Inspirations

I was born on Dec 3rd, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities! I was born to be a physiotherapist!.... and I am inspired to help people understand how good their body is designed to feel!

Physio means allowing people to take part in the activities they love to do, both pain free and with optimal function.

Physio means I get the opportunity to improve people's lives. For me the reward and satisfaction happens every day when my patients show up smiling because their pain has decreased and they can see hope in overcoming their injury or ailment. Most of the time my patients will say 'I hardly have any pain now thank you' but what they really mean is I can return to my life and participate fully with my family and friends in the things I love to do. Physio also keeps me honest. I firmly believe we must practice what we preach and therefore I am doubly motivated to stay healthy and exercise

To help people!

I was playing competitive hockey at a high level as a goaltender and injured my right knee. After having one of the first-ever meninscal repair arthroscopic surgeries done in Ontario, I was introduced to Pam, my wonder-physio! She helped me return to hockey with no physical limitations within a very short period of time, and helped educate me about how to look after my body. From this experience I knew that Physiotherapy was my career goal. I will be forever grateful for her laughter, knowledge, and motivation!

My biggest inspiration to become a Physiotherapist was my mother, who is practicing Physiotherapist in England. I always admired how she could reach out to so many different people with a varied skill set that seemed to adapt to any situation - seeing people at the local swimming pool, senior residences and her private practice. Seeing her work has made me always feel excited and proud by the fact that the profession involves problem solving on a daily basis, using science and evidence based practice with intuition, people skills and wild creativity to mold a treatment plan to each individual

My mother inspired me to become a physiotherapist. She is a pediatric neuro physiotherapist, and appeared to spend her days 'playing' with children in the hydrotherapy pool, in soft play, on a trampoline or horse riding! Seemed like the funnest job in the world! Interestingly she herself was originally inspired by the physiotherapist who helped her father recover from Polio. We actually even attended the same Physio school (Nottingham, UK), although my career has taken me down a very different path - women's health - but the light, giving and empathic nature of our work is the same. And I

True story, The first time I went to physiotherapy I knew it was what I wanted to do when I "grew up". I had suffered a severe ankle sprain while playing basketball in Highschool. After a trip to the emergency room and several X-rays later I was refered to physiotherapy. The moment I walked into the clinic and met my therapist, I knew it was the perfect profession for me. So I studied hard, spent time volunteering and a mere 6 years later I was enrolled at Queen's University in the Physical Therapy program. It was fate that injury brought me to the profession I care so much about...and yes I

Physiotherapy works because you help identify weakness/imbalances/movement dysfunction and then empower the client to work on these issues on their own. Our job is to coach and teach along with manual skills that assist with treating the dysfunction. It's a satisfying teamwork approach.

Physio is more than a career - it's a passion. It means having the flexibility to be my own boss, to run my own business, to inspire others, and above all, it means I get to help my young clients reach their goals.