Dr. Natalie Blake focuses on helping patients move better, build strength, and recover from injury with confidence.

Her approach combines movement assessment, hands-on therapy — including Active Release Techniques — and exercise-based rehabilitation to address the underlying contributors to pain and restore efficient movement patterns.

With experience as both a personal trainer and competitive weightlifter, Natalie brings a strong understanding of biomechanics, strength development, and performance. She has a particular focus on women’s health, and enjoys helping women build strength and feel confident and comfortable in the gym — alongside the same broad musculoskeletal training every OPC clinician shares, so she treats any injury or performance concern, not women’s health alone.

She has also worked internationally as a team clinician, including with Team New Zealand’s hockey program at the 2024 IIHF World Cup, and served as Medical Liaison for the 2025 55+ BC Summer Games.

She practices within the Optimal Performance Clinic system — Diagnose. Treat. Perform. — ensuring every patient receives the same consistent, high-level standard of care.

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Devon started her strength training career working with general population mostly focused on return to sport after injury. She began working with elite endurance athletes in 2014, and since then she has expanded her practice to include runners and race walkers from 800m to ultramarathons and every event in between. She has had numerous athletes attend both Olympic and World Championships and be competitive at the National level. She enjoys being a part of each athlete’s unique team, collaborating with coaches and clinicians to develop the best possible plan for them.

Continuing education and learning from her peers is a large part of Devon’s practice. She enjoys reading articles on anything relating to gait and performance, from breathing and biomechanics to mental strategies and recovery.

Her own athletic journey started with waterpolo, where she was on the youth national team. Once in university her focus shifted to weightlifting before settling into trail and mountain running. She runs track and road in the winter to better understand the training her athletes undergo, but in the summer she spends as much time as she can as high in the mountains as possible.

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Dr. Jake Hanna focuses on helping patients move better, reduce pain, and return to the activities that matter most to them — whether that’s clearing up nagging shoulder or knee pain, resolving a stubborn low back issue, or getting back to training after an injury.

His approach is rooted in detailed biomechanical assessment and identifying the underlying cause of dysfunction, rather than simply treating symptoms. With a background in kinesiology and strength and conditioning, Jake integrates movement analysis and individualized rehabilitation to restore efficient movement and build long-term resilience.

As a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and former competitive athlete, he brings a performance-driven perspective that applies equally to everyday patients recovering from injury and to those looking to build long-term physical resilience.

He practices within the Optimal Performance Clinic system — Diagnose. Treat. Perform. — ensuring every patient receives a consistent, high-level standard of care.

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Dr. Katrina Hombrebueno provides musculoskeletal care and performance-focused treatment for everyday patients and active individuals alike — from nagging joint pain and overuse injuries to sports-related strains and sprains.

Her clinical approach combines detailed assessment, movement analysis, hands-on treatment — including Active Release Techniques — and rehabilitation to help patients move efficiently, train consistently, and reduce the risk of recurring injury, whether that means resolving a stubborn case of tennis elbow, sciatica, or knee pain, or getting a weekend athlete back to full form.

She brings particular depth in running-related injuries, drawing on her own experience as a competitive ultra runner and founder of the Evolve Run Club, powered by Optimal Performance Clinic. That said, her training covers the full range of musculoskeletal care — like every clinician at OPC, she treats general injuries and everyday patients, not runners or athletes alone. She works with patients to understand the factors contributing to their symptoms and builds clear, structured plans to support long-term progress.

She practices within the Optimal Performance Clinic system — Diagnose. Treat. Perform. — ensuring a consistent, evidence-based approach across all care.

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Dr. Elna Johnson is the founder of Optimal Performance Clinic and the architect of its clinical system — Diagnose. Treat. Perform.

With over 20 years of experience in elite sport and high-performance environments, she has served as integrated support team (IST) medical staff for the NFL, CFL, and Athletics Canada. Her work also extends to consulting for athletes across numerous sports at all levels worldwide, as well as the film and entertainment industry — supporting actors in physically demanding roles, stunt performers, and artists on major world tours.

Her expertise in musculoskeletal diagnosis, running biomechanics, and performance therapy was built working alongside coaches, strength staff, and medical teams at the highest level — where accurate diagnosis isn’t optional, it’s the job.

Her approach combines detailed biomechanical movement assessment with hands-on manual therapy — including Active Release Techniques — and individualized rehabilitation, selecting the strategy that fits each patient in front of her.

Dr. Johnson continues to treat athletes and complex cases directly, while leading the clinical framework used by every musculoskeletal clinician and performance therapist at OPC — so every patient, regardless of who they see, gets the same standard of precise diagnosis and performance-focused care.

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Dr. Ryan Oughtred brings a unique combination of elite athletic experience and integrative medical training to his work as a Naturopathic Doctor. A former member of Canada’s national alpine ski team, Ryan understands firsthand the demands of high-performance sport and the importance of optimizing health—not just avoiding illness.

Since becoming a licensed ND in 2008, Dr. Oughtred has built a practice that blends evidence-based naturopathic medicine with a deep commitment to personalized care. Early in his career, he focused extensively on physical therapies and movement-based treatment plans, helping active individuals recover from injury, manage chronic pain, and enhance performance.

Over time, his clinical interests expanded to include metabolic health, obesity care, and lifestyle medicine. He is now a Certified Bariatric Educator and Obesity Counsellor through Obesity Canada, working to reduce weight bias in medicine and support patients seeking long-term, sustainable health outcomes.

Whether you’re an athlete pushing the limits of performance, someone navigating complex metabolic challenges, or simply looking to live a longer, healthier life, Dr. Oughtred meets you where you’re at—with empathy, expertise, and an unwavering focus on your goals.

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Rohit Sawalkar brings extensive experience in sports physiotherapy and high-performance environments.

He holds a Double Master’s degree in musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy and serves as Lead Physiotherapist for the Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League, as well being the former Head of Sports Medicine at Simon Fraser University working with varsity athletes.

His clinical approach combines manual therapy, Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS), dry needling, and exercise-based rehabilitation to address injury, restore function, and support long-term performance.

Rohit focuses on helping patients recover efficiently and return to activity with confidence, whether at a recreational or competitive level.

He practices within the Optimal Performance Clinic system—Diagnose. Treat. Perform.—ensuring consistency in assessment, treatment, and progression of care.

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