Sports have always been incredibly important to me. I was a competitive gymnast for many years and also competed in diving, played softball, basketball, track and field, soccer, and learned to horseback ride as a young athlete. As an adult and Mom I continue to prioritize movement and be involved in community sports.

I completed my Masters of Counselling in 2015 and began working with children and parents as a therapist in 2018. I have experience and training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Sandtray Therapy, the Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood (DC: 0-5), and the Incredible Years Parenting Program.

I also have a broad depth of experience in sports- after my competitive career ended in gymnastics I gained my level 3 certification with the National Coaching Certification Program in Canada. I attended Western and National Championsips with athletes across Canada as an Alberta team coach representative. I have experience working with non-profit businesses as well as provincial sport organizations. I am now a sports Mom and involved in community sports organizations.

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Chris sees children (7+), teenagers, and adults with sports and orthopedic injuries.

>Chris has spent the majority of his career working in outpatient physiotherapy, with a special interest in pediatric sports injuries. He enjoys working with school aged children, and has experience treating athletes of all backgrounds, from team sports to school programs to ballet dancers. Chris would be happy to help you with any orthopaedic problems or sports injuries you have!

Chris sees children (7+), teenagers, and adults with sports and orthopedic injuries. >Chris h... Read More

Dr. Erika B Persson, MD, FRCPC, Dip Sport Med Pediatric Sport Medicine Physician

Dr. Persson completed her medical degree at the University of Alberta in 2005 and followed this with her Pediatric Residency at the University of Alberta and Stollery Children’s Hospital in 2009. She then went on to complete her Pediatric Sport Medicine Fellowship at the University of Manitoba. She holds her diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine from the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

Dr. Persson has a special interest in performing arts medicine and asthetic sports including dance, gymnastics and figure skating. Dr. Persson’s own sporting history is in dance and she has performed internationally with Royal Caribbean Cruises and also taught dance to children and adults. In her ‘free time’ and enjoys keeping an active healthy lifestyle. Dr. Persson has been part of numerous Team Canada Health Care teams including the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games; the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea; the 2016 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Norway and the 2015 and 2017 editions of the FISU Universiade games. She has also been sponsored medical for multiple Canada Games. She is also a Team Physician for Skate Canada and works with elite national figure skaters travelling internationally numerous times per year.

Dr. Persson is an Associate Clinical Professor in General Pediatrics at the University of Alberta, Departments of Pediatrics and Family Medicine. She is very excited to be able to provide pediatric sport medicine services to the patients of Summerside Children’s and Sport Physiotherapy Clinic!

Please contact the clinic to book with Dr. Persson

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