Meet Our Team

Afshin Heidar Abady, PhD

Registered Physiotherapist, Owner

Afshin is a registered physiotherapist with over 20 years experience in treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, particularly in patients with spinal conditions, chronic neck and low back pain, shoulder and sports related injuries.

Afshin is a dedicated practitioner who continuously advances his knowledge and skills by taking multiple post-graduate programs.  Afshin is a certified McKenzie practitioner and a registered member of the McKenzie Institute Canada. His acupuncture credentials include being certified member of Acupuncture Canada (formerly the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute), graduate member of McMaster Contemporary Medical Acupuncture (MCMA) program and certified in Dry needling using the Gokavi Transverse Technique (GTT).

Richard Rosedale, Dip MDT

Registered Physiotherapist

Richard graduated from Guy’s Hospital School of Physiotherapy (London, UK) in 1992. After emigrating to Canada, he completed his Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT) in 1997. Richard worked in orthopedics and in Occupational Health at London Health Sciences Centre, Canada from 1993 till 2018.

Richard has been active in research since 2007 and has authored or coauthored over a dozen papers primarily exploring the clinical utility of MDT. He has also coauthored various book chapters and published letters.

Since 2003 Richard has been a member of the McKenzie Institute teaching faculty and has been teaching healthcare professionals throughout Canada and Internationally. In 2005 Richard was appointed onto the Institute’s International Education Council. He has led numerous educational projects, including the development of online learning courses and live-course educational materials which are used for teaching healthcare professionals in over 40 countries throughout the world.