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Vikes Varsity Sports Injury Clinic

Varsity Sports Injury Clinic

Our talented team provides service to Vikes varsity student-athletes. Being a Vike is a privilege and comes with a responsibility to yourself and your teammates to be in top physical condition. As a Vike, you have access to our world-class sports injury clinic to ensure you stay injury free and maintain in optimal condition to perform your best.

As part of your sport’s season schedule and yearly training plan, our sports injury clinic staff works closely with Vikes coaching staff to prepare athletes for optimal competition performance. Our staff work on-site at Vikes varsity games and work closely with varsity coaches, athletes, doctors, and families to ensure a full circle level of care to meet everyone’s needs.

As educators and innovators in the sports injury community, we aim to provide the highest standard of care. We believe that a positive, caring, and professional environment is an important element in a student-athletes therapy experience, and we strive to maintain this atmosphere in our clinic. All athletes are treated with the same level of dignity and respect.

Our athletic therapy and physician services are available to all varsity student-athletes as part of their participation on a varsity team. We also have an in-house physiotherapist, who offers pay to visit appointments (direct billing offered), who is part of our care team with Vikes Athletics.

As our clinic provides rounded service, please see links to other documentation and student-support resources available to student-athletes:

Bookings & Contact

To book an appointment with athletic therapy, Dr. Martin or physiotherapy call the Varsity Sports Injury Clinic at 250-472-4057 or email sic@uvic.ca and leave a detailed message.

For weekend injuries: email the clinic (sic@uvic.ca) that day (Saturday or Sunday). The clinic clerk or athletic therapist will follow up Monday morning for an appointment during the reserved weekend injury schedule.

Hours

Monday–Friday: 10AM–5PM

Athletic therapists will be field and courtside during games and can schedule appointments outside of hours dependant on the urgency of illness or injury.

Location

The Varsity Sports Injury Clinic is located on the ground floor of the Centre for Athletics, Recreation and Special Abilities (CARSA) with a separate entrance from the parking lot on Vikes Way.

Vikes Varsity Sports Injury Clinic map
 

Meet our Practitioners

Traci Vander Byl

Head Athletic Therapist

Following two seasons as an assistant athletic therapist for the University of Victoria, Traci took over as head athletic therapist in 2007. She is responsible for first-year Vikes varsity and returning varsity athlete medical intake, reconditioning movement screens and corrective exercise programs, varsity athlete injury assessment, treatment, and injury rehabilitation programs.

Working with CASEM physician Dr. Steve Martin and Assistant Athletic Therapist Nicole Allen, Traci is responsible for baseline testing, support and the return of varsity athletes to learning and activity following concussion. As part of an Integrated Support Team, Traci works closely with Vikes Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach Dana Agar-Newman and the rest of the IST to return athletes to performance and or help them achieve new goals in varsity performance sport. She supervises many student athletic therapists and trainers working both on field and in the UVic Sports Injury Clinic.

Nicole (Nicky) Allen

Assistant Athletic Therapist

Nicole “Nicky” Allen joined the Vikes Varsity sports medicine team as assistant athletic therapist in July of 2022. Nicky is originally from Burlington Ontario and spent many years working with football, hockey and rugby teams in the area. She earned an internship with the Toronto Argonauts in 2012 and even did a stint on the Ontario Rodeo circuit from 2014-2016. After moving to BC in 2016, Nicky spent over five years at Rugby Canada with the men's and women's sevens programs and was able to assist in developing the women's NextGen Academy program. She spent the 2021-2022 varsity season with the University of Guelph Gryphons as an assistant athletic therapist and successfully completed her Masters in Rehabilitation Science degree from McMaster University before moving back to the west coast to join the Vikes.

Nicky works closely with Head Athletic Therapist Traci Vander Byl, Lead Physician Dr. Steve Martin and Lead Strength and Conditioning coach Dana Agar-Newman. She supervises many student athletic therapists and trainers working both on field and in the UVic Sports Injury Clinic.

