Eric Purves, RMT, MRSc
Eric is a Registered Massage Therapist, educator and researcher based in Victoria, BC.
In 2010, Eric and his business partner opened Achieve Health, which is a large multidisciplinary healthcare clinic.
Eric’s main area of clinical and rehabilitation interest is persistent pain management. He has been a faculty member with PainBC since 2016, where he teaches a workshop for RMTs on pain management. He also instructs courses on persistent pain, rehabilitation principles and evidence-based practice strategies for manual and movement therapists throughout Canada and the US.
In 2019 Eric received his master of rehabilitation science from the University of British Columbia. His graduate work focused on the role of RMTs in the healthcare system and how to use evidence-based strategies to enhance research evidence in curriculum development and education delivery.