Pamela Klombies has nearly 30 years of experience practicing physiotherapy in Alberta and Saskatchewan, with a focus on complex pain patterns.

After an emergency spinal surgery 20 years ago, Pamela was temporarily paralyzed from the waist down. As an atypical case with a gloomy prognosis, she struggled to navigate the health system herself and experienced “falling through the cracks”. Overtime she built up a multidisciplinary care team of effective specialists and therapists. Eventually, Pamela was able to return to all of the things she enjoys in life, including scuba diving, martial arts, and salsa dancing with her husband.

Pamela’s experience as both patient and physiotherapist have led her to a client-centred approach to care and goal-setting for complex cases. Pamela’s clients often don’t fit into “cookie cutter” protocols, often expressing that their concerns are not been adequately addressed by their health care network. Pamela’s client base tends to have:

• complex pain patterns; and/or
• ongoing issues with head and spine injuries including multiple concussions, headaches, TMJ dysfunction, chronic shoulder, hip or back pain; and/or
• disorders that may include sleep disruption, an irritable digestive system, fatigue, anxiety, or a dysregulated nervous system

During your one-to-one sessions Pamela will:

• conduct an all-inclusive head to toe evaluation to determine the source of the issue(s).
• support you in setting and achieving goals (ask yourself: how do I envision myself moving through life and what do I want to see happen?)
• investigate the connections and repercussions of persistent pain and impairment(s) throughout your body.
• assess and treat your musculoskeletal system using her extensive background in both the Mckenzie Method and the Mulligan Concept.
• address your craniosacral system (head, spine, sacrum), neuromeningeal network (autonomic nervous system), abdominal viscera (digestive system), and your lymphatic system using the gentle palpation and manual therapy skills she has attained from the Upledger Institute.
• if appropriate, she will use acupressure points and K-taping.
• if desired, she will support you in assembling your own multidisciplinary care team.

In her leisure time, Pamela enjoys teaching Zumba, Hatha yoga and Pilates. She loves traveling and hiking with her Australian Mountain Doodles. She enjoys fine hearty meals and playing board games with her family and friends.