Daniela Rubinger, BScPT, Physiotherapist
Daniela graduated from Dalhousie School of Physiotherapy in 1988 and after a few years at Nova Scotia Rehabilitation Center Daniela started her private practice career at The Physioclinic Dalplex in 1991. Daniela was clinic manager of the clinic from 1991 to 2005 and throughout that time was heavily involved in treating the varsity athletes as well as athletes from various professional teams in the city. Daniela has covered numerous sporting events and was Chief Therapist at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in 1998 and Women’s World Hockey Championships in 2004. Daniela has taken numerous post secondary courses in manual therapy, muscular imbalances, acupuncture, sport therapy and taping. Daniela opened Citadel Physiotherapy in 2005. Daniela lives in Halifax with her husband and two young children and enjoys soccer, mountain biking and running.


Carole Poirier, BScPT, Physiotherapist
Carole graduated from the University of Ottawa in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy. She has been working in private practice since gradating and has been at Citadel Physiotherapy since December 2006. Carole has completed various postgraduate courses in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of the functional foot, as well as acupuncture training.

Carole has a strong interest in sports and orthopedic rehabilitation, which she shows by doing volunteer work at various sporting events as well as doing injury prevention talks with the running clubs. She has also been working closely for the past 2 years with both the women and men’s senior premier soccer teams for Halifax City Soccer Club. She keeps herself busy outside the clinic by running, playing indoor and beach volleyball as well as soccer.


Melanie Abramson BA, RMT, Registered Massage Therapist
In 1999 Melanie graduated from Saint Mary’s University with a Bachelor in Psychology. Following that she worked for the South Park YMCA as the Director or Children’s programs. This gave her the opportunity to work with both parents and children in sports, aquatics, leadership courses and first aid training.

During the decision about what to do next she co-developed the Thirty-Something Dance Co-operative, of which she is still a member today.

In the process of rehearsing for a show Melanie sustained various injuries. She went to see her massage therapist and after one treatment was able to rehearse and complete the show. At that point she knew massage therapy was what she wanted to pursue. So Melanie moved to Toronto and entered into the Fast Track program at ICT Kikkawa College, graduating in June 2006. While at Kikkawa she held the president position of the student government and graduated with honours. During the elective weeks she chose to study Sports Massage Therapy and Thai Massage Therapy. After writing the OSCE’s Melanie returned to Halifax and started her career as a massage therapist.

Previous work in Toronto included volunteering with the Toronto Marathon 2006, recreation midget hockey tournaments, People with Aids Toronto and the PushPull Dance Company, of which she was a member while living in Toronto. Areas of interest include deep tissue massage, sports/dance injuries, and myofascial work.

Melanie has since taken additional courses in advanced sport massage therapy and is looking forward to continue working with the therapists at Citadel Physiotherapy.