Tina Rogers, B.Sc, ND

Tina Rogers is a recent graduate from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine. She is the first naturopath in the Kitchener-Waterloo region to specialize in sports medicine. Tina spent the last year of her studies working at the Robert Schad Naturopathic Clinic under the co-founder of the sports med group at CCNM Dr. Lowell Greib ND. During this time Tina worked with a variety of athletes ranging from professional dancers, boxers, and swimmers to novice runners, and basketball players.

She increased her knowledge about sports nutrition, learned new skills such as Trigger point Acupuncture and obtained her certification in Spider Tech Taping. She used these skills to successfully treat a wide variety of athletic injuries. Tina also worked at major sporting events including the Toronto Dragon boat races, Guelph Lake Subaru Triathlon, Peterborough Subaru Tri/Duathlon, as well as the “Not So Pro” volleyball tournament in Toronto.

While obtaining her BSc. at Bowling Green State University Tina swam competitively for the division I Bowling Green State University Falcon swim team. The physical training and trails involved with swimming at the collegiate level caused Tina to suffered a shoulder injury in her 3rd year of competitive swimming. After several cortisone shots she underwent surgery to correct the torn tendons and ligaments. Surgery alone did not help Tina fully recover from her shoulder pain; so she turned to naturopathic treatments to heal her shoulder. The successfulness of the treatments and the core principals of naturopathic medicine led Tina to pursue a future as a naturopathic doctor. Although she no longer swims competitively Tina still maintains an active lifestyle leading Running Room running clinics and practicing Yoga. Her experiences as an athlete allows Tina to relate to her patients, in-turn giving her the ability to develop appropriate treatment plans based on patients needs.

Tina’s current affiliation with Waterloo Sport’s Medicine a well respected sport’s medicine clinic in the Waterloo region, and her partnership with Vibrant Living experts in lifestyle based medicine allows her to foster her interests of Sports medicine, musculoskeletal pathology (sciatica, tendinitis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia ect), female health including menstrual irregularities, and menopause and skin disorders including acne, eczema and psoriasis.