What is athletic therapy?

Athletic Therapy is a dedicated health care profession specializing in physically active individuals of all ages and competitive levels, regardless of sport or activity. Anyone can be an athlete, whether your “sport” is high-level hockey, Sunday afternoon gardening, or both!  A Certified Athletic Therapist focuses on the prevention of injury through musculoskeletal and postural evaluation, prophylactic taping and bracing applications, appropriate equipment selection and fitting, designing and implementing effective and specific warm-up and cool down routines, generating activity and sport specific conditioning programs. An athletic therapist uses an individual-centered approach in assessing your injury and with your specific goals in mind, works with you to design a rehabilitation program catered to your unique abilities, your body, and your everyday life. Using a basic but extremely effective rehabilitation model, an athletic therapist will guide your system down the right path to encourage a speedy recovery. For more information, visit the the Atlantic Provinces Athletic Therapist's Association and the Canadian Athletic Therapist's Association. 

Athletic therapy in the clinic

What should you expect as a patient?

• Each initial visit with Jennie will involve a one-hour individual assessment of your injury or condition
• From there, Jennie will develop and implement the best possible program to be completed through a number of follow up visits and home exercise prescription to encourage injury and tissue healing
• Although Jennie enjoys working with patients, her ultimate goal is to see your injury through and help you "rebound to a healthier you!", as quickly and safely as possible!

Services Available

• Orthopedic assessment including postural and gait analysis
  
• Soft tissue and joint mobilization techniques
  
• Therapeutic modalities
  
• Supportive taping and bracing solutions
  
• Physical reconditioning & exercise prescription
  
• Concussion evaluation and return to play protocol