Who is Kitty (Caryl) Martinho?

Kitty is a registered physiotherapist with the Ontario College of Physiotherapists and a member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.  She is associated with Action Potential.

She completed her training as a physiotherapist in Britain at the RJ and AH Orthopedic Hospital, Shropshire in 1982. She worked in Britain for two years (at St. Richards, Chichester and Hammersmith Hospital, London) before moving to Canada in 1985.

She has worked in Canada in Newfoundland, Chatham, Ontario and Ottawa. She has worked in the field of oncology and palliative care since 1997, as an inpatient therapist on the oncology unit at the Ottawa Hospital and most recently on the palliative care unit at Elizabeth Bruyere Health Centre.

She has experience in all aspects of hospital work, as well as children’s rehabilitation. Her experience is broad-based including orthopedic, surgical, medicine, out-patient therapy, neurology (pediatric), intensive care and home care physiotherapy.

Her treatment philosophy is eclectic, drawing on a number of hands-on interventions to provide individual programs of therapy tailored to meet the needs of each client and their family.

Her post graduate courses include:

·      Vodder Manual Lymphatic Drainage

·      Acupuncture IIA/B

·      Mackenzie A

·      E1V1

·      If you can’t breath you can’t function.

·      Fit to Play

·      Electrotherapy update

·      Autogenic Drainage and the PEP mask

·      Chronic Pain

She is pleased to provide physiotherapy to patients with cancer to help alleviate the symptoms, assist in their recovery and adjust to any physical changes they may be experiencing.