Our Athletic Therapy Team
Jill Purdy
My name is Jill Purdy. I am known to some as the therapist with the bow in her hair. I love sweet treats, and running. I am a bit of a anatomy nerd so I love to help people truly understand their injury.
What is an Athletic Therapist?
As an athletic therapist, I am the person who will enter onto the field when an athlete is hurt and I am qualified to help them. In addition to helping them safely off the field, I will work with the athlete to bring the athlete back to full playing potential using manual therapies and functional exercises. As we are specialists in the muskuloskeletal system, we integrate the whole body to ensure the best possible outcome for recovery. Another goal of mine is to integrate prevention programs into teams to reduce the amount of injuries. I am a Certified Athletic Therapist and a First Responder. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Why did I become a Athletic Therapist?
I started my journey towards athletic therapy in High School in a sports medicine class where I was given the opportunity to work with a volleyball team as a "student trainer". That is where I learned that I loved to help people. My love of sport, and my love of medicine helped lead me to taking a degree in Kinesiology from Brock University. While at Brock University, I was able to be mentored by the well respected Joe Kenny, Karen Miller and Jim Bilotta, as I was working as a student Athletic Therapist for the Brock University Varsity Fencing Team. Having learned about physiology, anatomy, and sport psychology, I decided to follow my passion to help people and continue on to Study Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University. At Mount Royal University, I was able to learn the skills necessary to be a First Responder and a specialist in Muskuloskeletal injuries. I was able to practice my skills within two wonderful practicums. The first was at Ambrose University with the Volleyball teams. The second was at University of Calgary with their Women Soccer team, and both Men and Women Basketball teams. This grew my love for helping others and using my knowledge to help people. Now that I am certified, as an Athletic Therapist, I look forward to working within a multi-sport fashion so I can continue to help others, “Recover. Regain. Return.”
I look forward to helping you feel better and get back to living your movement dreams and ambitions.
Sincerely,
Jill Purdy
Miguel Klassen
My name is Miguel Klassen. I am a new athletic therapist looking to help you make headway on your recovery goals. I enjoy working with a variety of active populations of all abilities. I aspire to help others get back to their lives and do what they are passionate about.
From the moment that I could kick a ball I was always involved in some sport or activity, from soccer or rugby, to sailing or climbing. I have pursued to be an athletic therapist ever since I tore my ACL at just 12 years old. Drawing inspiration from the many injury and rehab specialists that helped me through my own injuries, I knew that I wanted to provide the same guidance and encouragement to others that was given to me. This passion lead me to take sports medicine classes in high school, as well as Athletic Therapy at Mount Royal University under the Faculty of Health and Physical Education. Throughout my academic career I got to experience working with 8 different sports, some of those being men’s hockey at Mount Royal, University of Calgary wrestling, and Ambrose University soccer/futsal just to name a few. Now, I look forward to using my skills and knowledge to help others return to play, return to sport, return to life.
