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In 2015 when Natasha Wilch’s husband was transferred to Nanaimo, BC, she needed a job. In a town where she knew nobody, the physiotherapist made the decision to start Symphony Rehabilitation.  “It [started out as] just me, my massage table and my car.”     A car and a vision Even though she start...

In the five years of operating a physiotherapy business, I have learned that there are seven important segments to running a smooth-operating company. I like to use the metaphor of a wheel, because if any one of these segments is not well developed or properly inflated, your wheel will lurch alon...

I am a physiotherapist and the co-founder of healthSwapp, which is like YouTube for home exercise prescription. Outside of my clinical work and my company, I’m a swimmer, rock climber and backcountry camper. Over the past year and a half of building my company, I‘ve come to realize that many of ...

In the fall of 2014, I was asked to visit a woman (let’s call her Mary) at CareLife Fleetwood in Surrey. A diabetic, Mary had recently undergone double mid-thigh amputations.  She desperately wanted to increase her strength, lose weight, and regain some independence. However, her physical limitat...

This is part two of a post about the negative effects of immobility and one physiotherapist’s invention and solution. Read part one here. In the previous post, I shared how my community physiotherapy practice amongst retirement facilities in Surrey enlightened me to a gap in senior health care. W...