Adrienne Paliyath Registered Physiotherapist, BSc(Kin), M.Sc.(P.T.)

Registered Physiotherapist and Pelvic Health Therapist

Adrienne graduated the Masters of Physiotherapy program at McMaster University in 2011 and is a graduate of Wilfrid Laurier University where she received a Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Kinesiology and Physical Education in 2008. She has additional clinical experience as a Kinesiologist (2008-2009), working both in long term care homes and in a gym setting with personal trainers and other health care professionals.

Adrienne has worked at different physiotherapy clinics in Guelph, Waterloo and Cambridge and has worked at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on all floors, has successfully completed her Intermediate Manual Therapy Examination through the Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and has also completed coursework on shoulder disorders and post surgical rehab, post concussion syndrome, chronic pain and sensitized nervous systems, the use of tape for therapeutic benefits, McKenzie Part A: lumbar spine and McGill Level 1 - building the ultimate back. Adrienne has also worked with a variety of post surgical patients at Cambridge Memorial Hospital on the rehab unit as well as the ICU and Emergency Department.

Adrienne has been a certified Pelvic Health Physiotherapist since 2015. She has completed Levels 1-3 through Pelvic Health Solutions and has completed a variety of courses on diastasis recti, pregnancy and postpartum care, Piston Science, mobilization of visceral fascia, cesarean births, spinal manual therapy for pelvic health and pelvic organ prolapse and the female athlete.

She treats both males and females for a variety of pelvic health concerns including bowel and bladder issues, pregnancy and postpartum issues, perimenopause and menopause pelvic health issues, post prostatectomy pelvic health issues and pelvic pain. Adrienne is a strong proponent of evidence-based care and believes in exercise as medicine.