Jamie Johnston RMT is the founder of www.themtdc.com. He is passionate about furthering the professionalism and education of RMT’s. He is also a firefighter, first aid, Sport First Responder, and EMR instructor, and former clinical supervisor at WCCMT – Victoria. He has spent years working in sport, initially working with our local Junior A hockey team, the Victoria Grizzlies for seven years, one of which spent as head trainer and medical director. He also spent a year working with our national Men’s 7’s Rugby team, has worked with UBC swim team, along with other sports like rowing and Ironman. For the past four years has also been working with (and continues to) Hockey Canada in the women’s development program. His teaching style, sense of humour and humility has consistently received fantastic reviews from those who have attended his courses.
Eric Purves MRSc, RMT has been an RMT since 2006. He has a full-time practice and co-owns Achieve Health, a multidisciplinary clinic in Victoria, BC. He was a co-chair for the Registered Massage Therapists Association of BC (RMTBC) advanced practice group in pain management. The groups objective is to provide education and resources for evidence-based treatments and effective pain management strategies for manual and movement therapists. In 2016, Eric joined the education faculty at PainBC where he teaches a course on persistent pain management. He also has his own education company where he regularly teaches across North America workshops on pain, manual therapy, movement/exercise therapies and rehabilitation principles for health care providers. His graduate studies at the University of British Columbia focused on the application of research evidence in healthcare practice. Eric’s presented his research at conferences and has had articles published throughout the world in various massage therapy journals.
