ORKA Performance

ORKA Performance We are an integrated support team for amateur & elite athletes. Rehab & Performance.

Evernden Performance was founded out of our love for training athletes and individuals to reach their highest potential through Strength & Conditioning.

Does the course you plan to invest in in 2026 truly give you a return on investment?Plinth to Podium lists the veil on O...
04/13/2026

Does the course you plan to invest in in 2026 truly give you a return on investment?

Plinth to Podium lists the veil on ORKA’s overarching rehab and performance systems.

From business infrastructure → to rehab frameworks

From early-stage control → to force production

From plyometrics → to sprinting and change of direction

From data → to decision-making

Every module connects.

Because fragmentation is where most rehab fails.

Rehab isn’t a phase. It’s a continuum that either builds capacity… or exposes gaps.

If you’re a practitioner who wants structure—not just tools—this is where it gets clear.

Comment Plinth and we’ll send you the full breakdown.

04/10/2026

Muscle Inhibition post surgery is no joke.

And the uncomfortable truth is, traditional methods aren't enough enough to overcome it.

A well balance inhibition curriculum will include things like cryotherapy, compression, positional biased extention, external load modulation, muscle stimulation, surface EMG/Biofeedback, motor imagery, blood flow restriction training, virtual reality, and neuro-cognitive augmentation to name a few.

Complex problems don't always require simple solutions.

This is why we take a systems-based approach, and make sure each facility has the tools to facilitate whatever hurdle we may encounter.

What changes your athletes output?Do they need more capacity? Or are they unable to access the capacity that they have? ...
04/08/2026

What changes your athletes output?

Do they need more capacity? 

Or are they unable to access the capacity that they have? 

Can they be efficient in the shapes/postures and ranges of their task?

Change the constraint → change the solution.

Capacity is the ceiling.
Control is access.

04/08/2026

How does your athlete show up on field?

It’s true, there’s a gap between the plinth and performance, but the gap between plinth and playing surface is exponential.

Acceleration, max velocity, deceleration, and cutting all place different demands on the system.

Acceleration requires rapid horizontal force production in short time windows. Max velocity requires stiffness, timing, and elastic qualities. Deceleration requires high force absorption and control. Cutting requires coordination between all of them under constraint.

Most rehab doesn’t prepare athletes for those transitions, but that’s often because as practitioners, we just aren’t prepared ourselves.

What’s left? Hoping our drills performed in isolation transfer, without the timing, direction, or decision-making required in sport.

This is where we found our progression became unclear and our sessions lost direction.

Plinth to Podium gives you a system to connect these phases so strength actually shows up in acceleration, max velocity, and change of direction.

So that your talocrural manipulation or mobilisation shows up in increased dorsiflexion through the cut, or through stance at max velocity.

Comment PLINTH and we’ll send you the details. Check your DMs.

04/08/2026

How does your athlete show up on field?

It's true, there's a gap between the plinth and performance, but the gap between plinth and playing surface is exponential.

Acceleration, max velocity, deceleration, and cutting all place different demands on the system.

Acceleration requires rapid horizontal force production in short time windows. Max velocity requires stiffness, timing, and elastic qualities. Deceleration requires high force absorption and control. Cutting requires coordination between all of them under constraint.

Most rehab doesn’t prepare athletes for those transitions, but that's often because as practitioners, we just aren't prepared ourselves.

What's left? Hoping our drills performed in isolation transfer, without the timing, direction, or decision-making required in sport.

This is where we found our progression became unclear and our sessions lost direction.

Plinth to Podium gives you a system to connect these phases so strength actually shows up in acceleration, max velocity, and change of direction.

So that your talocrural manipulation or mobilisation shows up in increased dorsiflexion through the cut, or through stance at max velocity.

Comment PLINTH and we’ll send you the details. Check your DMs.

04/06/2026

Capacity and Coordination.

on the tools making sure her athletes have the mobility to access the motion, the capacity to produce force within those ranges, and the coordination to express the force in the right direction at the right time in sport.

From plinth to gym.

Gym to turf.

Turf to technical training.

We guarantee you, no stone will be left unturned 🪨

We’re so back! P2P 2026. After a Canadian tour in 2025, we’re back for a home game in Calgary, AB 🏔️— We see it all the ...
04/06/2026

We’re so back! 

P2P 2026. After a Canadian tour in 2025, we’re back for a home game in Calgary, AB 🏔️

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We see it all the time. Athletes pass strength tests, hit ROM targets, and move well in controlled environments. Then they return to sport and performance drops, confidence drops, and progression stalls.

This isn’t random.

Sport happens under constraint — limited time, unpredictable information, and constant decision-making. If force takes 250ms to produce but the task demands it in ~100ms, it doesn’t transfer.

Most practitioners aren’t missing effort. They’re missing structure between rehab and performance.

That gap costs athlete confidence, session clarity, and long-term outcomes.

Plinth to Podium is built to help you connect the dots between rehab and performance so progress doesn’t stall when it matters most.

Comment PLINTH and we’ll send you the details. Check your DMs.

We're so back! P2P 2026. After a Canadian tour in 2025, we're back for a home game in Calgary, AB 🏔️-- We see it all the...
04/06/2026

We're so back!

P2P 2026. After a Canadian tour in 2025, we're back for a home game in Calgary, AB 🏔️

--
We see it all the time. Athletes pass strength tests, hit ROM targets, and move well in controlled environments. Then they return to sport and performance drops, confidence drops, and progression stalls.

This isn’t random.

Sport happens under constraint — limited time, unpredictable information, and constant decision-making. If force takes 250ms to produce but the task demands it in ~100ms, it doesn’t transfer.

Most practitioners aren’t missing effort. They’re missing structure between rehab and performance.

That gap costs athlete confidence, session clarity, and long-term outcomes.

Plinth to Podium is built to help you connect the dots between rehab and performance so progress doesn’t stall when it matters most.

Comment PLINTH and we’ll send you the details. Check your DMs.

04/03/2026

There's a large bridge between what happens on the plinth and testing area, and what happens on the pitch.

From decision making, to anticipation, to implementing the ball, comfort and quality lies in exposure.

This is why every one of our clinics has sticks, balls, rackets. At some point, it's tough to mimic the environment that your athletes may encounter if you don't have the tools.

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160-11358 Barlow Trail NE
Calgary, AB
T3N1E5

Opening Hours

Monday 12:30pm - 4pm
Tuesday 12:30pm - 4pm
Wednesday 12:30pm - 4pm
Thursday 12:30pm - 4pm
Friday 12:30pm - 4pm

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+15875860869

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