Trained in Sydney, Australia, Susan Ting began her physiotherapy practice in Asia. There she gained clinical experience, ranging from acute neuro-rehabilitation, treatment of musculoskeletal conditions in private practice to sports physiotherapy, at both national and international professional sports events. She developed a deep appreciation for the human muscular-skeletal (MSK) system and movement control.
In 1998, Susan met Canadian physiotherapist Rochenda Howard and Julia Ellis, a world-class ballet instructor, when she took her first Biokinetik Exercise Technique (B.E.T.) course in Hong Kong. The duo had pioneered the development of B.E.T., a Pilates-baased physiotherapy treatment system. Rochenda’s integration of neurology into orthopedic physiotherapy to address chronic MSK conditions and dysfunctions fascinated Susan. Today, neuroscience research continues to affirm Rochenda’s academic and clinical insights into neuromotor control as evidence-based practice, then decades ahead of her peers . In 2005 Susan began formal training and mentorship under Rochenda. After being certified, Susan opened her B.E.T. practice in Vancouver. With Rochenda, now based in Toronto, she provides B.E.T.’s unique rehabilitation approach in her practice, and teaches B.E.T. physiotherapy as advanced clinical practice.
Over the last seventeen years, Susan integrated the B.E.T. approach into her work with osteoarthritis and inflammatory arthritis population at Vancouver Coastal Health. She is instrumental in introducing B.E.T. rehabilitation concepts into exercise guidelines for hip and knee replacement rehabilitation, Spondylitis Program and more, through the Mary Pack Arthritis Program. Susan is part of the education faculty at MPAP. Through their Advanced Continuing Education program, she had taught “Managing Arthritis”, “Advanced Total Joint Arthroplasty Rehabilitation” for hip and knee joint replacement surgery - a course collaboratively developed with her colleagues in 2017. In 2021, she developed an intensive, condensed “Posture and Movement” class. As always, the goal is to help patients learn and integrate neuromotor training into postural control and movement efficiency in daily living.
