Hi, I'm Samantha and I'm a physiotherapist at Insync Physio. I enjoy being a physiotherapist because I like being able to create connections with other people and being able to help others overcome their challenges or reach their goals.

Just from my previous experiences, I know that pain and injuries, they can really affect a person's life either physically or mentally. And I find it really rewarding being able to help people and guide people through their recovery process.

So Insync is a really great place to work just because we have such an awesome team. You know, we're always talking, we're always collaborating on different cases and we're all really here to help each other out. We also do a lot of in-services, so that just helps us keep up to date with current practices and evidence.

So I like working with people of all ages and abilities, but I do focus mostly on sports and orthopedics. Outside of work, you know, I rock climb and I play bassman volleyball. So naturally I am just drawn a bit more to working with shoulders and knees.

I also really enjoy the outdoors, so outside of the clinic, I'm also camping a lot in the summer or I'll be snowboarding in the winter time. Aside for that, I'm usually looking for my next travel destination.

So I chose physio because from a very young age, I really liked everything to do with movement. I was very involved with sports and through that I really wanted to push the boundaries of what human movement can do, especially because I did dance as well. So that was something that was already an interest of mine. 

Going into university, I went into kinesiology, so more about the human body and human movement. And from there I had some opportunities to find work and try different things. And I realized that I wanted to know more about not just what the body was capable of, but also how and why. And from there it was like a natural progression for me in terms of physio just seemed like the next step. And from there, I worked really hard to get into physio school and here I am, and I felt like it's been a perfect fit ever since. 

I think Insync has a lot of the things that I really align with as a person. They really care about the community and it's a place where I feel like I can really make an impact and connect with people. And I think working in this team just makes me feel like I can grow and learn from a lot of the different clinicians and people here as well. And that's something that really brings me joy to be at a clinic that supports and surrounds me with so many good things. 

Yeah. So I speak English primarily but I was also raised in Hong Kong, so I come from a background of Cantonese and I can speak a little bit of Mandarin as well.

Orthopedics is something that is an interest of mine within physiotherapy. So I've done my level one in the manipulative levels. And that is an area of interest of mine because I feel like it really enables me to learn how I can go through assessing different people of different injuries but also knowing how to manipulate and move the body and yeah, just to find out what the root of the problem is and help people from there.

Sport injuries and other neck injuries, just day to day work things where we don't really notice, but stress kind of accumulates and different areas of the body gets tense. And I think those are also things that my interests of mine. Outside of the clinic, I still very much like to keep active if I'm able to. So I'm a big sports person. I like to play primarily ball and racket sports, so basketball, tennis, volleyball. Those are like my big ones right now. 

During the winter, of course, Vancouver's great where we can go up to like Whistler or Cypress and other mountains, so I really like snowboarding as well. And yeah apart from that, I also like to find all the hidden gems for food in different places. So, yeah.

What inspired me to become a physiotherapist? Well, when I was a kid, I grew up playing a lot of sports. I played a lot of soccer. We were playing tennis, I did some TaeKwonDo, I did swimming as well. And so I was really immersed into athletics as a kid. And if I wasn't playing the sports, I was either watching them on TV, reading about them, I would read sports autobiographies.

I would read about fitness, dieting, nutrition. Those are always the things had me interested in what was a kid. And when I went to university, I took a lot of courses in physiology, biology, biomechanics and sports psychology. Those are the type of stuff that really was driving me to learn more about my profession and different professions in general.

And I also knew for myself that I want to be in a field where I can actually help people in person and learn about people's stories, where they came from. And I know I wanted to help them in some way or form and physiotherapy became the ultimate profession that had basically everything I was looking for in one.

And that's what inspired me to become a physiotherapist. If I wasn't playing or watching sports. I was actually doing a lot of drawing. I would draw anything from like buildings to humans, to animations, to cartoons. Drawing was what I did for a long period of time. I mean, if you talk to any of my friends before I was 18, they would know me as the art guy and the drawing guy. 

So when I finished university, the other profession that was looking at was something called a medical illustrator. It's basically a combination of anatomy, physiology, type of human biology and art together. So if I have to choose another profession, that's not physio. That would probably be the best fit for me. 

In my free time, I like watching a lot of movies, new TV shows. I love listening to music, R&B and hip hop are some of my favourite genres. So if you know some good R&B music right now, please give me some recommendations.