Kim Oslund

Athletic Therapist Assistant

Kim is currently in her 1st year as full time Athletic Therapist Assistant, having worked part time contracts with UVIC in the past in the Varsity Clinic and with Women’s and Men’s soccer as well as Men’s Rugby. She is responsible for first year athlete medical intake, functional movement screens and corrective exercise programs, varsity athlete injury assessment, treatment and rehabilitation programs.

As the concussion lead, Kim works closely with CASEM physician Dr. Steve Martin, Head Athletic Therapist Traci Vander Byl, and Assistant Athletic Therapist Nicky Allen to support and return Varsity athletes to learning and activity following concussion. She supervises many Student Athletic Therapists working both on field and in the UVic Sports Injury Clinic.

Kim is also a Varsity Basketball Alumni circa 1996-2000!

Isaac Davies

Physiotherapist

Isaac services are available to students, faculty and staff of the University of Victoria and community members. Treatments are fee-for-service and direct billing to Pacific Blue Cross, Canada Life, Sunlife and Manulife is possible. Hours: Mon, Thu, Fri 8AM-3:30PM; Tue, Wed 10AM-6PM.

Isaac Davies grew up in Smithers, BC, where he developed a love for sports and the outdoors. During his youth, he was active in hockey, soccer, golf, and volleyball. His interest in sports and healthcare drew him into physiotherapy.

Isaac graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Masters of Physiotherapy degree following the completion of his Honours Degree in Kinesiology (BSc.) from the University of Victoria.

Isaac lived in Victoria prior to completing his physiotherapy training, where he rowed with the University of Victoria Men’s Rowing Program, and officiated and played hockey. Isaac is currently providing physiotherapy and travelling with the 2018 UVic Men’s Rowing Team and coaching Female Midget AAA hockey.

As a physiotherapist, Isaac is passionate about getting to the root of your problem, and helping you to move better and feel better. He listens to you, to better understand your injury history. He will then do a full physical assessment to help you better understand your injury and what the recovery process will require.

To ensure you realize your goals, and recover from your injury, Isaac will use an individual approach to care for each person. He will use hands on treatment skills including manual therapy and soft tissue techniques to allow you to move better. He will incorporate therapeutic exercises progressing to functional exercises at the clinic and at home to help you better return to the activities or sports you love without pain. Finally, Isaac will provide background information about your injury to help you understand your injury and what the road to recovery will look like. He believes in helping the clients become stronger than they were prior to their injury, and adapting the treatments to fit the patients goals and lifestyle.

Isaac is passionate about physiotherapy and continuing his education through post graduate courses, and mentorship. He has completed the Level 1 of the Canadian Orthopaedic Division Level’s, Anatomical Neuropathic Intramuscular Stimulation, and Connect Therapy Thoracic Ring Approach. He continues to take courses and engage in mentorship to further expand his clinical skill set. Isaac plans to continue pursuing his manual therapy training through the Orthopaedic Division of the Canada Physiotherapy Association and has interests in taking courses to develop skills in vestibular therapy, treating concussions and sports therapy.

Outside of work, Isaac enjoys being outside and participating in a variety of sports and activities including coaching and playing hockey, soccer, and running.

Steve Martin

Sports Medicine Physician

BSc.Hons (Kin), MSc.(OM), CCFP(SEM), FCBOM, DipSportExerciseMed

Current clinical interests:

  • Sport and Exercise Medicine
  • Musculoskeletal Medicine

Medical school: McMaster University, Ontario

Certification:

  • Certificant of the Canadian College of Family Physicians
  • Canadian Academy of Sport and Exercise Medicine (CASEM) Diploma in Sport Medicine
  • Fellow of the Canadian Board of Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Academic role:

  • Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, School of Exercise Sciences, Physical & Health Education University of Victoria
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, Adjunct Associate Professor, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Victoria