Physiotherapists

Doug Freer B.Sc.PT, FCAMT, CAFCI, CAT (C)
Grad. Dip. Sports Physiotherapy, Grad. Dip. Manipulative Physiotherapy Registered Physiotherapist

Doug has been in practice in Barrie since graduating from Western's physiotherapy program in 1973. His expertise is assessing and treating musculoskeletal conditions allows him to address the complaints of the most complicated clients. He continues to lecture at the University of Toronto and assist in manual therapy, sports physiotherapy, and acupuncture courses across Canada.
Doug has been selected by his peers to be Chief Therapist for 3 World Student Summer Games, Canadian Team therapist for 3 Winter Olympics, the Pan-American Games, the Paralympic Games in 1996 (Atlanta), 2000 (Sydney) and was selected as Chief Therapist for the 2004 Athens Paralympics.

Dianne Watroba B.HSc., M.Sc.PT
Registered Physiotherapist

Dianne completed her Bachelor of Health Sciences from the University of Western Ontario in 2004.  She then continued to purse her interest and completed her Masters of Science in Physical Therapy from Queen's University in 2007.

Since then, she has been committed to continuing her education at the Canadian College of Osteopathy (Toronto) as well as has taken various courses offered through the Ontario Physiotherapy Association.  In studying Osteopathy, she has further developed manual assessment and treatment techniques for a wide variety of conditions.

She enjoys incorporating Osteopathic principles into her treatment and assessment as this allows her to apply a client - centered approach to her practice.

 

Glenn Wark MClSc (Manipulative Therapy), MScPT, Hon. BHSc, FCAMT
Registered Physiotherapist, Fellow, Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapists

Glenn graduated from the University of Western Ontario with an Honours Bachelor of Health Science degree in 2004 and from McMaster University with a Master of Science in Physiotherapy in 2006. In 2009, he received his Master of Clinical Science in Manipulative Therapy from the University of Western Ontario. He is also currently working toward his certificate level in sport physiotherapy, having completed post-graduate courses through Sport Physiotherapy Canada (Elite Athlete Training, Applications of Exercise Physiology for Sport and the Clinician, Pre- and Post-Event Sport Message Therapy, Advanced Sports/ Athletic Taping). Additionally, he has taken post-graduate training on bike fitting for road cyclists, triathletes and mountain bikers. Glenn also has training in acupuncture through the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute.

Glenn has provided sport physiotherapy coverage at the provincial, national and international levels. He currently works locally with the Georgian Bay Titans Rugby Club, providing sport physiotherapy coverage. He also works part-time with an orthopaedic surgeon and has considerable experience working with post-operative shoulder and knee patients. Glenn has completed post-graduate training in the area of vestibular rehab and the treatment of vertigo. His advanced training allows him to treat a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, although he has a special interest in treating sport related injuries related to the knee, shoulder and spinal disorders (cervical to lumbo-pelvic). In clinical practice, his treatment philosophy includes using manual therapy to restore joint mechanics followed by muscle retraining and motor control strategies to correct movement dysfunctions.
Since moving to the Georgian Bay area, Glenn enjoys an active lifestyle, spending his time competing in triathlons and cycling. He enjoys treating runners, cyclists and triathletes.

Joyce Wong B.Sc.(PT), Cert. AFCI
Registered Physiotherapist

Joyce completed her Physiotherapy degree at Queen’s University in 2006.

Since then she has pursued her interest in orthopaedics and has taken extensive post-graduate training, including: McKenzie Technique for disc injuries, nerve mobilization techniques, therapeutic taping, and myofascial manual therapy techniques.

She is certified by the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada and is able to incorporate this modality into her treatments.

She is also certified in Graston Technique, which aids in breaking up fibrous adhesions and scarring in soft tissue injuries (muscular or ligamentous) or post-surgery.

Her clinical focus is in spinal injuries, neck/shoulder pain, and sports injuries.

Kerry Griffin B.Sc.PT, CAFCI, Cert. Sports Physiotherapy
Registered Physiotherapist

Kerry graduated from the Physiotherapy program at the University of Western Ontario in 1995. He has worked at D. Freer & Associates since 1997. Being born and raised in Barrie, and raising a family locally he has strong ties to the community. He received his certificate in anatomical acupuncture in 1999 and continues to use the modality extensively in his practice.

Manual therapy skills are important in community out patient physiotherapy practice and Kerry received his Intermediate Manual and Manipulative Physical Therapy Diploma in 2009. Spinal disorders make up up over half of his caseload.

The love of athletics has led to acting as a trainer for local football for many years and as a rugby coach (the latter until kids came along!). He worked towards and received his certificate in Sports Physiotherapy in 2003. Shoulder traumatic injuries in the sporting community are of particular interest in treatment.

Nadine Leiper B.Sc., B.Sc. PT
Registered Physiotherapist

Nadine graduated from the University of Guelph before completing a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy at the University of Toronto. Since that time, she has been focusing on a specialization in orthopedics and has received her Certificate of Intermediate Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy.

She has training in acupuncture from the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada and is able to incorporate this modality into her practice.  Her clinical interests include working with young athletes; assessing lower extremity biomechanics and deciding on the appropriateness of orthotics. Nadine also enjoys working with pre and postnatal women.

In addition to Nadine’s orthopaedic clinical practice, she also works with the pediatric population at a community level doing school programming and equipment prescription. She is a registered authorizer through the Ontario Assistive Devices Program and can prescribe various mobility devices , including wheelchairs and walkers for all ages.

Sandy Van Dyke B.Sc. (Bio. Sci.) B. Sc.PT
Registered Physiotherapist

As a 1989 University of Toronto graduate in physiotherapy, Sandy brings 20 years of orthopaedic experience to our clinic along with a commitment to ongoing education. Her specialty areas are acupuncture, manual therapy (including craniosacral therapy and St.John's Neuromuscular Therapy), visceral manipulation, McKenzie techniques, foot orthotics, and treatment for TMJ (temporomandibular joint) problems.


She is certified by the Acupuncture Institute of Canada for the practice of acupuncture.

Sandy's particular interest areas are treatment of chronic pain/headaches, TMJ patients, craniosacral therapy and the challenging patient with multiple problems. Sandy's initial background in Human Kinetics from the University of Guelph provides a solid biomechanical basis for treatment of all orthopaedic injuries ranging from young athletes to seniors.