About Us
Caroline Allen P.T. – Registered Physiotherapist
Caroline Allen is a registered Physiotherapist who graduated from London, England in 1981. She moved to Canada in 1985 working primarily with orthopaedic and sports injury conditions.
In 2000 she returned to the U.K. to take post-graduate studies in Women’s Health and incontinence. While there she established and ran a clinic treating patients with incontinence and pain and treating women before and after gynaecological surgery. Returning to Canada in September 2003, Caroline established Pelvic Support Physiotherapy, focusing uniquely on incontinence and pelvic pain.
She is also a qualified Pilates instructor.
Caroline is married with two children and lives in the Ottawa area.
Member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association
Member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (U.K.)
Member of the National Vulvodynia Association
Member of the Canadian Continence Foundation
Nancy Dowker P.T. – Registered Physiotherapist
Nancy Dowker graduated as a Physical Therapist from the University of Western Ontario in 1981. She worked at the Orthopaedic and Arthritic Hospital in Toronto until moving to the Ottawa Valley in 1988. Nancy has taken many courses related to orthopaedics and arthritis, the most recent ones being related to osteoporosis, myofascial release and the management of pelvic floor dysfunction.
Nancy has worked as a Private Consultant for the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FCSO) along with Automobile Insurers and the Workplace Safety Insurance Board (WSIB). She is the owner of the Naismith Physiotherapy Clinic in Carleton Place.
Nancy is very pleased to be working at Pelvic Support Physiotherapy. She is passionate about the need to empower both women and men to regain control of their lives through education, physical treatment and ultimately self-management.
Member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association
Susan Glass R.MT. – Registered Massage Therapist
Susan Glass has practised massage therapy in Ottawa since 1974, after having graduated from the Centre for the Healing Arts in Toronto. For many years, her practice focused on the use of massage therapy as an adjunct to to psychotherapy.
Susan also has a particular interest in women’s health and has trained in the therapeutic breast massage, an effective treatment for breast pain due to congestion or surgical procedures. She has been a teacher of Human Relations and Legislation to massage therapy students at Kineconcept Institute for several years and has served on the Regulatory Board for Massage Therapy in Ontario.
Susan is married with a daughter and lives in the Ottawa area.
Member of the Ontario Massage Therapist Association