Pamela founded The Physical Therapy Insititute in 1995 with an Optimum Health focus. Also the senior therapist of PTI, Pam is a graduate of Dalhousie University School of Physiotherapy and has continued to upgrade her skills since graduating.
Pam has worked for 17 years in Home Care in Ottawa and in 2001 was presented with an employee recognition award by The Ottawa Carleton Health Department for her work with The Fall Prevention Team a joint project with The University of Ottawa. She has studied modalities with AAPT, shoulder and sacro-iliac post graduate courses with Advanced Physical Therapy Education (Bahram Jam) Functional Myofascial Release with Jenings, Muscle EnergyTechniques, Craniosacral Therapy Level I, Palliative Care, Manual Therapy, Chronic Pain Management, Vestibular Rehabilitation, Fit To Return To Play with Carl Petersen, as well as managing and marketing courses. For many years Pam was a hockey trainer in the community and taught fitness in Sandy Hill for 10 years.
She opened her first out-patient clinic in 1995 and has evolved her professional goals into PTI, a community based health and fitness centre dedicated to help each individual achieve optimum health. She believes there has never been a greater need to address the importance of movement, posture and core strength in all age groups of our society.
