Stephanie Skoreyko-Physiotherapist

Stephanie Skoreyko-Physiotherapist I am a Physiotherapist, based out of Active Care Health, downtown Kelowna, BC. I provide 75-min 1-on-1 initial assessments, and 45-min 1-on-1 follow-up visits.

06/02/2026

It is one thing to include strides or hill sprints in your weekly rotation, not working on your raw speed with sprints and reps is another thing.

It’s intimidating and people worry about injuries with sprints, but I argue it’s moreso volume PLUS speed that leads to injuries.

I believe that all distance runners, with goals from the 800m to the marathon can benefit from incorporating sprint/reps phases into their year.

If your goal is a sub three hour marathon, but your best 5K time is 19:10, your speed is likely just not enough. V.dot predicts this, but also logically, how can you expect to maintain 4:15/ for 42, if 3:50/km for 5 is your max.

Similarly, if you can’t hit three minutes per kilometre for some sprints or reps, 3:30-3:40/km for a goal 5km pace just might feel like you’re sprinting.

Proper implementation of this does require doing about 10 to 20% lower mileage during the blocks of high intensity, sprints, and reps.

When to include this? Many ways to implement! Hmu with questions!

05/21/2026

I’m guilty of getting bored of exercises.. shortening my strength program, and probably inadvertently throwing out what’s working :/

I use software for my clients and I definitely think I have to log this stuff myself, but I get logging fatigue 😅

What is your go to for logging strength workouts? Coros is way too slow, not going to write it all in my Strava… What do I do?

05/14/2026

There are times to listen to your body, learn, and adapt the plan.

There are times to observe, not react, and carry on, see if you can let go of tension, relax, and move on with ease.

And, there are times to override, lean into pain, i.e.: Vo2 max intervals, long, tedious stretches of tempo/TH training.

With experience, and of course, mistakes, we learn. We become wiser, and every year we can become stronger, better athletes!

As a coach, trainer, physio, and athlete, I am continually in awe of the human body, and the individual experience of training and pain. Always n=1, tailored coaching, meeting your individual needs via continuous communication and adaptations to the plan, and always, always, with tremendous love, patience, and passion!

HMU with your running goals and let’s see if it’s a good fit.

05/07/2026

Kiddos are the best. Unbreakable spirit.

I’m trying to love the process of getting back to racing fitness.. trying not to rush it, enjoying the pain.

I feel impatient at times, but honestly just so thrilled to be out there, running with my kiddos and getting back to my interval sessions.

Doing intervals makes me feel purposeful. Having a race on the horizon isn’t necessary, but really ups the ante. Was talking to a client today about competing. He doesn’t even feel the need to complete the race, just signing up for it and doing the training is bringing him so much satisfaction.

That is loving the process to the extreme!

05/01/2026

Progress with my knee! No sensation at all, on my run to work today.

How did I have such sudden significant progress?

To answer, I had to ask what makes Physio successful?

A good hands-on session can certainly help push the needle forward for an athlete in need, but truly I believe good PT is CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of all aspects of what the client is experiencing, and CAREFUL selection of the tools that will best help them.

I have been a physio for over 10 years, and I have had many frustrations and made many mistakes with my own injuries, as well as clients.

Looking for answers, I have gone to therapy to name the key ones.

Over the past few days, reflecting that I wasn’t having the progress I hoped for, I did a careful audit of my symptoms and triggers, trying to be as objective as possible. I was able to come up with a better working hypothesis and plan for myself.

My knee issue, which is really a back issue, I believe, has also been causing the issues with my Achilles. I just had to have nearly constant back and leg discomfort, that clearly radiates into my R heel to figure it out!

My working hypothesis is that a sudden increase in the sensitivity of my spine to compression (deadlift driven), has made running more triggering for my lumbar nerve roots.

Going back to McGill protocol for how to best stabilize the spine with the lowest levels of compression (latissimus), and also trying things I really didn’t think would work (deadhangs) with McGill Park Bench traction, has really helped me turn the corner.

Thanks to God.

04/30/2026

I stayed up late and did some hard thinking, and planning last night.

I decided to stop hoping I would feel better in the morning, and just accept. I have been waking up feeling pretty wrecked for a while.

But, at the very moment of acceptance of where Im at, God, merciful as he is, blessed me with good sleep.

I have taped my mouth during the night on and off for years. I have suggested it to countless clients.. and some are willing to do it and some are not. It is a bit of a pain, but I know when I am stressed I tend to revert to mouth breathing. I have been convinced that my fatigue was largely due to low iron and my sleep interrupted because I sleep with my two-year-old daughter. Well, I finally got back around to taping my mouth shut last night, and I slept through the night till 620am. I did not wake with a sore jaw from clenching, as I have for what may be months. And mercifully, I feel normal today. Again, I feel hopeful.

Sometimes you gotta go back to basics. Go back to what you know has worked in the past.

I hadn’t climbed in shoes, or on a rope for months, until today. Another effort to try to let my achilles settle down. ...
04/24/2026

I hadn’t climbed in shoes, or on a rope for months, until today.

Another effort to try to let my achilles settle down. Another by product of my running obsession.

Today, this short pre-work session brought me such joy! I cut an old pair of shoes to accommodate the sensitive achilles, and did some hard climbs on the ropes!

I refuse to let these other activities that give me so much joy, die. I am a recreational runner who strives to be elite, and to help others in their similar journey.

Balance and variety is important to me. If I was contending for the top three at major marathons, it would be a different story.

I have a family. I am a diverse person. I don’t want to let myself be a slave to running goals.

How do I go forward in sport given this? I’m contemplating….

What is your philosophy?

04/22/2026

Things are feeling more and more as they should ❤️❤️❤️.

The world feels right to me when I am out and about with my kids, running around town and having different adventures with them. Thankfully my IT band is resolving quite quickly.

I ran into an athlete I coach just before I took this picture, and I was so happy to share with her that perspective is everything. Sometimes you need an injury to show you what is important.

Now, the hard work is figuring out what I’ve been contemplating…

When you feel off, but the numbers, all tell you that you are going great, you are getting faster, and you are recovering well, how do you make the hard decision to take some time off?

Because if you feel off for long enough, in my experience, and you force it, you will end up injured or sick. Intuitively, I knew it with this injury, and yet I forged on.

Is it a 0 to 10 scale that you rate each day or day on and you just don’t train hard if it’s not above a 6/10.

I know I need a metric, because I know myself, and I know many runners who, basically don’t want to stop the forward progression until we are forced to.

What qualitative measures do you use? How can we help ourselves trust that intuition??

Coaches, athletes, please share!!

04/07/2026

“Omission of action.” Or A CALL TO ACTION.

A struggling client shared this quote with me years ago. I think of it in tough times.

In this season, I need to have grace with myself. I know I need rest. I need to lose before I can gain again.

That doesn’t mean slump into depression.

It means I need to make a plan; to learn from my mistakes and rebuild in a smarter, more sustainable way.

04/05/2026

I tried a run this morning, was at 9K and had very little sensation in my knee or anywhere, felt great..! I stopped to do some back stretches, and when I got up, my knee seized!

I have faith, all things are possible with God. A break is in order, my Achilles, which have been an issue for 7 months will finally have a chance to fully resolve as well.

I have learned that the strength training I was doing, was clearly progressed too aggressively.

I am looking forward to rebuilding and working through these issues. The biggest blessing is always how much I learned, and how I can further help my clients with similar issues!

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