I love going to concerts. I love hanging on my friends. I just recently moved here from Toronto. So you'll find me calling my friends in Toronto quite often throughout the days, these days. And I love traveling a lot and I've gone to Mexico. I actually grew up in Italy for a couple of years. So that's something, so that's a place I would like to go back. I'm originally from Sri Lanka as well. So I definitely need to head back home at one point, but I'm new to BC and I'm excited to go hiking. So that's going to be a new hobby that I can't wait to explore. So if you have any suggestions on hiking trails and you come see me, please let me know some recommends. 

I like treating all areas of the body and everything is unique and I love learning about the human body, but if I had to pick one area, it would probably be the knee. I've always been interested in with the structural integrity of the knee, either loaded and the different injuries that affect the knee.

It's always interesting to kind of figure out how like your feet and basically your hips kind of all impact the way your knees are moving and working. The knees are actually commonly injured in sports. So obviously when I was growing up, that's one of the things I'm always curious about, like how long is it gonna take for my favourite players has come back from injury.

As well on a personal level, I actually had knee pain. That's probably one of the first exposures I had to physical therapy. I had a hard time just accelerating, decelerating, moving quick, and I knew how debilitating it felt to be able to perform at a good level. I couldn't catch my next man. So the knee has always been close to my heart as an area that I like to treat.

Hi there. I'm Karl and I love working as an RMT. It's a very cool job. It's such an honour to be able to work one-on-one with people, to collaborate on building goals together and on making a plan to achieve those goals. And it's a pretty cool feeling to go home at the end of the day, knowing that my time and energy was spent on improving someone's quality of life. 

I'm naturally a very curious person. And so I really enjoy the aspect of piecing together clues with the patient as we explore what's going on with their body and how things are connected and what we can do together to help them live in the way that they feel good about. 

I love working with people from all sorts of walks of life. And I find it really cool when there's, you know, a certain limitation in an area or pain in an area and there's pieces that we can put together to figure out what might be going on. How the body's connected and how we can work with that, to get someone back running, walking, enjoying their life, hiking, skiing, whatever it is that they want to do.

Insync Physiotherapy has been such an awesome place to work. I actually specifically sought out Insync Physio because I wanted to work in collaboration with physiotherapists. I love knowing that a lot of the patients that I see are seeing physiotherapists here as well. And so we can communicate with each other about how to work as a team to help that patient meet their goals. It really feels like there's a circle of care that are supporting patients on their journey here. And that really resonates with me. 

Insync also has a strong culture of learning and mentorship. And as I said, I'm a very curious person. So to be able to work somewhere where there's really great conversations, mentorship sessions, I'm constantly being challenged to think in new ways. And there's a lot of support too, in terms of my own professional journey and my own interests and learning more about them. 

Outside of work, I love using my body. I love cycling. I love running. I love hiking. Skiing. Vancouver is such an incredible city to enjoy the outdoors and something I recently discovered that I love doing, which I was a bit surprised about, was swimming in the ocean in the middle of winter. So that cold water plunge 8:30 AM on a January morning turns out something that really gets me going. But any way that I can get outside and enjoy the beautiful outdoors is wonderful.

So I look forward to meeting you and can't wait to start working together.

Hi everyone. I'm Nancy. The reason why I got into physio is because when I was younger, my mom was in a car accident which left her at the hospital for about a month. And when she came home, she was unable to walk independently. So as a young child, being able to see my mom's rehab journey, was very inspiring for me.

And that's what sparked my initial interest in physiotherapy. Growing up had always been very active. So I love to rock climb and love a cycle and I love to do CrossFit. Those are my three favourite things to do. So as I was approaching going to university, I thought that physiotherapy would be the perfect profession for me because it involved bringing my active lifestyle and also my love for interacting with people into my job. So I find that I have such a great time, every time I go to work and it's basically like doing what I love for work. 

So the reason why I chose to work at Insync is because I feel that Insync is very involved in the community. We do a lot of events like going to a rock climbing or going to figure skating events. And I really like being able to engage with the community and engage with people that I am going to be treating in their natural environment. 

Another reason why I love Insync is because we have an awesome gym. Something that's really important to me as a therapist. Over the time that I've been a physio, I find is a squat rack and a pull up bar, and we have all of that here and I get to have a lot of fun in the gym, which I really appreciate.

And the third thing is that one of my best friends from physio school works here as well. So I get to see her in the clinic which is awesome, and I have this dream of high-fiving her every single time I pass by her at the clinic.

