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January 18, 2018
2017 Entrepreneur of the Year Shares How She Did It
Natasha Wilch went from starting a physiotherapy company from her car in 2015 to winning the 2017 Entrepreneur of the year. Have a look...
January 2, 2018
She Started with a Car and a Vision: Introducing the 2017 Entrepreneur of the Year
In 2015 when Natasha Wilch’s husband was transferred to Nanaimo, BC, she needed a job. In a town where she knew nobody, the...
December 21, 2017
We've Got Mail: Postcards from Physiotherapy Leaders
This November, the CPA hosted Leadership Forum in Ottawa....
November 29, 2017
Burnout - Addressing the Elephant in the Room
‘Work keeps getting more demanding. I’m tired, and I’m tired of being tired. I have nothing left to give.’...
November 3, 2017
The “Invisible Injury”: concussion management and the role of physiotherapy
Suffering in silence. ...
October 24, 2017
Getting Called to Trial as a Fact Witness
Imagine how you would react when one morning, you open a letter addressed to you and it is a lawyer calling you to trial as a fact...
October 16, 2017
Pearls of wisdom: Finding the best way forward when treating nerve transfer patients
A dancer moves. The text reads “The human body is a beautiful, fine-tuned machine of movement. Limbs are levers. Muscles are engines. ...
September 28, 2017