Megan Pomarensky, MSc, CAT(C)
Rehabilitation Director & Certified Athletic Therapist
IG/Twitter: @meganpomarensky
Empowering you to move freely.
Hi! My name is Megan. I am a self-proclaimed learn-it-all, working in private practice and team settings in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since 2014, my clinical practice has always been one-on-one, and includes working with children, adults, and recreational to professional athletes, providing injury assessments, rehab, and training techniques. I have taken over 45 continuing education courses and been mentored by industry leaders to bring you the best possible care.
I am available in the clinic:
Monday 8:15am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 8:15am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:15am - 3:30pm
I initially had dreams of becoming a forensic scientist, and couldn’t get enough crime shows in between dance classes. But when I was in high school, I realized that chemistry was not my jam, and I was way more inspired by my phys-ed teacher who had an athletic therapy background. I immediately switched gears into wanting to be like her, and soon she was teaching me and a few others human anatomy, exercise progressions, and how to tape ankles in free periods.
From there, I jumped straight into my undergrad at University of Winnipeg, learned a TON, met some great clinicians to intern with, and ended up going straight into full-time clinical practice at a multidisciplinary clinic and gym once I officially became an athletic therapist.When I was 18, my passion for dance was sidelined by a hip injury that led me to have surgery when I was 21, and again at 23. All while finishing up my degree and trying to start my career as an athletic therapist.
Toss in a couple of car accidents, random workout injuries, and some crazy dance parties at boyband concerts, and it’s pretty clear how I’ve had my share of pain and injury.
I thought rehabbing all of that would be pretty straightforward, because that’s what textbooks taught me.
And even though I had a solid understanding of my conditions, and access to the best teams, I still struggled. Hard.
There were a lot of setbacks and tears, and uncertainty if I could continue the physically demanding job I wanted.
So I get the frustration of persisting pain, and feeling lost. And I never want anyone else to feel like that.
So, I have taken all my experiences and combined it with a pretty packed education, to end up with Empowerment Athletic Therapy. My goal is to empower every human being I interact with, whether in my clinic, the gym or mobility class, or online!
I just want you to understand your body and the systems that support it, a little bit of science, and to realize where the bar for therapy and fitness should really be set.