And I have a dog. He is my best friend. He's my furry best friend. I adopted him when I was in university and it kept me company ever since. He's three years old now. Our favourite things to do together are go to the beach, run in the trails, we often go to Pacific Spirit. I love to trail run with him and also hike, we go to Dog Mountain a lot. And snowshoeing a lot.

Adrienne: Hi, my name is Adrienne and I'm a physiotherapist at Insync. So I guess today is getting to know you segment.

Wil: What do I love about being a physio? 

Adrienne: Oh, that's a tough one. I think I like a lot of aspects about physio. My favourite part, I think, is definitely connecting to a person. Get to talk with them. Get to know them. You get to witness their lives, essentially. They're coming in and you're learning about their story and then their goals, and then you get the whole privilege of just helping them achieve what they're coming in for. And even more. Just goal-setting and just blasting through it and just coming up with more and then achieving more, and it's just partnership and it's work and it's communication. It's just a whole lot of fun talking with people and just laughing. That's my favorite part really, connecting with people.

Wil: Nice. So what kind of things do you love to do outside of like helping people and treating people. And I want to know a little more about you. 

Adrienne: Oh, that's tough too. Well, I guess I like being off the grid. Anywhere that doesn't have reception, I love it there already. So into the mountains, hiking, backpacking, thru-trekking, kayaking, paddle boarding, biking, just kind of got into that and maybe last two years, but biking. So my next project would be bike touring. So I need a) a new bike and view some new routes. So just exploring the grid really. I would say travelling, but I guess that's a big no-no right now. So right now it's just like, a lot of nature stuff and just projecting things through different ways to get to different places in different means. 

And just being outside and just re-nourishing the soul through sky, rain, mountains, crafts, everything. That's how you want to rejuvenate. That's how you want to move. Exploring movement in the outside world unrestricted basically. So yeah. 

Wil: If you weren't a physio, then what do you think you'd be doing instead? 

Adrienne: If I wasn't a physio? Probably just trying to get into Physio  school then, really. But if you really had to shove me and I really can't go into physio school either, I would say, oh my goodness, and I would say this was a hundred percent of influence that Vancouver has on me, but it would definitely be a journalist. I would love to work for a journalist for Nat Geo, National Geographic and just going to different parts of the world and collecting stories and just witnessing the lives of different people in different settings and different environments.

And I guess that's kind of why I love physio because you got the privilege of doing all of that, but to a specific person, really. So I guess just, journalism for a specific magazine and you're getting to do all of that, but I guess in a very different way, I get to see a narrative and express a narrative in a completely different way as well.

Wil: Yeah, that's so cool. I totally love National Geographic. So if you look at, in your profession as a physio then, what would you say is your special area focus on your interest side? 

Adrienne: Special area of focus. I actually really enjoy motor sequencing. So I like treating a variety of things like knees, ankles, or jaws, neck, everything. But what I love about every single part is motor sequencing. Is how you're doing a movement, how you're finessing a certain movement and how your finessing like a certain way you're moving, expressing what you want to express. And with that, it's just a combination, a lot of manual therapy. I mean, it's fun touching people. Yes. Yes. I know. But this is a controlled setting and through clinical Pilates, where you get them to feel that sequence and get them to feel that flow, that natural free flow of movement, find that muscle, find that joint, find how you're expressing it and putting it together.

That was definitely what I say I really like and resonate with, because then that means you're achieving those goals.It's not about pain-free, it's achieving your goals and achieving everything you want to do in life and not being scared of doing those things, which I think is like so important. Sometimes overlooked in a lot of rehab. Yeah.

Wil: And what is the areas of physiotherapy that you specialize in that I guess. 

Adrienne: Oh, I do a lot of clinical bodies, manual therapy, dry needling, IMS, and exercise, prescription, a lot of exercise prescription because that's essentially what we all need to be doing irregardless of what you're coming in for, so yeah.

Victor: What inspired me to become a physio was mainly my dad. He unfortunately had some health complications earlier in his life and, you know, just seeing him go through the rehab process was just super important for me because I realized that if he didn't go through the rehab process, he wouldn't be able to walk and be as functional as he is today. And that's just kind of what really inspired me to become a physio.

Wil: What would you be doing if you weren't a physio? 

Victor: If it wasn't a physio, I think I'd be, a carpenter. A carpenter is kinda just what I always thought I wanted to do. Just kind of work with my hands and, you know, building things, building projects, and just getting my hands dirty,

Wil: Why carpentry?  

