MICHAEL WHITE

Michael was born in Wales and graduated from the West Middlesex Hospital  (London) in physiotherapy in 1976 . He emigrated to Canada in 1979 . He worked in the Janeway Children’s  hospital in Newfoundland for a year before going back to university to gain his Bachelors degree from Dalhousie University. He moved the west coast shortly after and has worked in North Vancouver thereafter, except for a year spent on exchange to New Zealand. He has studied extensively in the field or orthopaedic sciences and returned to the University of Alberta to gain his certification in medical acupuncture (CME)  in 2002. He has worked and studied with some of the best orthopaedic therapists in North America. Michael has owned five separate outpatient orthopaedic practises in his nearly 50 years of being a physiotherapist. He has held positions of vice president of the College of physiotherapy in British Columbia, and was at one time, chief examiner for the College of Physiotherapy. He has been a guest lecturer at UBC as a clinical practitioner, and taught in the orthopaedic division across BC. He has now moved to the Okanagan with his lovely wife, Kimberly to enjoy the interiors, climate and opportunity. Michael has an extensive list of hobbies which include playing music, rugby, soccer, skiing. (Ski patrolling) writing , poetry, travel, gardening, and cooking. In his years of exploration he has restored antique vehicles raced  his motorcycle at Mission Raceway, scuba dived, and has a pilot license that he no longer uses…sadly. On his days off, you will sometimes see Michael swearing at his golf clubs on local courses. Michael has completed four marathons but his days of long-distance running are over! His wife may have other plans for him though!