Roland Lavallée

Roland is committed to proactively expanding his knowledge and practical application of orthopaedic examination and treatment. As a devoted health care practitioner, he is strongly motivated to positively and effectively manage his clients. Making a tangible difference in people’s lives continues to be a focus in his clinical practice. Roland’s key to his professional development as an orthopaedic manual physiotherapist has been to embrace lifelong learning principles.

Roland’s clinical practice spans more than 30 years as a licensed physiotherapist. He is a University of Manitoba faculty member / instructor, researcher, student advisor, mentor, athlete, professional business owner / chief clinician, and active community member. Roland is a proud father and husband, and is self-identified as Métis, French Canadian. He is an avid runner, completing five full marathons, twenty ½ marathons and approximately one dozen Olympic distance triathlons.

Roland’s achievements:

• Currently holds a faculty appointment with the University of Manitoba’s College of Rehabilitation Sciences – Physiotherapy;
• Has been teaching post-graduate physiotherapy courses in Manitoba and parts of Canada since the late 1980s
• Appointed Examiner for the Orthopaedic Division – CPA (2005 to present)
• Clinical Masters in Physical Therapy – Manipulative Physiotherapy (MClSc) University of Western Ontario (2010);
• Bachelor of Medical Rehabilitation – Physical Therapy (BMR PT) University of Manitoba 1983.
• Chair of the National Education Committee – Orthopaedic Division, Canadian Physiotherapy Division