Autobiography – Casey Ruff Physiotherapy
I like adventuring with my family, going to the fitness centre, making things in my shop, fly-fishing, mountain biking, and playing sports.
Physiotherapy is actually my 3rd career. I have been a cowboy and professional level athlete, and I am a nationally licensed tradesman.
I’ve worked in many areas spanning athletics, horsemanship and backcountry tourism, construction and skilled trades, academia and research, and now health and rehabilitation.
During my athletic career I was always injured and in physiotherapy as a patient. I had to learn for myself to exercise through an injury and get myself back into competition; these experiences precipitated my adventure into rehabilitation as a profession.
Moving ahead with my experience as an athlete at the professional level, I have provided sports therapy and performance training for the Vancouver Whitecaps Pre-residency program, the Canadian Professional Rodeo Sports Medicine Team, the World Police and Fire Games, BC Ride to Conquer Cancer, and a number of marathons, the BC games, many individual athletes.
I also have extensive experience treating adult work injuries; as a tradesman I know exactly how many trades people need to work as they build our world.
Settled into the island life I volunteer my time monthly at a local paediatric orthopaedic outreach clinic.
I am also the consulting physical therapist to the Cowichan Valley school district and am the team therapist for the Nanaimo Hornets Rugby Club.
Education and Accessory Training – Casey Ruff Physiotherapy
Education
- University of Alberta: Masters of Science Physical Therapy, 2015
- Simon Fraser University: Bachelors of Science – Honours, Kinesiology with Distinction, Certificate in Health and Fitness Studies, 2012
- Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Journeyman, Interprovincial Red-seal Welding, 2005
Additional training
- University of Calgary, University of Laval Concussion: detection, prevention, and management, June 2019
- CASEM-ACMSE Paediatric Sports Medicine Conference, May 2019
- Juan De Fuca Orthopaedic Association Distal Extremities – When to Fix, Fuse and Replace, April 2019
- Canadian Red Cross – (Sport) First Responder CPR-BLS, April 2019
- St John Ambulance Standard First Aid for Industry (OFA Level 1), June 2018
- National Strength and Conditioning Association, BC Provincial Clinic, 2017, 2018
- Musculoskeletal Assessment and Management of the Child with Cerebral Palsy – PABC, September 2018
- Peripheral Manipulative Therapy; Swodeam Institute – Jim Meadows, April 2018
- Concussion Rehabilitation; Dr. Meaghan Adams (University of Waterloo), February 2017
- Managing Children with Cerebral Palsy: International Committee of the Red Cross, February 2017
- Vestibular Rehabilitation – Bernard Tonks, January 2017
- McKenzie Techniques level I: McKenzie Institute, February 2016
- New Advances in Hip Rehabilitation; David Lindsay, University of Calgary, November 2015
- Cervicogenic Headache – Carol Kennedy, 2015
- Dr. Stuart McGill (University of Waterloo): Building the Ultimate Back: From Rehabilitation to Performance, November 2011