Gaudet Rehab

Gaudet Rehab • Bringing the care of professional sport to the private sector 📈
• Owner,
• High Performance Rehab Consultant | Educator | Speaker

Travis graduated with a Masters of Physiotherapy from Dalhousie University in Halifax, N.S. in 2013 as well as a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB in 2011. He received his Diploma of Advanced Manual and Manipulative Therapy from the Orthopaedic Division in 2018. He is a Fellow with the Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapists (FCAMP

T) and a mentor with the Orthopedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. Travis also received his Gunn Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS) through the University of British Columbia, Acupuncture Certification through the Acupuncture Foundation of Canada, and Diagnostic Imaging Certification through University of Alberta which allows him to order Xrays, MSK Ultrasounds and MRI’s when appropriate. Originally from Charlottetown, PEI, he is on Physiotherapy Alberta’s restricted activity roster for both spinal manipulation and dry needing. He holds secondary certifications in Stretch to Win - Fascial Stretch Therapy®, Mobilisation of the Myofascial System (MMS) / Structural Myofascial Therapy (SFMT®), Mulligan Concepts, Neurological Proprioceptive Kinesio-Taping, and Custom Knee Bracing. His clinical philosophy is not only rooted in rehabilitation, but also in future injury prevention, by combining manual therapy, needling techniques, myofascial mobilisations, neural container mobility, and motor control; correlating it with analysis of obtained objective data, all with the ultimate goal of empowering the patient with knowledge to continue to assist them on a road to functional and pain-free lifestyle.

08/27/2026

A Wednesday Tip on a Thursday

A local department store hack to save on laundry and allow you hangout comfortably within your MWM's at the rearfoot for your 60-80 (acute) or 80-120 (chronic) oscillations.

The endowment effect has made me reflect on how much weight I give the ideas I know best.Expertise should change how we ...
08/26/2026

The endowment effect has made me reflect on how much weight I give the ideas I know best.

Expertise should change how we interpret information.

Yet our attachment and unwillingness to abandon ideas or concepts can too.

The challenge is knowing the difference.

I try not to force certainty onto complex systems, in a constant search for inputs that actually change the desired output. Yet even the output we desire could be shaped by bias.

08/17/2026

Force in sport is rarely expressed in one direction. And behind that first touch, is often countless hours in the kitchen👨‍🍳

Testing, manipulating and trialing new recipes, all in an attempt to knock down adaptations.

Volleyball is no different 🏐

Volleyball is a constant translation of force: horizontal to vertical, eccentric to concentric, lower extremity to upper extremity. An approach starts with horizontal displacement. Eccentric braking. Deceleration. Amortization. Producing force as velocity approaches zero, before transferring that energy into concentric propulsion.

But the task doesn’t end at the lower extremity. The athlete has to redirect horizontal momentum vertically while coordinating the pelvis and trunk, creating separation through rotation, and positioning the shoulder through abduction and external rotation to attack the ball overhead.

At month 6 post ACL-R, moves towards what we call Transition to Chaos. The objective shifts from developing individual qualities toward integrating them under increasingly representative sporting demands. Lower and upper kinetic chains working as one system.

Energy generated through the lower extremity is transferred through the pelvis and trunk into the upper extremity to contribute to power. Fine motor control shaping the touch.

And underneath it all is profiling that continues to guide prescription above and below the knee. Foot and ankle, hip, trunk, and shoulder.

Test the individual pieces. Build their individual capacity. Then teach the system to express them together.

08/05/2026

An excerpt from a recent mentorship session with our East Coast team on meniscal and chondral injuries.

When it comes to the acute knee assessment, the objective isn't to perform more tests. It's to ask better questions.

Your history should shape your examination.

These details help orient the second half of your assessment, guiding which tissues deserve closer attention.

Great assessments start with the right questions and context.

Technical skill only gets you in the door.Competency in a region of the body comes from reps, taken beside people who ha...
08/04/2026

Technical skill only gets you in the door.

Competency in a region of the body comes from reps, taken beside people who have already done thousands of them. That is why we brought Athletic Shoulder to Calgary.

September 12 at our Flagship in Calgary, AB. Will you join us and continue to push the standard of care in Canada?

Early bird closes this week. athleticshoulder.com/events

08/03/2026

Technical mastery is a balance between hardware and software.

The hardware matters: anatomy, pathology, tissue healing, diagnosis, manual therapy and exercise selection all provide the foundation of clinical practice.

But practitioners who plateau early are rarely limited by their technical competency. More often, they've stopped upgrading their software.

Clinical reasoning. The ability to navigate complexity. The willingness to question assumptions, challenge biases and adapt your thinking as new information emerges.

Knowledge may build competence, but clinical reasoning is what transforms information into better decisions.

That's where the gap between good and great is often found.

Just a team full of rockstars in Edmonton who are willing to share knowledge, put their heads together, and continually push each other outside their comfort zones.

Grateful to spend time alongside people who make everyone around them better.

07/29/2026

As part of the East Coast Residency, the team was taken through three foundational taping techniques that can be applied across some of the most common clinical presentations: arch/subtalar support, syndesmosis stabilisation, and neuromodulation for patellofemoral pain.

The focus isn't simply on how to apply the tape, but the details.

Tape selection, skin preparation, patient positioning, tissue tension, and application technique all influence the outcome.

Most importantly, every taping intervention follows a test–retest process. An objective task is selected before taping, the tape is applied, and the task is immediately reassessed to determine whether we've actually reduced the patient's noxious stimulus. If the painful task hasn't changed, neither should our clinical confidence in the intervention.

Low-dye, Modified McConnell with PFJS/Fat Pad subsets, Syndesmosis with Tab Augmentations.

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Introducing: Inside the Literature.There’s never been more research available to us as clinicians, and I find the challe...
07/06/2026

Introducing: Inside the Literature.

There’s never been more research available to us as clinicians, and I find the challenge isn't always finding evidence these days, it's vetting it, and knowing how to apply it and translate it clinically to the human in front of you.

With this new series, I'll happily share some of the past/emerging resources that have shaped my mindset/practice, and connect it to real-world clinical practice.

Why it matters, when it applies, and how it's influencing the decisions I make with our patients and athletes.

Evidence should inform our practice. But filtering what matters, and how it applies on an n=1 level in your practice remains king.

06/29/2026

When it comes to the ankle, sometimes we need to get creative and explore shapes.

As physiotherapists, we might not always have played every sport that comes through our facilities, but it's important we understand them. The shapes, the positions, the high intensity actions.

Restoring sagittal motion at the rearfoot is key, Tourillion, Smith (2019), and Golano (2012) show us that over 90% of dorsiflexion comes from the talocrural with 10% coming from the midfoot. But sport happens in multiple planes.

Tibial rotation, knee position, hip shapes, and whether an athlete can do all of that with the other limb in completely different positions, all can be a linchpin to performance, and influence the stat sheet.

Valgus isn't always bad, and sometimes, is necessary.

Let your athletes explore and get comfortable.

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Unit 160, 11358 Barlow Trail NE
Calgary, AB
T3J3T9

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Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 8am - 9pm
Friday 8am - 9pm

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