ProActive Education is one of Canada's leading sources of advanced information and education for healthcare professionals about the role of manual therapy, exercise, breathing re-education and other advanced, health-enhancing drug-free methods in maintaining wellness and a healthy, active lifestyle for people of all ages and abilities.

Specializing in safe and practical hands-on techniques, Laurie McLaughlin, ProActive Education's Owner and Director, is well known for her success in treating headaches, neck, back and pelvic pain, as well as hard-to-treat cases.

Laurie is also a gifted speaker and instructor who actively shares the proven and effective ways she has learned over her more than 25 years as one of Canada's most highly qualified and experienced physiotherapists.

Laurie McLaughlin, Owner and Director, ProActive Education

As an advanced Practice Physiotherapist, Laurie has been practising for more than 25 years. Her creative approaches to treatment have helped thousands of Canadians to decrease or alleviate their pain, and improve their functionality.

A strong believer in teaching as a way of increasing one's own knowledge, Laurie has also been passionate about sharing the insights she has gained while treating patients. To this end, since 1987 she has developed and taught a wide variety of advanced continuing education courses for physiotherapists, kinesiologists, naturopaths, chiropractors, massage therapists and a broad range of other healthcare professionals worldwide.

Laurie is also a gifted author and speaker whose regularly published columns, articles, newsletters, and other educational materials continue to inspire many people to focus on health, wellness and the pursuit of an active lifestyle in their day-to-day lives.