Victor: I just really like a lot of aspects of the carpentry, whether it's finished carpentry, just making the place look good, but, or also even just the structural aspect. I just like it and something about just working with your hands.

Wil: What do you do for fun other than, it sounds like you do carpentry. 

Victor: What else I do for fun is just kind of go out. I like to try a lot of food places, go to the gym a lot, go hiking, try to play some basketball whenever I can and yeah, just kind of enjoy even though like a night in. Just watching Netflix. 

Wil: What is your special area of interest or focus in treatments? 

Victor: My areas of interest is I would just say that a very general kind of musculoskeletal type of injury or rehab. I like to really just see anybody ranging from, you know, the average Joe to an athlete or even older person, older population. I guess, area of interest or focus is I really like to get my hands involved in the treatment, like really hands on approach to treatment. To really kind of, for one, for me to get to know your body, and really just try to give you that targeted approach to treatment. And with that, I really like to give really focused exercise that works well for you. In addition to the hands-on approach, cause I find that a lot of exercises that people might do a very generic exercises. That might be great exercise, but it might not work best for you. And so I really like to explore even that realm with you, when I'm treating.

So what inspired me to become a physio, I can think of sort of two instances.

So I grew up playing tennis all my life. I went to UC Davis in the states and played Division I college tennis over there (Go ags!) Basically that was kind of the start. I was thinking okay, I had sports as a background. I played tennis. So maybe I’ll go into a career that involves exercise. And that was kind of my thinking of going into physio in the first place. And I remember actually the exact moment that I decided, “Yes, I want to be a physio. I want to go full steam ahead into this career,” was when I was shadowing a physiotherapist and he was treating a baby with neck tightness. And so that moment, I was like wow, physiotherapy really helps such a wide variety of people, such a broad spectrum of reach that physio has whether it’s pediatrics, neurology, cardiology, sports… it’s kind of amazing the wide range that physio has and the ability that we have to be able to help people achieve their optimum potential. And I think it’s an amazing career.

What would you be doing if you weren’t a physiotherapist?
What would I be doing if I wasn’t a physio.. I’d probably.. I used to really enjoy writing a lot. When I was in college, all my friends thought I was crazy because I enjoyed writing essays and things like that. And I was relatively good at writing essays. So maybe I would’ve gone into journalism or some sort of career in writing. Who knows?

And what other things do you like outside of work and clinic?
Yeah, so as a new BC or Canadian resident, I’ve been really enjoying exploring the amazing scenery of Canada and BC in general. Well, during the summer I was hiking a lot, exploring new trails. I still enjoy playing tennis every once in a while. My goal is to one day maybe try and go back into competition and just play a tournament one of these weekends and see what happens. And then for the winter time, I did my first season of snowboarding last year. That’s definitely a work in progress. I’m trying to make that my new winter hobby. But I’m working on my toe edge and that’s a bit of a struggle. So we’ll see…

And what special interest and area of focus do you have when it comes to physiotherapy?
So I enjoy treating—I mean, that’s the thing about physio is that there’s so many different things to treat. In the hospital where I worked at in Australia, I saw a lot of neurological conditions. I find them really interesting to treat including conditions like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, and stroke. And then apart from just neurology in general, sports, treating athletes, I think it’d be really cool to treat tennis players, just being on the other side of the court for once. I like treating necks a lot, mainly because I myself deal with a lot of neck issues and a lot of tension in my shoulders. So I feel like it’s the one sort of—I got lucky as a tennis player. I didn’t really have many injuries growing up as an athlete. But I think my one thing that I can actually really feel like I’m going through with the patient is neck issues. And I feel like I can help them out because I can relate a lot more with them.

Mark: Hi, it's Mark from Top Local. I'm here with Wil Seto of Insync Physio in Vancouver and Burnaby. They have two award-winning offices to serve you in the lower mainland and they provide sterling physiotherapy services and massage therapy services. How are you doing today Wil? 

Wil: I’m doing great. Thanks for that shout out. That's great. 

Mark: So we're going to talk a little bit about your background. What got you into becoming a physiotherapist and opening clinics? 

Wil: Yeah, absolutely. Well, first of all you know, I guess you could go back to my background, like growing up, I always loved sports and just like staying fit and active. 

