HI, I thought I would just do a post to introduce myself. I am Jenn Turner, a new addition to the Symmetrics Team this summer- to the support team! I am a chiropractor, although I practice much differently than a traditional chiropractor. I primarily do Active Release Technique (ART), which is an innovative soft tissue technique designed for repetitive overuse injuries. This technique deals with muscles, tendons and ligaments and breaks down scar tissue and adhesions in these tissues and allows them to regain their normal length and power. I am also completing a residency to be a Chiropractic Sports Specialist. This type of training allows me to have a broad understanding of athletic injuries and looking at not just symptoms, but allowing to evaluate the entire kinetic chain and find out WHY these injuries are occurring. Using a number of techniques such as ART, manipulations, exercise perscription, Graston Technique and kinesiotaping I can help the athlete correct the weakness or limiting tissue that is encouraging the painful symptoms to appear. Some athletes use my services as performance enhancing as well. By the techniques applied above, better mechanics, more powerful movements etc. can be acheived, just by perfecting how their bodies move. I have watched some of the Symmetrics Athletes on their bikes, and performing specific movement patterns in the office and have been able to determine some weaknesses that we can work on in the off season and hopefully improve their efficiency on the bike come race season next spring.

Let me tell you a bit about myself. I am a competitive triathlete. I have done two Ironman races and I am signed up for IM Arizona next year wih the goal of competing in Hawaii at the Ironman World Championships. I know what it is like to train, to need treatment, and to want to be as efficient of an athlete as possible. I have been a part of the Canadian Age Group National Team and travelled to Sweden and Denmark for Long Course World Championships. I was fortunate to do well overseas, and bring back a silver medal in Sweden and finally a GOLD medal in Denmark in 2005, where I finished in the top ten overall. I hope to do some racing in the Ironman 70.3 series this upcoming season as well.

I graduated from the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College in 2005, and I am fully certified in Active Release Techniques, Graston Techniques, and Neuroproprioceptive Taping. I have my personal training certificate through CPTN, and I am currently working on gaining my Masters Degree in Rehabilitation Sciences at UBC. As I stated previously, I am a resident in the Chiropractic Sports Sciences Program and I have been lucky to work under some of the top chiros, ortho surgeons, physiotherapists, sports medicine doctors and many others through this program. I have also worked with various elite athletes such as the BC Lions, Hyack Swim club, various Mixed Martial Arts Clubs and I travelled to Europe last year with Bobsled/Skeleton Canada for the Europa Cup. I currently write the injuries section for Triathlon Magazine Canada, and have contributed to IMPACT magazine, Triathlon BC and other on-line sites. I have a clinic on the North Shore, with my business partners- a physiotherapist and a massage therapist called MOVEO SPORT AND REHABILITATION CENTRE, where we have a myraid of therapists working together in a team environment (www.moveo.ca). I look forward to sharing my expertise on the Symmetrics Blog through various articles and tips. Please feel free to contact me for any information or questions that you may have!

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