Get to Know Purvi
Purvi Desai hails from the glorious city of Vancouver, British Columbia. After attending University of BC for her undergrad she completed her Masters of Physiotherapy at the University of Manchester in the UK. Graduating in 2001, she ventured out to find mountains and snow and ended up in Colorado. Her travels have included hospitals and private practices from Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Aspen and Vail. Her interests have centered on an orthopedic setting, specializing in manual therapy, functional dry needling, functional movement screens, selective movement assessments, return to sport rehab and improving sports performance. She has been heavily involved with specialized sports physiotherapy
with Rugby nationally and internationally and she recently rekindled her love of hockey (being Canadian and all).
She opened up Reload Physio in order to create a cohesive workspace to bridge the gap between physio and strength and conditioning coaches with an athlete centered approach. Purvi hopes to develop an affordable Concussion Clinic and ACL focused strength and conditioning program for female athletes. Supporting athletes' individual physical performance, decreasing sources of pain and promoting a personalized collaboration to help achieve sustainable athleticism and healthy longevity is the goal.