I used to compete in freestyle wrestling. And I did that for several years. I also played competitive volleyball. And that was in my high school years, and then moving into university, I went right into doing personal training stuff. And I was really excited working with people and helping with their health and fitness goals while I was actually completing my studies in kinesiology. And so during that time at university, I also discovered Ultimate Frisbee. So I'm always like, you know, doing something active and, and then I ended up playing competitive ultimate for a few years until I myself got it very badly injured. 

So I guess you could say, that was really one of the biggest things that led me into the path of going into kinesiology, which is the study of human movement. And then really getting into a physiotherapy, because physiotherapy studies is sort of the next level for me. And if you actually have to go back into like a little bit of like my background, you know, I've been practicing and working as a physio now since 2001.

And like I was saying previous to that, I did my degree in kinesiology and I worked as a kinesiologist. And as a trainer as well. But then like I said, you know, going into physiotherapy was just a whole new level of being able to help people. And I think that's where it ultimately is you know, in terms of why I really liked getting into this profession and healthcare because it was the way that I was able to help people.

So that was all in Ontario. I did all my studies there and when I completed my physiotherapy training at McMaster University, so that's back in 2001, I decided to move out here to Vancouver because it's just such an awesome place here in the West Coast. I took up rock climbing as well, and I played more, kind of recreational Ultimate Frisbee. And just love sports, love watching sports as well, big fan of hockey. And I also run as well. And those are my big sort of main go to things in terms of fitness for me.

So I guess you could say that when I actually became a registered physiotherapist and I started working in 2001, I realized that my learning and training in my career was it just beginning. And so I started my mentorship training. Mainly in two specialized areas, primarily in Orthopedics and pursued my diploma in Advanced Manual Therapy and then primarily in sports physiotherapy.

And so the main reasons behind that was because I really liked the aspects of what the manual therapy stuff offered. And it was a pretty intense, vigorous program of in class courses and self directed studies. And so they had these in class examinations that tested our abilities in clinical reasoning, hands-on manual therapy assessment and treatment skills. And then there were these like intense national exams that were written in the hands on practical exams that we had to fly to different places to go and write. And then you undergo these examinations to then complete your final training, which basically gives you the designation of becoming what's called a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapist or FCAMPT for short. 

And so this is where I really honed my clinical reasoning skills. And more importantly, my hands on manual therapy skills and assessment skills. Ranging from stuff like, you know, soft tissue treatment techniques to joint and manipulative adjustments. So that's like the advanced manual stuff.

And then I really felt that I'm doing something related to sports was important for me too, just because my background in athletics and doing things that was very athletic based. So at the same time, I ended up doing my training in sports physiotherapy, and it was also a very vigorous and intense training process while I was going through the manual therapy stuff. And here basically I worked with like numerous athletes, sports teams and obviously keeping up with working with people in the clinic as well at the same time. 

And so I ranged from working with people who were doing amateur sports and things like that, more on a local level in Vancouver. To more competitive stuff like some of the provincial teams, like the Team BC Rugby and then like some other hockey teams, like at UBC to working,  like more competitively at like the Olympic Games. And then with a lot of Ultimate Frisbee player athletes, where I ended up working with like Team Australia primarily and I did a bit of work with Team Canada. 

But primarily you know, I really believed in sort of that active lifestyle, obviously, and then looking at how to rehab your injuries. And combining I think that the manual hands-on therapy approach with that sports physiotherapy approach was something that I really felt was a really good path for me. And ultimately with my training completed in 2009, where I ended up getting a lot of that expertise and training under my belt, which really helped me solidify a lot of things that I believe than how I could help people.

And which led me to ultimately, I guess you could say create my core value system for opening up the clinics. And I first opened up Insync Physiotherapy at the Cambie location in Vancouver in 2011. And then four and a half years later in 2015 I ended up opening up my second location in North Burnaby. And really what it comes down to is the question of why did I end up doing that?

So, you know, I think exploring that, it was a really good process for me. And I think that having a deeper dive into I'm looking at the fact that I was really committed to wanting to better myself all the time. And I still do, even after doing so many, like hours, thousands of hours of continuous studies, all this training that I've done, you know, I'm still doing more to better myself.

And so this commitment to excellence that I really believe in and that commitment to excellence,  you know, is obviously reflected and in these courses and these things that I've done. And with the team that I've created, the physios that I have working with with me, alongside with me, I believe they also have the same values that I have as well, in terms of a commitment to excellence. And these courses and these designations that we've accumulated and you know, they're all not just nationally recognized, they're also internationally recognized, which is really cool as well. So that's been a big driving factor, is to always learn. So it's a lifelong learning thing for me and for our whole team. 

