Dean Corpuz, MPT
Dean completed his Bachelors of Kinesiology with a concentration in Active Health and Rehabilitation at Simon Fraser University in 2010. He then went on to work as a Kinesiologist for two years with people who suffered work or motor vehicle accidents at a large clinic in the Lower Mainland. He soon after moved to Australia where he completed his Masters of Physiotherapy at the University of Sydney in 2014. Drawn to the sunshine, he moved to the Gold Coast where one year turned into six. He has since moved back to the Lower Mainland to be closer to family and friends.
Over those six years, Dean worked in a thriving private practice, treating a variety of clients from athletes to weekend warriors to non-sporting populations in a one-on-one setting. He likes working with clients who have had ongoing issues for years and tries to get down to the root cause of their issue as well as those trying to prevent injury in the first place. He specializes in headaches and migraines and helped establish the Gold Coast Headache Clinic using a technique called the ‘Watson Headache Approach’ and has completed both level 1 and level 2. He can also treat vestibular conditions such as vertigo. He has worked with post-op recovery as well as those suffering from whiplash (ICBC).
Dean is very passionate about physiotherapy and is always excited to progress his skills as well as pass this knowledge onto others, whether it is students, new graduates or the general public. He uses a combination of manual and exercise therapy, individualized to each client, to help get them back to what they want and love to do. He is well trained in dry needling, however, has to re-certify these skills in Canada, which he is looking to complete later this year. He worked alongside a sports physiotherapist for the duration of his time in Australia, learning as much as he could in his weekly professional development sessions.
Dean has always been active, growing up snowboarding in the winter and mountain biking/playing tennis in the summer amongst other activities. He took up surfing while in Australia and generally just loved getting outside and being active. Dean and his fiancé, Lindsey, spent the last three months of his time in Australia roadtripping and camping from one coast to the other before finally moving back to Canada.
Dean Corpuz,MPT
Corpuz.physio@gmail.com
236-999-3897