Casey Ruff

Special Interests

  • Sports Medicine 
  • Athletic and sports injury recovery, prevention, performance 
  • Pediatric musculoskeletal conditions for infants and children, such as: 
    • Sports injuries 
    • Nerve injures
    • Compartment Syndromes 
    • Growth and Development needs
    • Congenital disorders
    • Brachial Plexus
    • Lumbar Plexus
    • Sacral Plexus injuries
    • Torticollis, Plagiocephaly, and Brachycephaly
    • Cerebral Palsy 
  • Concussion recovery 
  • Visual disturbances 
  • Pre and Post-surgical optimization   
  • Vertigo and vestibular disorders 
  • Complex/rare cases

Professional Affiliations

  • College of Physical Therapists of British Columbia: Professional Member
  • British Columbia Association of Kinesiologists: Professional Member, Course Instructor
  • Canadian Physiotherapy Association Sports Medicine Division: Professional Member
  • Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia: Professional Member
  • SportsMedicine BC: Professional Member

Education

  • University of Alberta – M.Sc. Physiotherapy – 2015
  • Simon Fraser University – B.Sc. Kin – Honours, with Distinction with a Certificate in Health and Fitness Studies – 2012
  • Southern Alberta Institute of Technology – Welding - 2005

Certifications

  • Dr. Arun Sayal, MD, CCFP(EM) - Emergency Department Orthopaedics: CASTED - Vancouver, BC. - 2021
  • GTD Scientific, Dr. Geoffery Desmoulin - Injury Analysis 4
  • Forensics: Science of Violence – Vancouver, BC – 2021
  • Canadian Physiotherapy Association - Orthopaedic Level 1 – Ontario - 2020
  • University of Calgary, University of Laval - Concussion: detection, prevention, and management – Calgary, Ab - 2019
  • Canadian Red Cross – (Sport) First Responder CPR-BLS – Victoria, BC 2019
  • Swodeam Institute – Jim Meadows Peripheral Manipulative Therapy – Calgary, Ab - 2018
  • Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia - Musculoskeletal Assessment and Management of the Child with Cerebral Palsy – Victoria, BC - 2018
  • National Strength and Conditioning Association - BC Provincial Clinic Conference – Vancouver, BC - 2017, 2018
  • Dr. Meaghan Adams (University of Waterloo), One Brain - Concussion Rehabilitation – Vancouver, BC - 2017
  • Bernard Tonks - Vestibular Rehabilitation – Victoria, BC - 2017
  • International Committee of the Red Cross - Managing Children with Cerebral Palsy – Vancouver, BC - 2017
  • McKenzie Institute - McKenzie Techniques level I – Coquitlam, BC - 2016
  • David Lindsay, University of Calgary - New Advances in Hip Rehabilitation – Vancouver, BC - 2015
  • Carol Kennedy - Cervicogenic Headache – Nanaimo, BC - 2015
  • Dr. Stuart McGill, University of Waterloo - Building the Ultimate Back: From Rehabilitation to Performance – Vancouver - 2011