What is SMILE?
SMILE Therapy For Kids recognizes that each child needs an individual approach to their treatment plan. We emphasize that all areas of development need to be addressed to allow a child to develop to their own potential. Our team is well-educated in orthopedic and neurological development, sensory integration therapy, vestibular concerns, gait assessments, and fine and gross motor development. We continue to study, research, and connect with international specialists in these areas and are interested in neuroplasticity and how we can best help each child we see.
Clinic Hours
What We Offer
Our mission is to provide affordable, high-quality services to make pediatric therapy accessible to all kids.
Services
Intensives
Modalities
Services
What we offer:
- Physical Therapy
- Occupational Therapy (coming soon – join waitlist!)
- Therapy Assessments
- Developmental Screenings
- Equipment Evalutations
- Weekly Therapy
- Aquatic Therapy
- Therapy Intensives – Including DMI
Intensive Application
We offer 1-3 week long intensive therapy blocks which incorporate a variety of different therapy approaches including DMI, NMES (electrical muscle stimulation), theratogs, therabounce, functional training, and pool therapy. Depending on the child, sessions may be twice a day for 1 hour over the course of the 1-3 week block. We are currently booking Intensives for January-April. See availability below:
- January
- February
- March
- April
Modalities
We use a variety of different techniques and modalities. Some of these include:
- Dynamic Movement Intervation (DMI)
- Spider Cage TherapyPostural Alignment – Theratogs
- Serial Casting
- Orthotic Posting
- NMES, FES, Electric Muscle Stim
- Strength Training
- Reflex Integration
- Swings
Clients We Treat
We treat orthopedic, neurological, and genetic conditions which affect gross motor development. Some of these include:
- Cerebral Palsy
- Arthrogryposis
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Down Syndrome
- Spinal Muscular Atrophy
- Down Syndrome
- Spina Bifida
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Sports Injuries
- Developmental Coordination Disorder
- Various genetic conditions and syndromes
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Torticollis
- Plagiocephaly
- Scoliosis
What Parents Say
A few words for treatment
Liza has been working with my daughter for over a year. The experience has been so refreshing for both my daughter and I. My daughter has a severe brain injury, and it’s sometimes difficult to encourage people to challenge her abilities. When we met, I told Liza that I was convinced that my daughter was capable of more than we were enabling her to do. She has definitely risen to the occasion, and her extra training with DMI has been extremely helpful in this regard.
Kimberley
Liza has the patience to play the long game even when results are slow, the resilience to push through when it gets hard, and the perceptiveness to know when it’s time to stop pushing. She is flexible, and is quick to modify plans on bad days. She has a kind heart, and a grace that only comes from having walked the walk. As a parent, I find her very relatable. We are extremely grateful to have her in our court, and I cannot recommend her highly enough.
Kimberley (cont.)
Our children have been seeing Liza as their physiotherapist for 10 years now. They have a progressive muscle disorder, and due in large part to their regular sessions with Liza, they are doing far better than is normal for kids their age. Liza turns physio into games and makes it fun for the kids. Liza is a great person and a very caring individual! We are very thankful to have Liza a part of our healthcare team!
Mandy
We are so thankful for Liza. She is professional, reliable, encouraging and compassionate not to mention highly skilled and a wealth of wisdom. Her support to our daughter and our family has been invaluable. We appreciate that her approach is tailored to the child’s needs and goal focused, while also being playful and creatively engaging. She is a stellar person and physiotherapist.
Amber
I cannot express the difference that Liza has made in our lives. My son has hydrocephalus and he is consistently improving more with every visit. She is ever so patient with him, but pushes him to work hard on the days that he can. The smiles on his face when he arrives and has success are tribute to how much he loves therapy. He always has the best sleep on those days as well. Liza shows us how we can help him and work with him at home and gives us hope for the future, whatever it may hold.
Crystal
We’ve had a great experience with this SMILE physiotherapy clinic. My daughter receives physical rehabilitation here, and the therapists are professional, patient, and genuinely caring.
They take a client-centred approach, always working at her pace and encouraging her confidence. The clinic is clean, well organized, and communication is excellent.
We’ve seen steady progress and would highly recommend this clinic to other families looking for pediatric physiotherapy.
Debby
All of the staff at Kelowna Smile Therapy for Kids are amazing! We have been doing physio with Liza for over 10 years - highly recommend!
Tony
An outstanding kids therapy team. They genuinely care and go ABOVE and beyond. Professional, caring, and fantastic with our little guy. We’ve seen great progress and couldn’t be happier with the support and results. Thank you Kiana, and Liza!!
Paige
Smile therapy is FuN! Our daughter has so much fun with Liza and Ava! She enjoys her weekly therapy sessions. Smile therapy offers so many different areas with different equipments, accessories, activities and games to target each clients goals. Our daughter's is always laughing. The staff is great at adapting to her comprehension during each session and cheering her on!!
Carole
My son has been seeing Liza and Kiana for over a year now. We have seen a dramatic improvement in his overall mobility and coordination, since he started with them. They are so fun and engaging. He really enjoys going to physio. The physio intensives and pool physio are also really helpful for him. They are also very accommodating with our busy schedule. Highly recommend.
Robin
Can’t say enough about the team at Smile Therapy for Kids. They have become like family to us. We first went to them wanting to find a DMI therapist and not only did we find that but we found a team that works tirelessly to help our son thrive. If you want a team that truly cares about your child and their development, this is the place!
Meghan
We are so thankful for all the help and training that Liza and Kiana have done for us. Our daughter's scoliosis did NOT worsen, the specialist was very pleased with all the exercises we've been doing and no surgery was needed.
Our daughter loves going to physio and loves the ladies there. She looks forward to her sessions even tho it's hard work. That says something!!
We highly recommend Smile Therapy. Thank you ladies
Tracy
Posted by a very thankful mother to all the Physical Therapists out there like Milena Perini and Liza Burgess that work very hard to provide DMI Therapy to children like my son whom are told will never walk and should instead look into wheelchair options. #NotHappening
Linda
Where We Work
Home
In the comfort of home
Clinic
Fun & unique equipment
Community
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