Lifestyle Medicine and Musculoskeletal Health: Broadening your Scope with Dr. Sinead Dufour

Carolyn is the co-owner of Reframe Rehab, a teaching company engaged in breaking down the barriers internationally between pelvic health, orthopaedics and pain science. Carolyn has practiced in orthopaedics and pelvic health for the past 37 years. She is a McKenzie Credentialled physiotherapist (1999), certified in acupuncture (2002), and obtained a certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) in 2017.

Carolyn received the YWCA Women of Distinction award (2004) and the distinguished Education Award from the OPA (2015). Carolyn was recently awarded the Medal of Distinction from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association in 2021 for her work in pelvic health and pain science.

Carolyn has been heavily involved in post-graduate pelvic health education, research in lumbopelvic pain, speaking at numerous international conferences and writing books and chapters for the past twenty years in pelvic health, orthopaedics and pain science.

Dr. Sinéad Dufour is an Academic Clinician who shares her time between clinical and academic pursuits. Academically, Sinéad is an Associate Professor at McMaster University and serves as content expert in perinatal care, pelvic health and pain science with FIFA Medical. Her current research interests include conservative approaches to optimize pelvic floor function (including innovative technologies), pregnancy-related pelvic-girdle pain, interprofessional collaborative practice models of service provision to enhance pelvic health and perinatal fitness for elite athletes.

Clinically, Sinéad serves as the Chief Clinical Officer of Compass Rose Pelvic Health, an international virtual physiotherapy company she co-founded, with a mandate to guide clients on their journey to pelvic health creation through a bio-psycho-social-spiritual lens. Sinéad is also a founding partner of The WOMB (World of my Baby) a company with six locations providing Ontarians with optimized perinatal (and beyond!) care. Sinéad is a fierce advocate who has and continues to dedicate her time to organizations that aim to improve perinatal care, pain care and pelvic health services including: The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada, The Canaidan Society of Pelvic Medicine, Lansinoh International, and Urospot (Canada & UK).

A clinician, researcher and educator, Sinéad brings experience, credibility and passion into all of her teaching and is a well-recognized speaker at conferences around the world.

Relevant Links:

IG: @dr.sinead

IG: @compassrosepelvichealth

www.thewomb.ca

https://healthcare.lansinoh.com/pages/clinical-advisory-network