Mathew Pulickal- Founder

Registered Physiotherapist

Mathew Pulickal is a registered physiotherapist in Ottawa and has a widespread background in the treatment and rehabilitation of numerous injuries, chronic pain issues, temporomandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ), as well as injuries that are caused from work, sport and a variety of other activities and/or pathologies. There are only a handful of certified intramuscular stimulation(www.istop.org) medical professionals in Ontario. Besides providing IMS services, Mathew is one of the few Donjoy (www.donjoy.ca) custom knee brace fitters in Ottawa and is also trained to fit custom orthotics. He provides all these service at our Orleans physiotherapy, Barrhaven physiotherapy and Westboro physiotherapy locations.

Mathew obtained an undergraduate degree in Human Kinetics as well as an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from theUniversity of Ottawa in 1997. He went on to receive his undergraduate degree in Physiotherapy and a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of Alberta in 2001. In 2004, Mathew obtained his Masters degree in Physiotherapy from the University of Alberta. In addition to these degrees, he is also a Certified Exercise Physiologist (www.csep.ca) and is certified in Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) therapy. He has completed a Masters in Clinical Science at the University of Western Ontario in 2013 and obtained his Advanced Manual Therapy certification and is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy (FCAMPT) as well. Presently he works at the Orleans physiotherapy, Barrhaven physiotherapy, and Westboro physiotherapy locations.

Mathew has a very extensive background in the fields of sports, rehabilitation and chronic pain. He was a national level track and field sprinter and presently is a running consultant for a few national level runners. Mathew has been doing running evaluations for clients for many years and is our only running evaluator for the company. Running evaluations are performed at the Barrhaven physiotherapy, Orleans physiotherapy, and Westboro physiotherapy locations. Over the past eleven years, Mathew has been certified as an Exercise Physiologist under the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP). He provides assessments, evaluations, prescribes conditioning exercises, and offers exercise supervision and monitoring, for the purpose of improving health, function, work and sport performance.

Mathew has been a physical therapist for the following events and teams: World Track and Field Games, World University Games, Pan American Games, NHL, CFL, CJFL, World Cup Triathlon, World University Wrestling Games, World Karate Championships, FIFA Soccer World Cup U21 and U19, University Varsity and CIS National Championships (Basketball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Football, Rugby, Soccer, Track & Field, Volleyball, Wrestling), and Dukes Football.

Mathew believes that providing one- on- one care at an affordable price with the utmost quality has allowed him to create a rehabilitation program unique to Ottawa.