Meet Our Physiotherapy Team
At Reactivate, movement-based rehabilitation using physiotherapy skills is an essential therapeutic element on our team to help our clients to get back moving again.
Natural movement is progressive. You don’t suddenly morph into a skilled, efficient, natural mover when you are born or reach some arbitrary milestone in life, such as adulthood. On the contrary, the acquisition of movement skills and adaptability is a relatively slow process. Furthermore, it cannot be rushed without consequences. The same goes for engaging in movements that are required when someone engages in a sport, a workplace physical task, or a favorite active past time.
Injuries don’t always show up all of a sudden because something traumatic happens. It is often a “straw that broke the camel’s back” situation where an abnormal movement pattern that has been used for months, if not years, finally results in an injury.
This is what our physiotherapy team does. They find that abnormal pattern, educate our clients as to what led them to the injury, empower them to engage in the rehabilitative process, and then progressively retrain the way the body moves so that this doesn’t happen again. Along the way, these movement-based techniques will result in a body that is, stronger, more stable, more efficient, and more resilient to whatever life throws its way.
Read more about the physiotherapy team at Reactivate Muskoka in this featured article in the Doppler Online.
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Katie Macaskill
PHYSIOTHERAPIST
As a graduate from the Masters of Physiotherapy program at Queens University, building on her Bachelor of Science (Kinesiology) at McMaster University, Katie believes that the role of the physiotherapist on a rehabilitation team such as ours at Reactivate is one where they work alongside individuals as an educator, an accountability coach, and a movement trainer to regain and re-establish their functional strength, range of motion, and get them back to movement and active living that is full and pain-free.
sierra Dowling
PHYSIOTHERAPIST (RESIDENT)
Sierra grew up in Waterloo, Ontario and wholeheartedly embraces the mantra of “Movement is Medicine”. Not only for her clients, but also for herself.
She has been engaged with a multitude of outdoor activities including hiking, biking, tennis, pickleball and running, but more recently has found a passion for RYT yoga. So much so that she is now a certified yoga instructor. It was after she realized that she could offer more to her clients in their rehabilitation by furthering her education and skill set as a physiotherapist, thereby adopting a wider scope of practice
Kendra squire
PHYSIOTHERAPIST (RESIDENT)
Kendra sustained a complex ankle injury while competing in gymnastics. As she was rehabilitated from this injury, she worked closely with a physiotherapist to regain her strength and stability. During this time, she saw firsthand the impact that physiotherapy could have on an individual’s recovery, inspiring her to pursue a career in physiotherapy. Not only was it the physical rehabilitation, but it was how her physiotherapist helped her build physical and mental confidence to return to the gym.
