Mina Kavia

Physiotherapy has enabled Mina Kavia to do what she is passionate about, help people live in less pain. She is a registered physiotherapist with the College of Physiotherapy of British Columbia and a member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (MCPA). Mina holds a Postgraduate Masters in Manual and Manipulative Physiotherapy (MPThy) from the University of Queensland, Australia with a focus on the transversus abdominis and the effect of weak core muscles on the entire body. She is also member of the International Federation of Manipulative Therapists (IFOMT). Mina also has a B.Sc. in Anatomy and a B.Sc. in Physiotherapy from the University of Saskatchewan. In 1995, she completed her degree in acupuncture at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Nanjing, China. She is a Registered Acupuncturist (R.Ac) with the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of British Columbia (CTCMA). Mina is also working on a pain specialty in Acupoint Injection Therapy (AIT), Mesotherapy, Bone Pecking and Platelet Rich Plasma through the Society of Acupuncture Injection Therapies (SAIT), trained by Dr. Hal Blatman and Dr. Rod Lebland. Mina is a licensed Intramuscular Stimulation Practitioner (CGIMS), trained by Dr. Chan Gunn. She currently teaches IMS courses to physicians and physiotherapists at the University of British Columbia Department of Sports Medicine. Throughout her career Mina has owned her own clinic in Vancouver called Seva, worked in sports medicine and treated variety of patients including high performance athletes. She has also volunteered for organizations such as the Alberta Ballet. In both 1994 and 2002 Mina travelled to Madras and Dharamsala to volunteer as a physiotherapist (and acupuncturist) for Indian and Tibetan refugees. Mina has lived in the Sea to Sky Corridor since 2008 with her two daughters. She dabbles in climbing, skiing, biking, running and yoga. Mina serves people recovering from injury or rehabilitating after surgery as well as people with sports-related and everyday ailments such as back pain, neck pain, shoulder injury etc. Her goal is to continually understand and work with patients to not only find the root of pain and dysfunction but also to explore new tools of intervention that can accelerate healing.