I am an action sports athlete and high level skier. Injuries are an expectation and rehab is an important part of functioning at a high level, in the sports that I like to do. After suffering a grade 2 MCL injury in 2015, I went the usual route of physiotherapy. Just like the many times before (same experience with different injuries) I had become frustrated. Standard operating procedure for physio therapists seems to be; set you up with ice and an E-Stim machine for 30 mins, then give you exercises to do on  antiquated equipment while they set-up other patients on E-Stim machines, providing you with little to no feedback on your movements.

With lingering knee pain, I expressed my frustration and Ian told me to come into the gym. He gave me exercises to do and would watch and correct poor movements. I quickly saw improvements in my knee function and in a short while dropped all of the weight I had put on while injured!

Fast forward to December 30^th, 2016, I had fully ruptured my Achilles tendon. It is supposed to be a 6-9 month recovery time to a full return to sports. Again, working with Ian at Ascension Fitness I had full clearance from my surgeon at the 5.5 month mark! The cherry on top was being able to come back strong and with full confidence, so that when I was skiing in Chile 9 months after the injury I was able to charge!