Karen Orlando, BSc.PT., Dip. Sport Physio.

 

Karen Orlando is a graduate of Queen’s University and owner of ProCare Rehabilitation (a private physiotherapy clinic in downtown Toronto). She has been a practicing clinician for over 29 years.

 

Since 1984, she has been a vital member of the Canadian Medical Team for 6 Summer Olympics, as well as being Chief Therapist for the Winter Paralympics in Lillehammer and Nagano. For the past fourteen years, the Canadian Rowing Team has chosen her as their Principal Physiotherapist Consultant. She has also recently been chosen to be the Physiotherapist for the upcoming Olympics in Beijing.

 

Karen has worked with the Toronto Raptors basketball team, the National Sports Centre of Toronto, the National Ballet, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and Famous Stage Productions.

 

Her consulting business has taken her into industry, where she assesses workplace injuries and implements solutions. In addition, Karen has been a guest lecturer with the Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine, as well as many universities, health care organizations and insurance companies. She teaches various courses including Bands, Balls and Balance and Functional Return from Brachial Plexus Injuries in Canada and the United States. Karen has also just completed an exercise module entitled Muscle Retraining through PhysioTools which is being distributed internationally.

 

Karen’s key to success is that she quickly connects with people and what motivates them, detects the one main factor that usually causes several compensating problems, and corrects it so that they can quickly move back to full function.