Therapeutic Massage
NeuroKinetic Therapy
Personal Training
Remedial Exercise
RockTape
Graston Technique
Therapeutic Massage
NeuroKinetic Therapy
Personal Training
Remedial Exercise
RockTape
Graston Technique
Laurie has been in active practice since 2000 and spent 14+ years of her career as a massage therapy instructor at colleges in Toronto and Halifax. She has taught and developed curriculum mainly in anatomy, physiology, and pathology. Laurie teaches sciences to yoga teacher trainees, athletes and coaches, worked with the Etobicoke swim club contributing to their dry land training program, co- wrote and developed a yoga manual and recorded a race visualization for competitive swimmers. She also regularly travels between Halifax and Toronto to teach assessment and movement courses that she has developed, based on her clinical and educational experience. She is the only Level 3 certified practitioner in Atlantic Canada using a technique called NeuroKinetic Therapy™(NKT), and currently runs study groups for other practitioners in the Maritimes. Recently, Laurie has adopted the term Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) to describe her treatments. This approach involves a combination of innovative sensory and motor techniques that help to identify the source of dysfunction and improve the way the body creates purposeful movement. She is able to assess for dysfunctions related to vision, brain injury, ligament trauma, scars, postural strain, repetitive injury, nerve entrapments, and a variety of other conditions. Laurie has additional training as a yoga teacher and personal trainer, and uses those skills to inform the creation of home care for her clients.
She has had personal and professional experience in powerlifting, long distance running, and obstacle course racing. She has also worked with many different populations including Olympic athletes, bodybuilders, competitive swimmers, post-surgical recovery patients, and post-concussion patients.
Graston Technique- Level 1
Embodied Anatomy: Mapmaking for Somatic Practitioners
Hypnosis & Meditation in Clinical Practice
Z-Health Neurology Foundations
Anatomy in Motion – Wake Up Your Feet & Wake Up Your Body
Assessment and Treatment of Viscera
Barefoot Training Specialist – EBFA
Biomechanics of Low Back Pain – EBFA
Barefoot Balance Training – EBFA
Functional Foot and Ankle Level 1 – EBFA (Evidence Based Fitness Academy)
Proprioceptive-Deep Tendon Reflex Foundations Series Level 1&2 in Progress
NeuroKinetic Therapy Level 3
Rock Tape
Active Isolated Stretching
StrongFirst Kettlebell
Primal Movement Patterns
NeuroKinetic Therapy Level 1
NeuroKinetic Therapy Level 2
Personal Training Specialist(CanFit Pro)
Adult Education Courses (Brock U)
Cupping Massage
Yoga Teacher training
Alexander Technique-based movement
Massage Therapy Diploma, completion of CMTO exams (Ontario)
Reflexology Diploma