Mark Bogacki

Mark Bogacki

Rehabilitation Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Personal Trainer/Exercise Specialist. Know anyone who wants to exercise minus the pain?

  • Education

    • Muscle Activation Techniques

      2014 - 2015
      Certified Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist

      Internship taken in Toronto. For more information on this and more, go to www.muscleactivation.com. Annual Continuing Education to maintain certified status.

    • Resistance Training SpecialistTM

      2012 - 2012
      Body/Exercise Mechanics

      Workshops held 3 weekends over 3 months focusing on practical elements of applying effects of force on the body relative to 'exercise'. Addressing ways to reduce wear on joints, strengthening tissues more evenly and doing so within a client's ability and according to their goals. Progressing a client through their available means (strength, capacity, range, etc.), working towards the central goal/objective. Certification exam process in progress, though optional for anyone who enrolled.

    • Western University

      1990 - 1997
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Social Sciences
    • Fanshawe College

      1986 - 1988
      Diploma in Health and Human Services Physical Fitness and Health Promotion
  • Experience

    • Community Therapists, Inc.

      Mar 2000 - Apr 2001
      Rehabilitation Assistant

      Under the direction of the lead Occupational Therapist (or Physiotherapist), modified exercises for clients in a number of gym facility settings for graduated return to work/post-rehab. Most clients were injured either in the workplace, or while in the operation of a motor vehicle, with some requiring conditioning to prepare for a return to the workforce.

    • Cardiac Fitness Institute, London Health Sciences Centre

      Oct 2003 - Apr 2018
      Cardiac Exercise Therapist

      Exercise-based cardiac rehab and instruction.

    • Freelance

      Sept 2016 - now
      Personal Trainer and Certified Muscle Activation TechniquesTM Specialist

      Assess and testing of muscular function for the purpose of determining appropriate customized exercise prescription. In-home and small studio accessibility. Work with allied health professionals to assist those recovering from injuries as well as those initiating physical activity, or who have reached plateaus in their own exercise conditioning (for sports, work, and general day-to-day activities) and looking for solutions to bridge the gap--towards improved performance beyond the basics.

    • St. Joseph's Health Care London

      Feb 2020 - Apr 2023
      Fitness Instructor

      Casual, on-call. Assist w/ FES (functional electrical stimulation or E-Stim) for outpatient use of arm & leg cycle ergometers & assistance of outpatient after-hours’ exercises (resistance/cardio)—all related to spinal-cord or stroke trauma.

    • MOVATI Athletic

      Sept 2021 - Aug 2022
      Certified Personal Trainer

      Personal Training and MAT services (used as well for training clients to assess muscle imbalances about joints. Exercise prescription based in part by this assessment & others.

    • Fitness Forum

      Sept 2022 - now
      Certified Personal Trainer
    • Precision Fitness & Performance Centre (PFPC London)

      Jan 2023 - now
      Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist

      Supporting Sports Training & Conditioning of athletes

    • Dale Brain Injury Services

      Apr 2023 - now
      Relief Rehabilitation Facilitator

      Assist residents w/ day-to-day living.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Muscle Activation Techniques Specialist

      Greg Roskopf's Muscle Activation Techniques™
      Dec 2015
      View certificate certificate
    • Personal Trainer

      Certified Professional Trainers Network (CPTN)
      May 2003
      View certificate certificate
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer Fitness Coach

      Issued by St. Joseph's Health Care London on Mar 1995
      St. Joseph's Health Care LondonAssociated with Mark Bogacki