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Noah Spence

Registered Physiotherapist

Hometown 

North Vancouver, B.C.

Experience

  • Strength and Conditioning Coach at Level 10 since 2014

  • Competitive athletic history across football, rugby, snowboarding and baseball 

  • Coached several developmental and representative sports programs

  • Extensive volunteer experiences with the Developmental Disabilities Association, Autism Network, Neuromotion, GF Strong, Capilano Rugby Club, and Special Olympics BC

  • Clinical placements in cardiac ICU, spinal cord rehabilitation and acute stroke units

  • Clinical rotations in both private and public musculoskeletal and neuro-rehabilitation settings 

  • Researcher for concussion incidence testing among contact sport athletes study

  • Published in the fields of adolescent health behaviour, concussion/mTBI detection, and pain education

Some of my guiding principles

  • Provide individuals the support they require to confidently return to activity or performance

  • Help people to meet the dynamic demands of their everyday lives and sports.

  • Make the pursuit of wellness or performance fun and effective

  • Give an extra 20%, especially when no one is looking 

  • Work hard so you can play harder

Causes I care about

  • Empowering clients to take charge of their rehabilitation 

  • Assisting clients to re-frame maladaptive beliefs about pain, injury, exercise and performance

  • Changing the culture surrounding rehabilitation, especially as it pertains to acute neurological trauma sustained in sport

What my clients can expect 

  • A thorough, hands on assessment 

  • An adaptive style of communication and therapy that is tailored to help you get the very best out of your time, as well as yourself

  • A clear plan that progresses you off table and back to activity as quickly and safely as possible

  • A multifaceted treatment approach that perseverates after therapy to help reduce the risk of re-injury 

  • Lots of bad puns and jokes

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, University of British Columbia

  • Masters of Physiotherapy, University of Queensland