Cassie Eckford
Cassie Eckford is a registered physiotherapist with the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario (CPO), with a longstanding interest in working with people of all ages with orthopedic, sport, and neurological injuries. Her sports areas of interest include baseball, softball, ringette, and hockey.
Cassie Eckford
Physiotherapist
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Meet Cassie Eckford
Cassie enjoys focusing her practice on the assessment and treatment of orthopaedic injuries with a specific focus on sports-related injuries. Cassie brings her passion for individual biomechanical assessment, functional testing and treatment techniques that include manual therapy and active movement re-training to help her patients achieve their best recovery.
She enjoys working with and pursuing continuing education courses for a variety of treatment techniques including Functional Dry Needling (FDN), manual therapy, functional movement assessment, and soft tissue treatment.
Cassie enjoys providing quality physiotherapy for those with orthopaedic injuries, pre and post surgical rehabilitation, and sports injuries with a particular interest in hockey/ringette and softball/ baseball/ fastball.
Education
- Master of Science in Physical Therapy | University of Toronto
- Bachelor of Science in Human Kinetics with Honours | University of Ottawa
Recent Clinical Courses & Accreditations
Cassie has continued her training in the post graduate program in Advanced Orthopaedic Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy. She has additional training in dry needling, acupuncture and therapeutic taping. Cassie brings her passion for individual biomechanical assessment, functional testing and treatment techniques that include manual therapy and active movement re-training to help her clients achieve their best recovery.
- Functional Dry Needling (Kinetacore Level 1)
- Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute (AFCI) Level 1
- Diploma of Advanced Orthopaedic Manual & Manipulative Physiotherapy – Levels 1, 2 Lower Quadrant, 2 Upper Quadrant
- Soft Tissue Release Techniques
- Therapeutic and Kinesio taping
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Physiotherapy is like solving a puzzle, we have all of the pieces but we aren’t sure what the cover picture looks like, and it is our job to work as a team to put the pieces back together.