About Azita

A graduate from McGill University’s physiotherapy program, Azita worked for 7 years at Montreal General Hospital and private clinics such as Concordia SportPhysio in Pointe-Claire. During this time, Azita gained invaluable experience working in different departments of a public hospital including:  in-patient/out-patient orthopedics, neurology, cardiorespiratory, geriatrics and the multidisciplinary team of MUHC chronic pain clinic. She also benefited greatly from the mentorship of specialists in the field of sport medicine, neurology, oral medicine in the hospital and experienced athletic therapists and osteopaths in private clinics.

Azita has always had a particular interest in musculoskeletal disorders, and over the years she became particularly interested in Pelvic floor and women’s health. Azita Papaie Physio is the culmination of Azita’s passion in determining the root cause of a patient’s pain and in providing personalized progressive treatment in a healthy and calm environment.

Azita has been a clinical supervisor at MUHC, Dawson College Physiotherapy Technology program and continues as a volunteer clinical mentor for the McGill University Mentor program.  She has presented workshops as a women’s health practitioner and a pelvic health educator, including the breast-feeding clinic of the CLSC St-Henri where she has been volunteering as a breast-feeding support mother since 2003. 

From swimming competitively in college to running the Ottawa half marathon, Azita has always been active. Being familiar with properties of water from a young age, Azita is able to provide water rehabilitation programs post-injury or post-surgery. She began working as fitness instructor in 1993 in Toronto and has been teaching aquafit Classes ever since including at Westmount YMCA. This is where she swims with the YMCA master’s swim team who gained 1st place in provincial swimming competitions starting in 2019 and 3 consecutive years. Swimming 200m Butterfly is one of Azita’s prides.