Robin Armstrong

I am a runner.
I run. I run for fun, I run for health, I run for the challenge. I run. But it hasn’t always been this way — far from it actually. I used to hate running. Buy some silly, ultra light-​weight, mega-​expensive shoes and at least one «extremely essential» watering device, only to force my body to move farther and faster than it actually needs to, resulting in the inevitable sports-​related injury that *will* follow? No thank you. Between the regulated injury-​free pace of my everyday, and the potential self-​inflicted daily-​run-​induced immobilizing pain, I always chose the regulated pace.
But then something changed. A few years ago I made the insane decision to become a true Vancouverite and bought a pair of running shoes. A new obsession was formed. Also formed: shin splints. Injuries, it would seem, are an inevitability in a runner’s life. Enter Dr Robin Armstrong, an anomaly in the vast sea of Chiropractors in the greater Vancouver area. Not only is she a doctor but she’s a yoga instructor as well, a combination that somehow seems entirely appropriate for Vancouver.
Dr Robin is the first Chiropractor I’ve seen who has accomplished (within the first treatment) a complete trust within me that I would benefit from seeing her. She’s calm, knowledgeable, and has a wicked sense of humour. With combinations of chiropractic, yoga therapy, and Active Release Techniques, Dr Robin has no lack of treatment options for the individualized approach to her practice. Not only did she take my shin splints away (aka miracle-​worker), but I always leave her office with a new set of stretches and strengthening poses in hand.
I’m so grateful to have found Dr Robin, especially now that the weather is on my (runner’s) side.