Phone: 403-320-6661 | Fax: 403-320-6621

Our Mission

HiTech takes a team approach to offer our clients a full range of off-the-shelf and custom orthotic services, with a focus on patient education and choice, innovative design and superior customer care. Lethbridge Alberta’s best bracing clinic: HiTech Bracing Ltd., for all your bracing needs: Custom Foot Orthotics, Knee Braces, Wrist Supports and Ankle Braces…

Clients are people of all ages with joint pain and physical disabilities that would benefit from orthopaedic bracing and are typically referred to the clinic by a Health Professional.

HiTech Staff 2019

Robin McCulloch

Is the proud Founder and Owner of HiTech Bracing Ltd. Robin started
HiTech back in 1999 at the age of 24. She has grown the business over the
years and contributes the success to HiTech on her wonderful staff, referral
source and amazing Clients.

Robin graduated from UofC with a degree in Kinesiology. She went on to
become a Certified Pedorthist. Over the last 20 years Robin has been nominated/awarded for Canadian Young Entrepreneur, Woman Entrepreneur of Canada Lethbridge Business of the Year Award for Customer Services, and Women of Distinction.

Robin enjoys staying active playing soccer, running, mountain biking and
spending time with her two teenagers and Husband.

Audrey Hershmiller

Audrey Hershmiller was born in Saskatchewan and completed her high school
education there. At the ripe age of 18 she married her high school sweetheart Trevor
and they moved to Medicine Hat, on to Edmonton and then settled down in Lethbridge
area where they have lived now for the past 15 years.

Audrey has always worked in fields that have allowed her to use her “people skills”. Her
caring nature always shines through when dealing with those in front of her. Her love of
people has moved her to reach out to others in a unique way. She decided to learn
American Sign Language so that she can communicate with those that typically struggle
communicating in this hearing world. It always brings her great pleasure when a deaf
persons enters the doors of our office and realizes that there is someone that can help
them communicate what they need.

Audrey has worked at HiTech Bracing since 2011. Outside of HiTech Bracing, Audrey
pursues another love, that of music. Her and her husband purchased a DJ system and
enjoy sharing their love of music with others. She also does extensive volunteer work
that fills the remainder of her time.

Wayne Pavelka

Wayne was born and raised in Lethbridge and has been an Orthotic Technician for 20 years, with over 15 of them being at HiTech. During this time, he has gained tremendous knowledge and experience in the fabricating, modifying and fitting of orthotic devices and is very passionate about assisting and helping people to the best of his ability.

Wayne has been married for over 19 years and has a 15 year old daughter and 13 year old son. In his spare time, he enjoys working out, camping and flyfishing.

Irish Lilburn

Irish Lilburn is a born and raised Alberta boy. After graduating high school in High River, Irish served a 2 year church service mission in Boston, Massachusetts and learned how to speak Haitian Creole. Irish went right back to school when he got back and took a number of courses to find out exactly what he wanted to do. He finally took a kinesiology class and knew health care was what he wanted to do. Irish graduated from the University of Lethbridge in 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts majoring in kinesiology and started working at HiTech Bracing. Irish picked up the manufacturing skills quickly. It was in 2016 that Irish enrolled at Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City in the Pedorthist program. After studying and writing exams, Irish became a Certified Pedorthist in 2018. Irish loves seeing previous clients and hearing that their symptoms have gone away! Irish likes to stay on top of research so he can best serve his clients.