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After receiving a Bachelor of Science Degree (Honours) in Kinesiology at Queen’s University, Dr. Germann went on to graduate from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) and completed an additional two-year post-graduate residency to become a fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractic Sports Sciences (Canada). Dr. Germann has conducted research focused on sport-related concussion and mild-traumatic brain injury, and he has worked on collaborative projects with the Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation through the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ontario Tech University. He has also travelled abroad to present his prior research at the international World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) 2019 Congress in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Germann has worked numerous sporting events including the Fencing PanAm Games, the Toronto Triathlon, provincial taekwondo championships, and several national-level events in soccer, mountain biking, and wakeboarding. He also served as the team chiropractor for the Toronto Rush and worked with professional hockey players as part of an inter-disciplinary medical team for NHL training camps. Dr. Germann holds a full-time practice directing both the chiropractic and performance nutrition departments in an inter-disciplinary sports medicine and performance training center in Toronto, Ontario where he has had the opportunity to work with Olympic, NHL, NBA, NFL, CFL and PGA athletes. His nutritional coaching programs primarily focus on the improvement of body composition and physique as well as facilitating athletic performance and recovery.

Dr. Lowell Greib is an accomplished athlete, speaker, professor, practitioner, and an internationally sought-after thought leader in the area of Sport Therapy. Dr. Greib raced as a professional ultra-distance mountain biker while completing both his degree in Biochemistry/ Biotechnology, and his graduate research in analytical chemistry at the University of Waterloo. During his training at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine, he founded and directed the Sports Medicine Program for the college, now widely accepted as the gold standard for naturopathic Sport Therapy training across Canada. In addition to delivering patient care as a clinician and director of The SportLab, Dr. Greib continues to lecture at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, National University of Natural Medicine, and the University of West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados. For the last decade, Dr. Greib has served as Medical Director for the Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon and The Limberlost Challenge Ultra Trail race. Upon his recent completion of a 9-year term with the Canadian Association of Naturopathic Doctors, he was awarded the Dr. Verna Hunt award for his exemplary service to his profession and service, including five years as Chair of the Board.

Rianna Alvarez is a Holistic Nutritionist who graduated from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition (CSNN) in 2010. Prior to CSNN, she studied Kinesiology at York University. With over 15 years of experience in both clinical and in the nutrition industry setting, Rianna has extensive knowledge in the area of improving both mental and physical health as she herself has personally struggled with ailments such as fibromyalgia. She specializes in helping others understand and learn how to improve their quality of life by focusing on the interconnectedness of three aspects, the biological, psychological and social, as it relates to optimal health.