Mieke TruijenVérifié auprès du registre public — College of Health and Care Professionals of BC, le 8 août 2026 (n° 1026738)

Mieke’s physiotherapy training in the Netherlands included manual therapy, movement therapies, and massage therapy. Mieke learned the many different influences and responses of the body to hands-on treatments and through movement. Working with special needs children trained Mieke to have patience and "listen to the whole body" when assessing output (response and adaptations) and input (movement, hands-on treatment, stress, injuries, trauma).

During her years with both pediatric and geriatric patients, Mieke learned more about the physiotherapist’s role in palliative care. Helping people be as comfortable as possible while they move through the end phases is a powerful way to create more “space” for living at the end of their lives.

Mieke uses a variety of manual therapy techniques, depending on diagnosis and the individual treatment needs of each patient. Different techniques are most beneficial in addressing issues with fascial layers, pain, nerve entrapment, innervation patterns, and restrictions in spinal joints and limbs (shoulder, hip, knee replacements). Mieke’s mechanical input (touching the skin, movement) can guide the body’s own healing potential when it is ready for change.

**Mieke Truijen Physiotherapy Clinic** has Mieke as sole physiotherapist, working as a general practitioner. Always curious and wanting to learn more, Mieke is interested in current research in pain sciences, neurosciences, the role our brain plays, the always-moving human body, and the human spirit.