Darlene Rempel, R. Kin, C. Ped (C), C. Ped Tech (C)
Registered Kinesiologist, Certified Canadian Pedorthist, Pedorthic Technician
Prior to founding Foot by Foot in 2005, Darlene began her career as an exercise and rehabilitation therapist/kinesiologist, where she was introduced to the amazing results that were realized by the use of custom foot orthotics. Darlene graduated with a Bachelors in Human Kinetics with a major in movement science while playing volleyball on the women's varsity volleyball team.
Darlene has a special interest in human movement problems and has proven resourceful in finding solutions for her patients based on their lifestyle goals. She is involved with the advancement of Pedorthics by authoring a chapter in the Clinical Guidelines Textbook by the Pedorthic Association of Canada, and has offered volunteer time on the Communications Committee contributing to several articles a year in the pedorthic journal, Pedorthics Quarterly. She has also volunteered her time with the Professional Development Committee in previous years.
Over the last couple decades, Darlene continues to play competitive volleyball and has enjoyed many recreational activities including mountain biking, ultimate frisbee, tennis, skiing and fitness. Her active family takes up much of her free time, but they enjoy camping, canoeing, hiking and biking together.

Jane is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist, who began her pedorthic career in 1993 working in the Kitchener-Waterloo and Stratford area. She is skilled in all areas of Pedorthics and is committed to provide the best in patient care. She intergrates quality of care with communication, compassion and emphasizes patient education.
Although Jane enjoys treating all foot and ankle conditions and sports injuries, she realized early in her career she had developed a particular interest to help those people who suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis and Diabetes. In 1997 Jane was involved in Jannsen-Ortho Regranex Gel clinical trials helping to off load the diabetic neuropathic ulcers with orthotics and customized footwear.
Through the years Jane has been involved as a practicum site supervisor, passing on her knowledge to students from the Diploma of Pedorthics program through the University of Western Ontario along with sitting on the Pedorthics Ethics Committee and Pedorthic Complaints and Disciplinary Committee. Jane is a long time member of the Pedorthic Association of Canada and a member of the College of Pedorthics of Canada.

As a high school student, Michelle earned a position on the gold medalling Central West Regional JDP Basketball team and an alternate on the Ontario Provincial Women’s Basketball team.
Michelle graduated from the University of Waterloo in 1990 with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology/Recreation while playing varsity basketball for 5 years, co-captaining for her last 3 years, and being selected for various tournament all-stars and the prestigious Mike Moser award. She received her Canadian Certification in Pedorthics in 1992.
She has been in Pedorthic practice for the past 20 years and continues to be most interested in sports medicine. Michelle has served on the Certification Committee with the Pedorthic Association of Canada in the past and was an instructor for the Pedorthics Program at the University of Western Ontario Continuing Studies.
Michelle continues to be active in basketball, both playing and coaching, as well as playing volleyball. Michelle, a Level 2 NCCP certified basketball coach, just completed her third year as assistant coach with the KW Lightning Basketball. Most recently, Michelle took 25 hockey bags full of “gently-used” footwear to Quito, Ecuador on a working/volunteer mission trip. She enjoys playing all sports and travelling with her husband and daughters. Lately, she has become a huge fan of KW Glee, and musical theatre has opened up a whole new world.

Ana is a Canadian Certified Pedorthist,
B.A. Kin., C. Ped (C).
Ana graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in 2011 with a degree in Kinesiology. Then, she continued her education at The University of Western Ontario in the Pedorthist program in 2013.
Ana has worked along side orthopaedic surgeons, in the assessment and care of various foot and ankle conditions. She has experience working with diabetic ulcers, amputations, toe deformities, and more commonly seen conditions such as plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonitis, and metatarsalgia.
She enjoys working within a multidisciplinary setting as she believes that by having access to physiotherapy, massage therapy, and other modalities it can facilitate a more well rounded treatment plan for a patient to reap long term benefits.
The focus of Ana’s assessment involves a biomechanical gait analysis, joint range of motion testing, strength evaluation and a patient history to establish the cause and effect of a patient’s pain. If a custom orthotic is suggested she will cast the patient’s feet and work with the orthotic lab to create a fully customized orthotic to offload the main areas of discomfort.
When not working, Ana enjoys spending time with her husband, family, friends and travelling.

Courtney is a C. Ped (C).
Courtney is excited to provide patients with a better quality of life by providing expert advice and quality services and products to help people stay active and work comfortably. She is professional, engaging, enthusiastic and passionate about what she does. Courtney has dedicated her career to customizing an optimal treatment option for each and every patient. She has a special interest in using her education, experience and artistic skills to improve biomechanical gait and posture abnormalities in children and adults, as needed.
In her down time, Courtney loves reading, crafting, exercising, watching movies and socializing with friends. She loves playing volleyball and golf, and enjoys watching sports such as hockey, baseball and curling. When the weather is nice she likes to spend time outdoors hiking trails, or at the lake seadooing or playing beach volleyball. Additionally, she loves spending time with her family and her family dog, Rena.

Angela is a C. Ped (C).
Angela is passionate about helping others alleviate their foot pain. Stemming from an interest in both science and sport, she graduated from the University of Guelph with an Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Human Kinetics. Finding fascination in understanding the function and biomechanics of the human body she continued her education at the University of Western Ontario obtaining a degree in Pedorthics in 2012, and later that year she became a Canadian Certified Pedorthist.
Sport has played a significant role in her life; she competed globally as a professional triathlete, swam as part of the University of Guelph varsity swim team, as well as found a passion for distance running. With residual swim-bike and run speed she continues to enjoy her love for endurance sport at an amateur level. In 2018 she raced at the Ironman World Championships. It's not unusual for you to spot her running or riding on local routes. Sport has given her an appreciation for movement and a better understanding of the body's ability to perform.

Samantha has close to 20 years management experience in the retail industry. She has had the opportunity to manage retail stores and sales regions.
Having attained her goals in the retail industry, she turned her attention to the healthcare industry. During the last 16 years, Samantha has managed administration aspects of a multi-disciplinary & Pedorthist clinic. Samantha is currently involved in the daily administrative duties of the office as she fields patient inquiries, schedules appointments and enjoys seeing patients meet their health care goals.
Her interests include personal health & fitness, pub quizzes, cooking, listening to music and spending time with her husband and her two lovely cats.

Jayne moved to Woodstock from Hamilton and have 20+ years of experience in office administration/ customer service. She has dabbled in other enterprises including running my own business, banking and manufacturing office work. She returned to school to obtain her medical administration.
She truly enjoys helping people and ensures that customers are comfortable and knowledgeable with their experience in our office. She enjoys the challenge of the spectrum of skills needed for the job, including organization, inventory management, and purchasing.
In her spare time she enjoys watching her Leafs – Go Leafs Go, and spending time with her grandkids.