Chris Poulin, ATC,CSCS,PES

I graduated from Johnson State College in 1996 with a degree in Sports Medicine and Adult/Corporate fitness. My first job was as a staff athletic trainer for a clinic that covered Champlain College athletic events as well as treating orthopedic injuries in the school's health services office. It is the time spent at Champlain College that allowed me to grow professionally under some great coaches Susan Rand and Bob Tipson.

Following the schools decision to drop athletics I began a passionate pursuit in the area of performance enhancement training and my wife Jen and I opened our practice focusing on postural restoration physical therapy and functional training. From 1999 through 2005 I was fortunate to have worked with a tremendous men's basketball program at the University of Vermont. While serving as the strength and conditioning specialist as well as certified athletic trainer for two of the six seasons I continued to develop fitness programs for athletes and individuals looking to excel in sport and life. Being a part of three straight NCAA tournaments was certainly a highlight of my professional career and drives me to want to help more athletes experience that same level of success.   

For the past 7 years I have integrated the principles of postural restoration in the training and treatment programs that I design. It is this approach that has changed the way that I look at the human body and how it functions. All of the individuals that I work with fall into a pattern of asymmetry and it is my goal that while working to make them faster and stronger I help them understand their bodies.  Postural Restoration has given me the tools to help recognize and treat the underlying causes of decreased performance and not simply chase symtoms of injuries or dysfunction.

Beginning in 1997 I began a passionate pursuit to help golfers play better golf and quickly recover from golf related injuries. This led me to become a BACKtoGOLF instructor and has brought great joy to my practice. I currently train and rehabilitate golfers year round and served as the Rice Memorial High School golf coach from 2006 to 2010. I currently hold four national cerfifications as a Certified Althetic Trainer, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Performance Enhancement Specialist and Titleist Performance Institute golf fitness specialist. I receive great joy and sense of accomplishment when helping my golfing clients understand how their bodies affect their golf swing.

Areas of professional interest include golf performance training, speed and agility coaching, functional training and athletic reconditioning. I also enjoy working with the althletes of the St. Michael's men's  soccer teams, Far Post Soccer, Nordic Soccer, Cannons Baseball and running programs for area youth players of all levels and abilities. I volunteer regularly as an athletic trainer and enjoy coaching Colchester youth soccer and CYO basketball  at Saint Francis Xavier.

In my free time I enjoy golfing, fishing, skiing and spending time at our camp on beautiful Lake Champlain with my wife Jen and daughters Madison and Devon.

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 CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS!!!

 Congratulations to Chris Poulin who became one of five individuals in the country to pass the requirements and testing to become Postural Restoration Trained.  This is the first class of Certified Athletic Trainers or Strength and Conditioning Specialists to have earned this designation.  Please visit the PRI website to learn more at http://posturalrestoration.com/prt/

 The Postural Restoration Institute® established this credentialing process in 2011 as a way to recognize and identify individuals with advanced training, extraordinary interest and devotion to the science of postural adaptations, asymmetrical patterns and the influence of polyarticular chains of muscles on the human body as defined by the Postural Restoration Institute®.  The PRT credential is available to Certified Athletic Trainers and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists who have completed the requirements.