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Peter Huijbregts
Dr. Peter Huijbregts is a physical therapist holding licenses in British Columbia, Michigan, and the Netherlands.
In addition to a 4-year baccalaureate diploma in physical therapy (PT) in 1990, he completed a Master of Science in Manual Therapy (1994), a Master of Health Science in PT (1997), and a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (2001). He is board-certified in Orthopaedic PT with the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties (1998, re-certified 2008) and holds post-graduate certificates in strength and conditioning (1996), manual therapy (1997), functional capacity evaluation (1997), clinical education (1998), and intramuscular stimulation (2004). He has also attained Fellowship status in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy (1998) and in the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Therapy (2002).
Peter has taught in entry-level and post-graduate clinical PT education, continuing medical education, community education, and academic PT and occupational therapy education. He has served as Adjunct Professor at Grand Valley State University (2000) in Allendale, MI, and Pacific University (2001) in Forest Grove, OR. Since 2002 Peter has held an appointment as Assistant Professor at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in St. Augustine, FL (www.usa.edu), where he teaches and develops online courses in the area of orthopaedic basic science, spinal instability, and statistics and research methodology. He also serves as a faculty advisor for independent study projects and doctoral Capstone projects. Since 2006, Peter has been associated with Dynamic Physical Therapy as their Educational Consultant. In 2008 he was appointed Advisory Faculty Member for the North American Institute of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy (www.naiomt.com). For NAIOMT he teaches a specialty course on the impact of evidence-based practice on clinical practice and publication.
After serving as its Editor-in-Chief from late 2004 until the end of 2007, Peter is now the Consulting Editor of the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy (http://jmmtonline.com), a peer-reviewed international journal on the topic of orthopaedic manual therapy. He also holds appointments at three other peer-reviewed journals, i.e., Physical Therapy (US), Physiotherapy Canada (Canada), and Rehabilitacja Medyczna (Poland). As of 2006, Peter has been working as Consulting Editor for Jones and Bartlett Publishers (www.jbpub.com) and serves as the Series editor for a book series called Current Topics in Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine. He has authored a textbook on strength training applications in rehabilitation and sports and has produced more than 40 original articles, four American Physical Therapy Association Orthopaedic Section independent study course chapters, university graduate-level courses and course chapters, editorials, and textbook chapters on topics related to various areas in PT. His current projects include an edited textbook on myofascial trigger point pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management and another on the diagnosis and management of patients with dizziness.
Since 1990 Peter has worked in a variety of clinical settings with an emphasis on orthopaedic PT. Since 2004 he works as physiotherapy consultant at Shelbourne Physiotherapy and Massage Clinic with a special interest in diagnosis and management of chronic spinal pain syndromes, shoulder pain, headache, and dizziness.
Peter Huijbregts is a Certified Gunn IMS Practitioner. He treats his patients at our main Victoria Physiotherapy, Pilates & Massage clinic located at 100B-3200 Shelbourne Street, Victoria, BC, V8P 5G8.
To book an appointment with Peter please call 250-598-9828.
