Rochenda is a Registered Physiotherapist and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985. Additionally, she holds a B.A. in Physical Education (University of Western Ontario) and an M.Sc. Research degree in Rehabilitation Therapy (Queens University, Canada). Rochenda has a special interest in muscle function and motor learning and in how biomechanical and muscle/movement imbalances contribute to painful conditions. She has continued to pursue this passion for more than 25 years by focusing exclusively on the development of a PILATES–based Physiotherapy treatment system, founding a PhysioPilates clinic in Hong Kong and in her native Toronto. In 2006, Rochenda published the first rigorously designed research study on a Pilates-based physiotherapy treatment and she has been active internationally training Physiotherapists in this system since 1996. Rochenda believes in outcome-based, patient-focused care addressing an injury in the context of the body functioning as an integrated muscle and movement system. When not in the clinic you will find Rochenda swimming with Etobicoke Masters, on her road bike, or backcountry hiking, camping and canoeing (the latter often with her daughters) or, simply enjoying a good expresso.

Rochenda is a Registered Physiotherapist and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1985. ... Read More