I guess the second thing goes along with our value system of our commitment to caring for people. And I think I mentioned it earlier, but how I just love helping people and working with people in this way. And it's actually kind of funny because before I actually went into studying kinesiology, you know, one of the things I also really liked to do, was that I actually was considering looking at becoming a firefighter.

And the reason why was because I just wanted to help people and it was very physical and I thought it was really cool. But then I realized that getting into kinesiology was definitely more specific in terms of what I really loved and was passionate about. Because it was about learning about the body and something that you know, it's just amazing for me to understand. 

And to be able to help other people to care for and understand their bodies and how they work. It is something that I think really, it drives me and our team to really be better. Right. Because I think that when we're able to get someone, it doesn't even have to be like, back to a sporting event. It could just, so they can actually even just, you know, put on their socks again for the first time with a pain or getting out of the house and walking down the block. 

But you know, we've taken it to the next level where we worked with athletes at many different levels and people who want to excel. And I think that that level of caring and commitment to caring for people is really what is a driving factor for us. So that's really important.

And I think the third thing is our commitment to really, I guess you could say it's a community thing. Our commitment to be integrated in community and to build a better, more caring community. And the ways that I've done that is I felt like with our team, that we've really gone out and reached out to different associations and partnered up with, like for example, Vancouver Ultimate League, Run Vancouver, or just, you know, a couple of partners that we currently have, where we're providing onsite physio, where we just volunteer our services and connect with the community. We provide these free services for them. We love getting out there and just connecting and just working with people.

We do sport injury prevention talks, and we do like a doctor lectures for allied healthcare professionals. And so we, we try and teach other people in the healthcare community, you know, how to take care of not just themselves, but the people that they're actually helping. And so we're building the network and that's the other important thing for us. Is that we have a community and that we're building a stronger and more caring community of people that are also in line with our values.

So essentially, you know, we have a team of people that also are feeling the same way about how we want to help people. And so that's primarily why I do what I do. I really strongly believe that those are the core things that drive myself and have our team aligned with what we do.

Mark: So if you're in pain, these are the guys to see, frankly. Insyncphysio.com. Check out their website. You can book online or give them a call for Vancouver. (604) 566-9716. Or in Burnaby (604)298-4878. You can call and talk to them. They're easy. They're approachable. They're really good at what they do. And you'll see. Check out the reviews, they're all five stars. Thanks Wil. 

Wil: Thanks Mark. I appreciate it.

What’s your background?
So, I’m a Physiotherapist from Calgary - I just moved to Vancouver this month. I’m very excited to be here. I love this city so far. In Calgary I was managing a clinic near the University in private practice. I’ve taken several advance orthopaedic division courses which teaches manual therapy techniques like active release and muscle energy techniques. I’ve also taken some functional dry needling and Mackenzie treatment for low backs, which basically just helps clients by teaching them how their spine moves and how you can basically teach clients to do a self mobilization on there lumbar spine. Besides that I really enjoy hiking. I also cross country ski a fair bit and I’m cycling everywhere in this city.
What inspired you to become a Physiotherapist?
So I have a background in social work and I’ve always felt this desire to help people, and as a pre-requisite to participating in a lot of social justice initiatives you have to be physically present or you have to move. And so the idea of being a Physical Therapist and just helping people move better really, really inspired me so I went back to school and became a Physio.
Why do you choose to work at INSYNC PHYSIOTHERAPY?
So I think if you look at our website we have a really strong team of therapists with advanced training, really great one-on-one patient care, and a lot of clinical in-services. So it’s a good interdisciplinary team and I get to learn a lot from my co-workers.
What are you passionate about?
So I’ve mentioned some of the sports that I’m really passionate about. I really enjoy cross country skiing, I love hiking. Travelling is really important to me and I just came back from Belize scuba diving where I’ve basically done eighty five dives in my life - I’ve done three out of the ten top dives in the world and I’m hoping to hit all of them from my bucket list.
Areas of Special Interest and Focus in Treatment?
I’m a big fan of treating knees. I really like addressing sort of the knee deficit in particular, teaching clients how to load the knee properly so they can perform the movement pain free or / and basically my treatments specialize on strength training. So there’s the idea that basically stretching while may feel really good does not necessarily address the mechanical problems that might be loading the joint. Now, in certain situations stretching is very much indicated but loading the structures so they can handle the capacity or the work you’re putting on it is pretty important as well.