ATHLETIC THERAPY SERVICES
Available for Current Varsity Athletes*
Contact St. Clair College Athletic Therapy Clinic at 519-972-2727 ext 5370 or email us at kstroesser@stclaircollege to book an appointment at the clinic.
What is Athletic Therapy?
Athletic Therapy is the treatment choice for most professional, semi-professional, university and college level varsity sport. Certified Athletic Therapists are best known for their quick-thinking on-field emergency care of professional and elite athletes. They are often the first to respond when someone gets hurt. They are experts at injury assessment and rehabilitation. Athletic therapists are specialists in both on-site care and active rehabilitation skills. This makes them effective in treating the musculoskeletal (muscles, bones, and joints) injuries, whether on the field or in the clinic.
What does a Certified Athletic Therapist Do?
Athletic therapists adhere to the Sports Medicine Model of care. They treat a wide range of patients, from kids with concussions to seniors recovering from hip replacement surgery, using various manual therapies, modalities, exercise prescription and even bracing and taping. The treatment varies but the objective doesn’t: an Athletic Therapist's goal is to help clients return to their usual activities, whether that means playing competitive sports or returning to work following an injury. Athletic Therapists have training and skills in concussion management and education.
Services available:
| Athletic Therapy | Massage Therapy | Acupuncture | Soft Tissue Release |
| Shock Wave Therapy | Cryotherapy | Cupping | Hydrotherapy |
| Laser Therapy | Complex Massage Guns | IFC Therapy | Strength & Conditioning |
| Pneumatic Compression Boots | TENS Therapy | Thermotherapy | Postural & Gait Analysis |
| Concussion Management | Ultrasound therapy | Kinesiotaping | Athletic Taping & Bracing |
| Fascial Stretch Therapy | Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation | Blood Flow Restriction Training | Game Ready Cryotherapy |
Location:
Our Athletic Therapy clinic is located in the Sportsplex across from the main gymnasium on the first floor. The clinic houses 4 treatment tables, a private treatment room, a tape station that can accommodate 5 people at a time, 2 hydrotherapy tubs, and space to allow our athletes to prepare and stretch before practices/games.
Athletic Therapy at events/games:
St. Clair College Athletic Therapy is on site providing medical coverage for all OCAA league “high impact sports games”. Coverage is provided to all teams by our Athletic Therapists, in conjunction with students therapy assistants from various programs including St. Clair College Paramedic, nursing, health and fitness promotion programs as well as University of Windsor Human Kinetics students.
Staff:
Kim Stroesser – Head Athletic Therapist
Kim has been the Head Athletic Therapist at St. Clair College since 2014. She is a Windsor native who earned her undergraduate degree in Human Kinetics at the University of Windsor. She went on to complete her Athletic Therapy degree at Sheridan College. Following that she worked for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the CFL and received her Massage Therapy Diploma from Ontario College of Health and Technology.
After working in Hamilton for a few years and obtaining her Medical Acupuncture certificate from McMaster University, she decided to do her Masters of Rehabilitation Sciences at McMaster as well. She graduated in 2016 and presented her research at the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine World Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2017.
She is a Certified Athletic Therapist, Registered Massage Therapist and a Red Cross First Responder Instructor.