Certified Athletic Therapists

Shawn Charron
Shawn has been a Certified Athletic Therapist at the Voyageur Athletic Therapy Clinic (VATC) since 2001. A native of the Greater City of Sudbury, Shawn holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical and Health Education (Laurentian University, 1996), an honors Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science with an Athletic Training Concentration (Lake Superior State University, 1999) and a Master of Education Degree (OISE/University of Toronto, 2008). In 2000 Shawn became a Certified Athletic Trainer with the National Athletic Trainer’s Association Board of Certification in the United States, and in 2001 he became a Certified Athletic Therapist.

Over the years Shawn has had the opportunity to work with a variety of Professional, National team, CIS, NCAA Division I and II, and high school athletes in hockey, figure skating, volleyball, basketball, track and field, and swimming to name a few. He also served as the student trainer for Soo Area High School Athletics while at Lake Superior State University. In the spring of 1999 he completed his internship and served as the team trainer for the Laurentian University Women’s Basketball team and had the opportunity to be a student therapist with the Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club of Ontario Hockey League for the 1998-99 season. Shawn has been able to be a part of several OUA Championships and community events held at Laurentian University and throughout the city. In 2004, he served as the Medical Coordinator and Head Athletic Therapist for the Royal Canadian Legion’s National Youth Track and Field Championships and served as the Athletic Therapist for the Sudbury Wolves Hockey Club during the 2004/05 playoffs.

Being at Laurentian University has given Shawn the opportunity to continue to gain experience and grow as a therapist. In his treatments, Shawn uses a variety of manual and rehabilitative techniques, therapeutic modalities, and a personal touch to provide his clients with total active care and rehabilitation as they return to work and play.
 

Wendy Hampson
Wendy has been the Head Certified Athletic Therapist at the Voyageur Athletic Therapy Clinic for over 25 years. She holds a Physical Education degree from McMaster University and a diploma in Athletic Training and Management from Sheridan College (now a Bachelor of Applied Science in Athletic Therapy). In 2001, she also achieved her Certification in Acupuncture through the Centre of International Holistic Studies.

Wendy’s desire to get to the root cause of an injury, and to treat it effectively, has sparked her desire for lifelong learning through continued professional development. As a result, she has numerous and varied skills that she applies in a “hands-on” approach. She believes this approach to be a superior form of treatment, in combination with the application of traditional modalities and a comprehensive exercise program, to enhance the recovery of her clients. Her treatments, therefore, are patient-centered and individualized utilizing many “tools” from her “tool box” to help correct mechanical dysfunction.

Her career highlights include being the Chief Therapist at the Atlanta Summer Paralympics, as well as being selected by her peers to be a Canadian Team Therapist at the Winter Paralympics, Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, 2 World University Games, Canada Games and Francophone Games. These Games have allowed her to travel the world and to work with Olympic level athletes, as well as to work along side the best medical professionals in this country. Another feather in her cap is being selected to be part-time faculty at the new Northern Ontario School of Medicine.