sprained ankle, the other trying to get into better shape for serious hiking in 2005-2006. Her activities included introduction to weight and other forms of training, manual therapy on the ankle, supervised and assisted training, advice and encouragement in the development of personalized training plans, including advice on travel that has proven highly beneficial.

There were many things that made her so effective.

First was our confidence in her basic skills and knowledge. It was reassuring to know that her advice and suggestions are based on serious academic training, not simply on life in the gym. She has an excellent education in the field.

Second, however, was our confidence in her experience. Neither of us were, or ever will be, serious athletes at the college and professional level. But to know that Christy has worked with such athletes, both as a strength and conditioning coach and an Athletic Therapist assured us that we were working with a serious and respected professional.

Third is Christy's personality. It is hard to describe her without cliches: warm, supportive, caring, encouraging, enthusiastic, cheerful, demanding but never judgmental. Not to mention smart, articulate, funny. But this is exactly how she is.

We understand that Christy is now developing a practice that will include people like ourselves: a little older, perhaps a little creakier, perhaps dealing with some minor disabilities or medical issues -- but who are committed to staying active, fit, and involved. Christy's combination of skills and personality makes her exceptionally qualified to help people achieve these goals”

In three months, I went from being in a great deal of pain and not being able to walk more than half a block to having the stamina to walk for half-an-hour, uphill, travel, stand for periods of time and do many activities that had been difficult, if not impossible before, such as getting in and out of a car and climbing flights of stairs.

Christy has an amazing ability to diagnose what it was I was doing incorrectly, show me how to correct it and give me the appropriate exercise to practice. She developed an exercise programme that was particularly tailored to my needs and e-mailed this to me after each weekly session. The exercises did not require expensive equipment or a special place, but could be done in my own home with very simple equipment such as a thera-band, exercise ball and something as simple as a cardboard box and a telephone book.

Throughout the months I worked with Christy she was not only generous with her time and knowledgeable, but extremely supportive and encouraging. I recommended her to family members and friends, who also found her work to be helpful and of a high caliber.”