Let me introduce myself, my name is Lisa. Since graduating in 2014 from McMaster with my Masters of Occupational Therapy, I have focused on home care, auto insurance (MVA), and chronic pain settings.

 

I completed my first 10 years of practice in a rural community home care service. I became an ADP Authorizer to assess and prescribe wheelchairs and other mobility devices. I learned a lot about seating, and how we support clients who use wheelchairs who also have pain.

 

I then moved to an Interdisciplinary Chronic Pain Clinic, where I worked with a team of professionals to address medical, physical, psychological and lifestyle recovery. Through this experience, I have developed a strong clinical focus in chronic pain management, including additional training in pain science and approaches such as Pain Neuroscience Education (PNE), graded motor imagery, and strategies to address nervous system sensitivity and protective muscle tension.

 

Currently, I am working with clients who have chronic pain to change their pain patterns, reduce nervous system dysregulation, and move forward with life despite pain. I work with clients whose pain comes from a variety of origins; whether from an injury, age-related joint problems or a more global problem like rheumatoid arthritis or fibromyalgia.