Dr. Sandra Curwin

Associate Professor

BSc (Dal), MSc (Dal), PhD (University of California)

Office: Room 409, Forrest Building
Phone: (902) 494-7735
Email: sandra.curwin@dal.ca

Biography: Dr. Curwin is originally from Moncton, New Brunswick. After studying physiotherapy at Dalhousie, she started one of the first private physiotherapy practices in Atlantic Canada in 1979, before returning to graduate school at Dalhousie (MSc in Kinesiology, Biomechanics) and UCLA (PhD in Kinesiology, Connective Tissue Physiology).

Dr. Curwin's clinical experience and collaboration with colleague Dr. William Stanish led them to develop the "eccentric exercise program" for repetitive strain injuries that is now the accepted standard worldwide for treating chronic tendinopathies such as tennis elbow and Achilles tendinopathy.

Dr. Curwin has held academic positions in both the United States and Canada. She is a licensed physiotherapist in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and California and continues to be active in clinical practice.

Dr. Curwin's interests and expertise lie in the musculoskeletal area, and include tendinopathy, chronic low back pain, workplace and worker health, and analysis and measurement of movement.