The Apex Orthopaedic Team
Meghan McLeod
Meghan has been a licensed Occupational Therapist in the Province of Nova Scotia since graduating in 2016 with a Masters’ of Science in Occupational Therapy from Dalhousie University. Previously she has also received a Bachelor of Kinesiology from Acadia University in 2011. Her Professional affiliations consist of registration in good standing with the College of Occupational Therapists of Nova Scotia (COTNS) and the Canadian Associate of Occupational Therapists (CAOT).
Since graduating in 2016, she worked for pt Healthcare Solutions, as a full time occupational therapist, and subsequently manager of pt Health Elmsdale clinic, as well as senior hiring occupational therapist for pt Health Atlantic Canada. In February 2020, transitioned to working with small locally-owned clinics – travelling throughout the province of Nova Scotia to provide OT services for rural Nova Scotians.
Meghan has significant clinical and community experience with Return to Work Planning, Job Site Visits, Home Assessments, Ergonomic Assessments, personal care assessments, goal setting, pain management, private orthopaedic rehabilitation, and energy conservation techniques, working with the adult population. She also received formal training in completing Matheson Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs) in 2017. At Apex Orthopaedic Rehabilitation she works closely with Dr. Ivan Wong and the interdisciplinary team to provide the above services for pre- and post- surgical patients.
Occupational therapists use their knowledge of the human body and a whole person approach to help their clients. Meghan’s goal in her occupational therapy practice is to assist clients to participate in their meaningful activities, and she strives to create meaningful therapeutic relationships with her clients through listening to their history, validating their experience, and assisting with their goals. She also takes pride in creating and cultivating professional interdisciplinary relationships with various clinicians and physicians throughout the province of Nova Scotia. When she isn’t working, you can find Meghan teaching Spin classes, running, exploring local Nova Scotia culture and cuisine, and spending time with family and friends.
Peter Stuart
Peter Stuart has been a practicing Massage Therapist since graduating from the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy in 1993. He started his teaching career in the field in 1994, started working in chronic pain rehabilitation as a facilitator and researcher in 1996, and has been practicing myofascial release therapy since 1998.
Peter combines his unique take on working specifically with fascial restrictions and the myriad of symptoms they create, combined with his understanding of chronic dysfunction, and finds this lends well to working in a collaborative group dynamic that is offered at Apex Orthopeadic Rehabilitation.
Chantel MacIsaac
Chantel began her time with Apex in October of 2021 and has quickly become a valuable member of our clinic family. Along with nearly a decade’s worth of customer service experience, Chantel graduated from NSCC in May of 2020 and received her diploma from the Office Administration and Medical Terminology program.
Chantel is an avid traveller and in her spare time loves to go adventuring. She also enjoys spending quality time with her family and friends.