It’s important to have a great fit with your therapist. That’s why we have a caring and personable team who are dedicated to your well-being and recovery. We’re also kinda fun to be around!
Shawna Neal
Registered Physiotherapist
MScPT, BAET, Pelvic Health Therapist
Shawna Neal
Registered Physiotherapist
MScPT, BAET, Pelvic Health Therapist
Shawna strives to have balance in her life and enjoys being in nature, hiking or walking along the beach. She also loves yoga, spending time with family and friends, experimenting in the kitchen, and traveling to new places.
As an orthopaedic and pelvic health physiotherapist, Shawna believes it is important to take a client-centred approach to empower her patients. She provides individualized care for each of her patients, focusing on education, manual therapy, and exercise prescription. Shawna is enthusiastic about learning and staying up-to-date with the most recent evidence through additional coursework to refine her skills to better help her patients with incontinence, pelvic pain, sacroiliac joint pain, low back pain, diastasis recti, and pelvic organ prolapse regain control and bounce back better than ever!
Lukas Gehring
Administrative Assistant
Lukas Gehring
Administrative Assistant
Lukas is easy going, caring, and outcome-oriented. These personality traits are what lead him to work in the field of Physiotherapy. He loves the outdoors and particularly enjoys spending his free time hiking, camping, and surfing.
Lukas has gained professional and rehabilitative experience during his undergraduate degree by volunteering in several physiotherapy clinics in Victoria. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from UVic, he gained further experience as a Registered Kinesiologist working as part of an interdisciplinary team in Surrey, BC. He had the opportunity of working with a diverse population that included those with neurological conditions, musculoskeletal injuries, and chronic disease, as well as those who had been in motor vehicle accidents.
In addition to continuing to work as a Registered Kinesiologist, Lukas is now excited to be part of the team at Dockside Physiotherapy as an Administrative Assistant where he can help assist clients and the team, and gain a deeper understanding of the many aspects of physiotherapy practice.
Chris Lamb
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BScKin, Active Rehabilitation, Persistent Pain/Injury Recovery
Chris Lamb
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BScKin, Active Rehabilitation, Persistent Pain/Injury Recovery
Meet Chris, a man of many interests that keep him busy. He loves to sing, play the piano, juggle, ride his bike, weight-train, practice tai chi, read, write, spend time at the beach, and do brain games.
Chris has been a registered physiotherapist since 2006 and has a broad array of experience working with people with orthopaedic and neurological conditions. He utilizes knowledge from the growing fields of neuroplasticity (the brain’s ability to rewire throughout life based on experience) and pain science to optimize recovery. He is particularly interested in helping people rehabilitate from complex and/or long-standing pain/injuries, and strongly believes that in many cases a full recovery is possible.
Chris’ treatments are individually tailored, but they generally include: normalizing sensation in the area(s) of pain/dysfunction, movement re-training, specific guidance about how to safely increase exercise/activity level, mindfulness training, providing education, and using a variety of methods to reestablish a healthy mind-body connection. His therapeutic approach offers limited hands-on therapy.
For a list of conditions that Chris treats, click here.
For Chris’ printable brochure, click here.
Evan Thomas
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BScKin (Hons), IMS/FDN Practitioner, Shift Concussion and BikeFit® Certified, Clinic Co-Owner
Evan Thomas
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BScKin (Hons), IMS/FDN Practitioner, Shift Concussion and BikeFit® Certified, Clinic Co-Owner
Evan is an eclectic guy. In addition to being a physiotherapist and co-owner of the clinic, he often finds himself paddle boarding, kayaking, cycling along the Lochside and Galloping Goose trails, tinkering in the garage, woodworking, gardening, adding to his vinyl music collection, and hiking with his dog.
He is dedicated to his patients, his profession, and lifelong learning. Evan has completed many manual therapy courses through the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, as well as obtaining certifications for concussion management, IMS/dry needling, and bike fitting.
Evan can’t wait to support and grow together with the Dockside Green and Vic West communities… and float out onto the Gorge after work!
Cathy Stedman
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BKin, IMS/FDN Practitioner, Certified Pelvic Health Therapist, Clinic Co-Owner
Cathy Stedman
Registered Physiotherapist
MPT, BKin, IMS/FDN Practitioner, Certified Pelvic Health Therapist, Clinic Co-Owner
Cathy is the other half of Dockside Physiotherapy. Originally from Toronto, she knows how to stay busy, and hustles every day as our co-owner. She’s trained extensively in manual therapy through the Orthopaedic Division of the CPA, and has taken many pelvic health courses as well as presented on topics such as pelvic pain to postpartum health. She also holds certifications in IMS/dry needling.
After moving to Victoria with her husband, it didn’t take Cathy long to fall for the people, the city, and Vancouver Island in general. She enjoys paddle boarding, kayaking, hiking with her dog on the trails and the beach, hitting the gym, reading Lisa Genova books, and having a good cup of coffee with friends.
Autumn Antonsen
Office Administrator
Autumn Antonsen
Office Administrator
Born and raised in Victoria, Autumn is very excited to be a part of the Dockside Physiotherapy team and to deliver the best possible client experience.
A trained singer and theater performer, she studied business administration at Camosun College, majoring in accounting and finance. Recently married, she loves dogs (mostly her Chihuahua), films (with happy endings), the arts, and continuing to learn about everything she possibly can.
Zoe
Clinic Companion
Greeter, Stress Reduction Specialist, Treat Connoisseur
Zoe
Clinic Companion
Greeter, Stress Reduction Specialist, Treat Connoisseur
Zoe is our clinic greeter and mascot. She tells us she’s studying to be a certified therapy dog, but we don’t know how well it’s going—she gets a little bit distracted saying hi to our clients and other dogs that walk by the clinic. She does pour over her textbooks every night (literally, she slops water and drops chew toys on the pages) but hey, she tries her best.
Zoe is also a yoga enthusiast, but she is more of a yoga-as-you-go kind of girl. She performs upwards of 100 downward dog poses per day, so you’ll likely catch a glimpse of her practicing at the clinic.
