R.Kin, CAT(C), RMT, MSc
Carly brings a wealth of experience from both University and Professional Sport to McMaster Varsity Athletics. She provides high quality support that our student athletes, coaches and programs expect and need, working primarily with the Varsity Court and Individual Sports in Ivor Wynne Centre; Volleyball, Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming, and Cross Country.
Prior to making her return to McMaster Athletics in 2016, Carly spent seven years working with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats Football Club of the CFL. For five years (2011-2016), Carly served as the Head Athletic Therapist for the Ticats, where she was responsible for all aspects of the team's sport medicine needs, including emergency care, acute injury management, injury and post-operative rehabilitation, exercise prescription, insurance billing coordination, management of annual medical budget and inventory of supplies. Additionally, she was the liaison between General Manager, coaches, team physicians, allied health care practitioners, equipment and strength and conditioning staff. In Carly's five years as Head Therapist with the Tiger-Cats, she helped the team reach the Grey Cup on two occasions, in 2014 and 2015.
Carly is no stranger to McMaster University where she received her Honours Bachelor of Kinesiology in 2007 and Masters in Rehabilitation Sciences in 2016. As an undergraduate student, Carly was an active member of the McMaster Sport Medicine program and served as the Student Field Therapist with the Marauders Baseball, Volleyball and Wrestling teams. Following graduation, Carly worked in the David Braley Sport Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinic where her responsibilities included the creation and implementation of hydrotherapy programs, custom and OTS brace fitting, and co-ordinating of Student Therapists.
Carly went on to Sheridan College to complete a Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences degree in Athletic Therapy in 2011, Ontario College of Health and Technology for a diploma in Massage Therapy Certification in 2018 and most recently, completed the both the Contemporary Medical Acupuncture and Neurofunctional Sport Performance Acupuncture Courses at McMaster University in 2019
