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The following is a direct quote from the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association, the national body's, website in answer to the question, "What is Athletic Therapy?" (https://athletictherapy.org/en/about-athletic-therapy/what-is-athletic-therapy/) "Certified Athletic Therapists are best known for their quick-thinking on-field emergency care of professional and elite athletes. The first to r... Read More

The following is a direct quote from the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association, the national body's, website in answer to the question, "What is Athletic Therapy?" (https://athletictherapy.org/en/about-athletic-therapy/what-is-athletic-therapy/)

"Certified Athletic Therapists are best known for their quick-thinking on-field emergency care of professional and elite athletes. The first to respond when someone gets hurt, they are experts at injury assessment and rehabilitation. It’s that same mix of on-site care and active rehabilitation skills that makes Athletic Therapists so effective in treating the musculoskeletal (muscles, bones, and joints) injuries of all Canadians, whether on the field or in the clinic.

Athletic Therapists adhere to the Sports Medicine Model of care. They treat a wide range of patients, from kids with concussions to seniors recovering from hip replacement surgery, using various manual therapies, modalities, exercise prescription and even bracing and taping. The treatment varies but the objective doesn’t: an Athletic Therapist's goal is to help clients return to their usual activities, whether that means playing competitive sports or walking to the mailbox and back."

Here in Canada, Certified Athletic Therapists must be selected for and attend an accredited university or college's Athletic Therapy program. Stephanie's route to becoming a CAT(C) included being selected to the University of Manitoba's Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science degree program, specializing in Athletic Therapy. In addition to attending an accredited institution, all students of Athletic Therapy, known as Certification Candidates (CC's) have to work in supervised clinic and field settings for 1200 hours (cumulative) during their degree program to be eligible for examination at the national level by the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association. At the time of Stephanie's graduation from the University of Manitoba in 2004, she attained national certification as an AT following comprehensive written and practical exams.

Certified Athletic Therapists can be recognized by the credential CAT(C).

For more information about Athletic Therapy in Canada, please visit:
https://athletictherapy.org/en

For more information about the Scope of Practice of Certified Athletic Therapists in Canada, please visit:
https://athletictherapy.org/en/about-athletic-therapy/scope-of-practice/

For more information about Athletic Therapy in BC, please visit:
http://athletictherapybc.ca/

Stephanie Dempsey B.E.S.S. (A.T.), CAT(C)

Stephanie is a Certified Athletic Therapist with 18 years of experience to date. She is a member in good standing of the Athletic Therapist’s Association of BC, the Canadian Athletic Therapist’s Association and a student member of Osteopathy BC.

As an Athletic Therapist, Stephanie has had a widely varied career to date. A graduate of the University of Manitoba’s Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science program with a specialization in Athletic Therapy, Stephanie worked for the Canadian Forces for four memorable years before establishing a private practice in Greater Victoria in 2010. She has worked with people of all ages within the general public, amateur and professional athletes at locations throughout Greater Victoria and Duncan.

For many years Stephanie has been working towards her diploma in Manual Osteopathy at the Canadian School of Osteopathy in Vancouver. This five year-long program facilitated a more refined sense of touch. Every course she attended reignited her passion for the human body and greater awareness that each of us is unique in a myriad of ways. Stephanie completed the five-year-long curriculum and passed the comprehensive written and practical exams several years ago. She’s now awaiting news from the Canadian School of Osteopathy, Vancouver, regarding the additional requirements needed to acquire her designation as an Osteopathic Practitioner.

As a result of Stephanie’s formal education she has a somewhat unique approach to assessing and treating each individual’s aches and pains. As an Athletic Therapist she was taught to prevent, assess and rehabilitate injuries to the “container” (i.e. the body’s structure including bones, joints, muscles, ligaments and connective tissues) while also recognizing injury or trauma to the internal organs. With additional training, Stephanie now approaches the “container”, including the cranium (ie skull), in much greater detail AND assesses the “contents” of each person’s body, albeit externally, such as the internal organs, viscera, nerves and blood vessels. As the human body is so comprehensive, Stephanie believes that addressing the container and the contents must go hand-in-hand in order for the cause of a grievance to be possibly identified and corrected, thereby improving biomechanical and physiological function of the body as a whole. The relationship between the container and its contents is always reciprocal.

Stephanie works from two locations currently, Innerlife Health Services in Royal Oak and Vitality Treatment Centre in Oak Bay.

To schedule an appointment in Oak Bay, please visit: https://vitalitytreatment.janeapp.com/

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