My journey in the healthcare world started when I was in high school. I played high level ringette and ended up injuring my knee badly and needed to go to physiotherapy. It opened me up to this world that allowed me to encompass what I loved, sports and science, into one career. I was then lucky enough to be able to take a kinesiology class in high school and knew it was the program for me. I applied to UBC for Kinesiology and graduated from there in 2018 with my degree in Kinesiology.
After I graduated, I moved to Edmonton and worked as a kinesiologist at a gym and at a physiotherapy clinic while also working as an athletic therapist with a hockey team. I was unsure of what I wanted to do and if I wanted to go back to school. I spent a couple years working and realized that integrating myself fully in the healthcare world was a passion I wanted to pursue. When covid hit, I moved back to Vancouver, started working at a high-level athletic gym and started my application for massage therapy, where I will graduate from in August 2022.
Personally, I have always been active, playing sports when I was younger, hiking through the beautiful BC mountains, playing recreational team sports (especially now that covid is calmer!!!) and Olympic lifting and functional training to allow me to continue to keep the mobility and strength I need to do the activities I love.
My goal for the near future is integrate massage therapy with my current knowledge and experience in kinesiology and biomechanics to help people create, or regain, a lifestyle that they want. As someone who has suffered from injuries, I thought may take away my quality of life, I understand the importance of getting back to the level of activity that you want, both for mental and physical health. With massage I like to utilize active stretching and muscle activation to help reteach movements and elicit better muscle responses. With kinesiology I use free weights, body weight and core to help create a great base of support to allow people to get back to the activities they love.
I am a firm believer that creating a concrete base of support is the key to recovery, correct movement, and resiliency as we age. I can’t wait to help you reach your goals!
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