Shirley Yu – RMT

Shirley has accumulated over 3000 hours of training and experience during her course of study at the Langara College RMT program. During that time, she had chance to work with various patient populations such as; young athletes, dancers, opera performers, climbers, sports runners, seniors with different chronic diseases, patients with spinal cord injuries and many more. Shirley also has experience as a shiatsu practitioner.

She has worked on clients with a variety of common musculoskeletal problems such as : headaches, stiff neck and shoulders, postural syndrome, chronic low back pain and overuse injuries, nerve entrapment and anxiety and stress management. Shirley always tries to stand in patients shoes, identify the problem and discuss the treatment plan with them. During treatment Shirley likes to combine different techniques, to customize the treatment to that clients individual’s needs and educate the patient with homecare techniques and tips so they can successfully achieve their goals.

Outside of work, Shirley enjoys practicing yoga, deep stretching, jogging, cooking and reading as well as listening to relaxing music.