BRIX WELLNESS - Key Persons
Brie-Ann Briggs was born and raised on Vancouver Island. Living on the island Brie-Ann grew up snowboarding in the winter and water sports especially wake surfing in the summer. Brie-Ann found her passion for Chiropractic at a young age through numerous sports injuries.
Brie-Ann began her post secondary education at Camosun College in Athletic and Exercise Therapy there she found a passion for treating people and getting them back to the activities they love. She then attended Chiropractic school at University of Western States in Portland Oregon.
Dr. Christian Brix is a licensed Chiropractor who has been practicing since 2002. Graduating Magna Cum Laude from Palmer College of Chiropractic - West, Dr. Brix has been passionate about learning, growing, and helping patients through Chiropractic since day one. Once into practice, Dr. Brix became very active in his community developing wellness programs for families, special needs patients, and elite athletes. He was the first Chiropractor in the world to develop an aquatic Chiropractic program for patients participating in an aquatic rehabilitation and wellness program at Watermoves aqua therapy in Calgary, Alberta.
Through many articles and speaking engagements, Dr. Brix has been able to help share the power of Chiropractic with many others. Dr. Brix uses a 'whole person approach'. This approach to wellness means looking for underlying causes of any disturbance or disruption (which may or may not be causing symptoms at the time) and make whatever interventions and lifestyle adjustments that would optimize the conditions for normal function. Using this unique approach, Dr. Brix is able to help you to accelerate and/or maintain your journey to good health.
As a co-owner of Brix Wellness Group, I am dedicated to patient care, offering an interdisciplinary experience in the Okanagan and on Vancouver Island. For the past 12 years, I have absolutely loved being in the clinic setting, but after my family expanded in 2021, I passed on my practitioner torch and began a very limited Telemedicine practice, allowing me to spend more time with my young family.
In addition to my virtual family practice, I am an educational specialist for Factors Group of Nutritional Supplements, Inc., training health industry retailers and educating the public on many areas of health. I appear regularly as a guest on radio and television shows, host webinars, and provide health articles for various publications. Following my love for delicious, healthy, real food, I am also a Nutrition and Medical Consultant for a health conscious and sustainability driven company, providing nutritionally dense, environmentally responsible, food & drink options. And with my growing family, I have become involved in early childhood care and am a founding partner of a childcare academy and co-working facility to help working parents eliminate the barriers to a successful career while raising a family.
In my spare time, I combine my passion for education with a commitment to educating on matters close to my heart. I am actively involved in conservation and sustainability initiatives, promoting awareness of the delicate relationship between wild elephants and the Samburu people of Eastern Africa and the trafficking of animals in Ecuador. I have also volunteered in home building and medical care projects in Mexico and Nicaragua and hope to instill these values in my children.
Dr. Justin Robinson grew up in Victoria playing a variety of sports, including ice hockey, squash, tennis, badminton, bmx racing and baseball. He still plays hockey and you might see him in the clinic working on some rehabilitation from a recent hockey injury. Dr. Justin brings with him twenty plus years of experience to help you get better as quickly as possible, whether waking up with a crick in your neck or after a hard hit in hockey. He looks forward to caring for the Brix Wellness community and their families!
Zhi Qin (David) was born and grew up in a TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) family. His father Gansun Liu was one of the best traditional Chinese medicine practitioners in their home town. David learnt about many herbs and acupuncture techniques from his father over the years. One thing that inspired him was witnessing his father helping many patients. Some of them had tried various treatments in the hospitals and were told that the problems could not be solved before they came to acupuncture.