Dr. Laura Purcell
Dr. Laura Purcell, MD, FRCPC, Dip. Sport Med., DRCPSC (CE)
Pediatric Sports Medicine Physician, Cambridge
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
Board Member, Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM)
Dr. Laura Purcell is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. She completed her Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at the University of Toronto. She obtained her medical degree from McMaster University in Hamilton ON. Her residency training was in pediatrics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She completed a sport medicine fellowship at the Fowler Kennedy Sport Medicine Clinic at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario and obtained her Diploma of Sport Medicine in 2002. She has practised pediatric sport medicine for over 15 years.
Dr. Purcell is the founding president of the Paediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine Section of the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) and served as president for 10 years. She is also the founding chair of the Pediatric Sport and Exercise Medicine Committee of the Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM). She has authored numerous journal articles, CPS position statements, textbook chapters and co-edited two pediatric sport medicine textbooks, The Adolescent Athlete (2007) and Injury in Youth Sports: Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention (2015).
Dr. Laura Purcell is accepting patients under the age of 18 years with sport-related injuries at the Grand River Sport Medicine Centre at 40 George St N. She will see pediatric patients with any musculoskeletal injury except acute fractures.
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SPORTS MEDICINE
Physicians at GRSM specialize in sports medicine and are certified with the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine (CASM) . Our physicians provide expert medical care for both high performance athletes, recreational athletes and active individuals.
PHYSIOTHERAPY
Physiotherapy at GRSM focuses on sport- and activity-specific rehabilitation. Our goal is to return you to your activity as soon and as safely as possible.
CHIROPRACTIC
Active Release Therapy is a patented, state-of-the-art massage technique. The technique is soft tissue system/movement-based and treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia and nerves.
MASSAGE THERAPY
Our Registered Massage Therapists use preventative and restorative therapies to help you maintain, rehabilitate and improve physical function or relieve your pain.
ATHLETIC THERAPY
Our Certified Athletic Therapists use a full range of treatments to rehabilitate, prevent injury and help you return safely to your sports and other activities.
FOOT ORTHOTICS
Most foot problems are avoidable with proper preventative foot care and maintenance. Our goal at Feet on the Go is to provide the highest quality nursing foot care as a first line of defense against those foot issues that can detrimentally affect overall health and quality of life.