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Lynda Lawrence
Grad Dip Phys, FCAMPT, CGIMS
Lynda is a UK trained physiotherapist (Bristol, 1983) with extensive clinical experience and ongoing post-graduate education in orthopaedics, Women’s Health issues and pelvic floor rehabilitation for both women and men. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy, certified Gunn IMS (intra-muscular stimulation) Practitioner and certified Röst therapist.
Languages: English
Lynda trained and worked in UK teaching hospitals gaining diverse experience before moving to Vancouver in 1993. She is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manual and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapists, certified Gunn IMS (Intra-Muscular Stimulation) Practitioner and certified Röst therapist (for management of pelvic girdle pain) with continuing education in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.
Over the past 20 years, Lynda has pursued her interest in physiotherapy for pelvic and reproductive health concerns and the biopsychosocial approach for the care of people with persistent pain. She has worked in the pelvic pain programme and continence clinic at BC Women’s Hospital.
She recognises the benefit of ‘movement is for life’ and encourages participation in home exercises, combined with treatment, to help you achieve your functional goals, whether for: everyday activities at home and work, playing sports or, to manage sensitive aspects of your bladder, bowel and/or sexual health.
Her treatment approach uses a combination of exercise therapy, manual therapy, Gunn IMS, pain management techniques, Rehabilitative Ultrasound Imaging (evaluation and biofeedback for the abdominals and lumbo-pelvic area) and postural advice.
Lynda has always been active -playing various sports and exploring the beautiful outdoors both on the water and in the mountains. Like many, she has experienced first-hand how physiotherapy and exercise can help you resume the activities you love.
She enjoys playing competitive Master’s field hockey, Pilates, biking, running (completed both 10km and half marathons), gardening and travelling.
Areas of Special Interest:
· Pelvic health for all genders- incontinence (leakage of urine, stool, gas), voiding concerns (urgency, frequency, hesitancy), bowel symptoms, pelvic organ prolapse, vaginal/rectal/pelvic/genital pain, Genito-urinary syndrome of menopause (GSM)
· Pre- and post-partum care: Pelvic Girdle Pain (PGP)- Sacro-iliac and/or symphysis pubis pain, coccydynia (tail bone pain), Diastasis of Rectus Abdominus (DRA)
· Certified Gunn IMS (intra-muscular stimulation) practitioner- for treatment of neuropathic pain.
· Manual therapy/Myofascial therapy/Spinal Manipulation- FCAMPT
· Chronic/persistent pain
· Osteoporosis
· Orthopaedics and sports injuries