Caroline St-Pierre

As I began my post-secondary journey, I initially was interested in studying physical, mental, and cognitive health. I then became more curious about how to use manual therapy in order to change the body's condition and decided to complete my physiotherapy degree.

Once I heard about different holistic approaches, I knew that considering the whole person in my day-to-day practice would be something I would learn, and carry out forever.

I am proud of my involvement in the development of palliative care while in Quebec. My responsibility was coordinating the meetings that focused on how we could better offer peer support and facilitate the implementation of best practices for a group of physiotherapists working in palliative care. This role led to a colleague and I presenting our information at the Association Québécoise de Soins Palliatifs Congress.

In my daily practice, helping people to understand their own situation, guiding them on how to get better, and seeing the change in their condition is fulfilling and rewarding.

Through the years, I have:

All of those guide me towards what to treat, and how to treat it.

Quality over quantity. Working on the quality of a movement, muscle contraction, posture, scar tissue mobility has the potential to alleviate the symptoms. I therefore aim to improve the quality of the execution of an exercise prior to increasing the quantity.

Collaboration. I value working in a collaborative way with my clients and other professionals so everyone brings some enlightenment to the situation and participates to the goals achievement.

Support. I see my role as a guide aiming to support the children’s development and adult’s better way of living.

Learn and share. Curious and always looking for better solutions, I enjoy reading scientific articles and taking new courses. Once I get new information, sharing my knowledge with my clients in a way it can empower them is my next step.

The healing path can sometimes include some relapse periods and it can be challenging to adjust when this happens. As a health professional, I always ask myself what can I do differently to better help my client.

For an answer, finding a different angle to analyze the situation and modifying physiotherapy treatments accordingly is one promising option. Involving other team members using complementary treatment tools and viewing the situation from another perspective has also been shown to be genuinely helpful in these situations.

I grew up as a figure skater and a pianist. From that, I tend to keep physical activities and music in my life. Hiking, skiing, swimming in lakes and the ocean as well as singing in a choir fill me up with good energy.

On top of that, I love to spend precious moment with my family.

I studied at Laval University, Quebec City and graduated in physiotherapy in 2000. I have since worked in a variety of health care environments, including private clinics for adults and children, research centre, palliative home care, rehabilitation centres, and home care services. With such a range of clientele, I have adapted my work to many health conditions, and learned how to address a wide variety of problems.

In the last years, my focus has been directed toward learning and implementing global approaches namely ConnectTherapy™ for the general population and Pediatric Integrative Manual Therapy for babies and children. I’m therefore a physiotherapist trained to take into account the whole body history, analyze the posture, gait, and any movements of one’s body to further optimize them and improve the overall wellness.

My list of recent courses includes: