Megan Pomarensky, MSc, CAT(C)
Rehabilitation Director & Certified Athletic Therapist
Empowering you to move freely.
Hi! I’m Megan. I’m an athletic therapist in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and I help you break free from the pain/injury cycles, and empower you to move and live freely again. 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’m also a published academic author, teach in international continuing education and mentorship programs, and speak on various topics within the realm of chronic pain assessment and and management.
I graduated from the University of Winnipeg in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science, majoring in Kinesiology, and went on to certify as an Athletic Therapist (Canadian Athletic Therapy Association) in 2013, and began working full-time in clinical private practice.
Through my career, I’ve attended over 50 continuing education and professional development courses/workshops in North America centred around chronic pain assessment/management, advanced rehabilitation protocols, nervous system regulation, evidence-based manual therapy, and mobility programming, I went back to school starting a Master’s degree through McMaster University. After completing extensive coursework in evidence-base practice and clinical decision making, my final project was aimed at identifying how athletic therapists can better assess and manage persistent musculoskeletal pain. I received my Master’s of Rehabilitation Science in fall 2020, and published an academic article soon after, in the Journal of Athletic Training.
I have trained directly with therapists from the Prague School of Rehabilitation including Dr. Pavel Kolar, the head coaches and therapists of Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, Dr. Andry Vleeming (Chairman of the World Congress of Low Back and Pelvic Pain), and many other renowned clinicians and coaching. I have also been directly mentored by Dr. Craig Liebenson.
I hold additional certifications as a Vinyasa Yoga Instructor, Steel Mace Flow Coach, and Certified Functional Strength Coach, among others, because I know the key to empowering rehab and therapy is to bridge the gap to a sustainable wellness practice, and this allows me to better serve clients, while having a greater network of professionals to provide additional support.
Along with running a full-time private athletic therapy practice and activing as rehabilitation coordinator for multidisciplinary (dis)ability management claims, I am currently a member of the National Certification Exam Development Committee with the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association (CATA), where I am responsible for creation and edits of exam content, and validity and pass mark determination. I am also a member of the Education and Research Committee for CATA, and have recently taken on the role of national mentorship program coordinator.
Academically, I’ve held past positions as a lab instructor at University of Winnipeg, and as a lead examiner for the UWinnipeg athletic therapy practicum program and the CATA National Certification Exams. I was a a member of the Board of Certification for the CATA, from 2017-2024.
I’ve instructed in various continuing education platforms on an international level (for clinical and business mentorship), most recently through Dr. Craig Liebenson’s First Principles of Movement Online Mentorship, and Rountable Community.
In the field, I was a Lead Medical and Venue Coordinator at the Canada Summer Games, was on the Medical Team for the World Ultimate Masters’ Club Championships, was the Head Athletic Therapist in the CJFL for a season. I’ve also been on the sidelines at various sporting events with the Manitoba Summer Games, AAA Hockey, CJFL, University Volleyball and University Baseball.
I am available in the clinic:
Monday 8:15am - 4:00 pm
Wednesday 8:15am - 5:30pm
Friday 8:15am - 4:00 pm
More about me…
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.
I’ve also walked away from two major car accidents, blew out my knee from missing a box jump, and had countless other silly injuries until I learned to slow down. So I get it - I know what it’s like to feel stuck in a cycle of pain, (re)injury, and nervousness about what’s coming next.
Since I experienced a lot of that while graduating from my athletic therapy program and starting my career, I thought rehabbing everything 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, or any aspect of life, really.
So I get the frustration of persisting pain, and feeling lost.
And it’s become my mission to help whoever else I can, navigate through those experiences to return to living the way they want again.
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.