Experience
Yung has 10+ years of experience working as a physiotherapist at the Glen Sather Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Alberta prior to the clinic’s closure date. At the clinic, she worked in multidisciplinary clinics including shoulder/hand/wrist surgical clinics, acute knee injury clinics (AKIC), and performing arts clinics, alongside orthopaedic surgeons and sport & exercise medicine physicians.
She completed her Sport Physiotherapist Diploma designation in 2022 and worked with Team Canada Women’s Sitting Volleyball as the Lead Sport Physiotherapist and Para Medical Coordinator from 2017-2024. She worked as a Team Canada Physiotherapist for Volleyball Canada, through Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Main areas of practice
- Musculoskeletal/orthopaedic injury rehab
- Sport-related injuries and performance
- Para sports medicine
- Rock climbing medicine
- Performing arts medicine
- Paediatrics
She is multilingual and able to work with patients in Cantonese, Mandarin, and some French.
Treatment Skills
- Exercise Prescription
- Functional Dry Needling
- Soft tissue Mobilization
- Manual Therapy (Level 2 upper and lower)
- Sports Taping
- Return to Sport
Traveling Team Therapist
- Canada Basketball’s U23 Men’s and Women’s 3x3 Basketball teams at the 2023 FIBA Nation’s League Competition in Rancagua, Chile
- Volleyball Canada’s Indoor Men’s Next Gen Team at the 2023 NORCECA PanAm Cup in Edmonton.
Local Sports Coverage
- International Tennis Federation National Bank Challenger, Edmonton
- Nor’Westers Women’s Rugby Club Team Physiotherapist
- BLOCS Junior Rock Climbing Bouldering Team Physiotherapist
- Skate Canada Challenge
- Ortona Gymnastics
- Wrestling National Championships
- Alberta Summer Games
Interests:
Yung loves to stay active by working out in a gym, swimming, rock climbing either bouldering or leading, salsa/latin dancing, downhill skiing or backcountry skiing. She has played the piano and achieved RCM Grade 9, the Chinese zither, and dabbled in grade school with the cello.
