Tracy Banister
Pediatric & Orthopedic Physiotherapist
Tracy believes that movement is the key to health and happiness—so let’s get you moving.
She is passionate about helping people of all ages move toward their full potential, using an individualized approach to care that supports each person’s unique goals. Tracy’s treatment options include manual therapy, functional dry needling, taping, and customized home exercise programs designed to promote lasting results.
While Tracy has a special interest and extensive experience in pediatric physiotherapy, she is also a highly skilled orthopedic physiotherapist who treats older teens and adults with a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. Whether you’re supporting your child’s development, recovering from an injury, or working toward improved mobility and function, Tracy is committed to helping you achieve your goals with compassion and expertise.
Tracy is one of the few pediatric physiotherapists practicing within the Lethbridge-to-Calgary corridor who works with FSCD clients. For pediatric inquiries, including FSCD-related questions, please contact Tracy directly through her private and confidential email at tracy@activebalancehealth.ca.
About Tracy
Tracy enjoys living on an acreage with her husband, 2 children, and animals just east of Okotoks. She loves to be working within her community. In her spare time, Tracy enjoys spending time with her family, golfing, snowboarding, dancing, and vacationing in the Shuswap during the summer.
Tracy spent many years training and competing in dance. After Tracy graduated from dancing at her studio, she moved on to dance and cheer for the Calgary Roughnecks and The Calgary Stampeders.
Education
Tracy Banister graduated from the University of Alberta with a Masters in Physical Therapy in 2015 and has been treating pediatrics since the beginning of her career. Tracy has always had a passion for working with kids as she spent several years teaching dance to children.
Prior to physiotherapy, Tracy graduated from the University of Calgary with a Bachelor of Kinesiology. She spent the year prior to physiotherapy school working with exercise and breast cancer research as a research assistant at the University of Calgary. Outside of pediatrics, Tracy also has experience treating adults in private practice as well as in Neurology at the Foothills Hospital.
On-going learning is a passion for Tracy. She has taken additional courses for gross motor development, torticollis and plagiocephaly, pediatric gait, pediatric toe walking, functional dry needling, and her Orthopedic Level 1 manual therapy.
