Ken was born and raised in Mississauga Ontario and from an early age demonstrated both an interest in health care, and an aptitude in figure skating. Commuting from Mississauga to North York for most of his high school education to attend Earl Haig Secondary School in their Academic Program for Gifted Athletes (APGA), and training at Sport Seneca under the tutelage of Robert O'Toole and Lori Nichol, Ken prepared himself for National level competition and a move to Montreal in 1993 where he changed coaches and pairs partners to capture the novice national pairs title in 1994. Throughout his amateur and professional career he had the good fortune of working with internationally recognized coaches and choreographers including but not limited to Paul Wirtz, Kelly Johnson, Marina Zoueva, Frank Carol, Irina Rodnina, David Wilson and Jean-Pierre Boulais, and skated in shows with athletes including Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler, Sebastian Brittain and Jayson Denomee.
From 1994 –1997 Ken was a member of the Junior National Team where he both developed as a skater and learned valuable practical and academic lessons as he concurrently continued his formal education. In 1998 Ken retired from competitive skating to focus more completely on his studies, but continued his skating affiliation by coaching, skating professionally with “Les Ballets sur Glaces” de Montreal, and writing sports science articles for “Keeping in Touch” magazine a national skating publication distributed across Canada. For more information on Dr. Mueller's skating history please click here.
Completing a DEC (CeGep degree) in Health Science from Champlain Regional College in 1996 he completed one year of studies in as a physiology major at McGill University in 1996/97 before transferring to Concordia University to pursue a BSc in Exercise Science and a specialization in Athletic Therapy. In that program he partook in courses such as sport specific emergency care, 2 rehabilitation courses, strength and conditioning for athletes, sports nutrition, principles of athletic therapy (including skills such as athletic taping) and therapeutic modalities to name a few. Those in class and laboratory experiences were coupled to a field internship acting as the athletic trainer for the Greenfield Park Packers Junior A football team, and a clinical internship with Action Sport Physio. A side benefit of his 7 years as a Quebec resident was the acquisition of French as a second language. He graduated from Concordia with academic distinction in 2000 and moved back to Toronto to begin his 4 year Chiropractic degree at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC).
During his education at CMCC, he continued to coach skating, and utilizing the skills learned at Concordia, developed discipline and level appropriate off ice programs for skaters in Toronto and Montreal where he continued to coach in the summer of 2001 and 2002. It was during those experiences that he began to hone the concepts that he now utilize for many patients in condition specific rehabilitation exercise prescription including, but not limited to, core stability. He also, in his graduating year of 2004, completed a research project with his colleagues on skating injuries, training practice and health care preferences of competitive skaters in Central Ontario.
Since graduation Ken has organized and instructed at an international seminar for Sports Aerobics hosted by Gymnastics Ontario as a lifting technical consultant, twice acted as the Assistant Medical Coordinator at the East/West Challenge event (National Qualifiers) for Skate Canada and acted onsite as part of the medical staff at the Junior National Championships, lectured on injury prevention techniques and off ice training to the skater development program with Skate Ontario, and professionally lectured at multiple locations on topics ranging from proactive health care to safe lifting techniques. Dr Mueller continues to work with skaters teaching body mechanics, core stability and jumping technique every week in Meadowvale (Mississauga). He is also able to provide onsite orthotic assessments at the arena while he is there for skaters and other members of the public.
His primary clinic location is at the Queen Spadina Medical Center, a medical clinic in Toronto. At that location he works in conjunction with a team of family physicians. He also works closely in conjunction with the Toronto film and television production industry with Panno Therapeutic located at Pinewood Studios. He additionally conducts independent evaluations for individuals who have been involved in motor vehicle accidents to educate them on reintegration into activities of daily living and getting back to work minimizing risk of prolonged disability.
Hours as of September 1, 2010
(please book in advance)
Monday 1:45 - 7:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Thursday 1:45 - 7:00 PM
Friday 1:45 - 6:45 PM
The WHO supports recognizes the benefits of Acupuncture for conditions including but not limited to the following:
CMA is performed by fine, sterile needles inserted into points selected for their use in the Traditional Chinese Medical (TCM) model, as well as points chosen relative to their anatomical locations. Many TCM models have which have been demonstrated to have powerful physiological effects are also rationalized in the CMA model due to their anatomical relationship to peripheral nerves, blood vessels, muscle, tendon, capsule and other tissues with a high number of autonomic, sensory and motor nerve fibers. Physiological reactions include but are not limited to local vasodilation (opening of blood vessels near to the insertion points), reflex relaxation of local muscle fibers, deactivation of trigger points and modulation of acute and chronic pain as well as systemic autonomic function.
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