TY - JOUR T1 - Service spotlight: Nancy Quinn – para sport physiotherapy pioneer turned researcher JF - British Journal of Sports Medicine JO - Br J Sports Med SP - 321 LP - 322 DO - 10.1136/bjsports-2023-106734 VL - 57 IS - 5 AU - Miriam Lewis AU - Christopher Napier Y1 - 2023/03/01 UR - http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/5/321.abstract N2 - When Nancy Quinn graduated as a physiotherapist from Queens University in 1987, she never imagined working in sport, much less para sport. In the early days of her career, she had the opportunity to work for sport physiotherapist Doug Freer, igniting her interest in sport and leading her to complete her Sport Physiotherapy Canada diploma in 1993. Her interest grew into a passion to assist athletes on their road to good health, strong performances, and successful careers. In 1995, Nancy attended her first major games as a member of the Health Sciences Team for Team Canada at the Pan Am Games, followed by the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games. And so began a more than 25-year commitment to sporting access and opportunity for Canadian athletes who have a disability.Nancy describes her time at the 1996 Paralympic Games as a ‘transformational experience’. She learnt that athletes with an impairment or disability do not need to be ‘fixed’; they require the same from physiotherapists as any other athlete—help to maintain their physical conditioning, maximise their experience, and, hopefully, improve their performance. She developed an understanding that we should not limit our assumptions of what the athletic body should look like or what bodies that have differences are capable of.Along with this new understanding and … ER -