ABOUT CLAIRE
Claire is a Registered Physiotherapist from Squamish, BC with a Masters of Physical Therapy from Queen’s University (2014). She has a special interest in orthopaedics and sports injury rehab, using a combination of manual therapy, dry needling/IMS and individualized exercises. Her treatment approach is grounded in listening, educating and empowering her clients.
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Claire enjoys treating a variety of conditions, ages and activity levels, but has a special interest in running related injuries and the hip/pelvis. She has continued her education through extensive post-graduate training in the Advanced Integrated Musculoskeletal (AIM) program through the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (Level 3) and has advanced training in the treatment of hip & low back pain, pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain, running related injuries, ACL surgical and non surgical rehab, shoulder injuries and cervical headaches/TMJ dysfunction. Claire recently underwent ACL reconstruction and meniscus repair, and has first hand experience on this from a physiotherapists perspective. It's been the best professional development that I never asked for! Read my blog here on ACLR and meniscus repair as a physiotherapist.
Claire also has a special interest in pelvic floor rehabilitation. Being a mom of two littles herself, she understands some of the challenges one may experience related to pregnancy and the postpartum journey. Combining her experience as an orthopaedic and pelvic floor physiotherapist, Claire's special interest is in return to sport and athleticism during the postpartum period, as well as pelvic floor dysfunction in the athletic population. Find more info on pelvic floor physiotherapy here. ​
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When not in the clinic, Claire can be found trail running, biking, skate skiing, snowboarding, playing soccer, chasing after her two daughters, and enjoying all that the Sea to Sky has to offer.
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Claire accepts direct billing to most insurance companies, ICBC and WorkSafeBC.
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Qualifications:
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Registered Physiotherapist with the College of Physical Therapists of BC
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Member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and the BC Physiotherapy Association
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Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, 2010 (University of Calgary)
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Master of Physical Therapy, 2014 (Queen’s University)
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Pursuit of Diploma in Advanced Orthopaedic Manual & Manipulative Physiotherapy (Level 3, Lower and Upper Extremity)
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Certified in Functional Dry Needling (Evidence in Motion/Kinetacore FDN 1&2) and Acupuncture through the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada (CAFCI).
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Find me at LivWell Integrated Health and Fall Line Fitness in Squamish, B.C.