A little bit about me

I am thrilled to have founded Wild Berry Pelvic Health Physiotherapy

I graduated with a Master’s Degree in Physiotherapy from University of Montreal in 2011. My training in pelvic and Women’s health includes the completion of the Short Graduate Program in Perineal and Pelvic Rehabilitation (University of Montreal, 2014).

I completed my PhD in physiotherapy in September 2020. I have studied the effects of a pelvic floor exercises program on perineal symptoms of menopause, which obtained encouraging results. During my PhD studies, I have worked in a private clinic and a research centre, mostly with women affected by pelvic floor issues. I was also lecturer at the University of Montreal, teaching on the subject of urinary incontinence assessment and treatment.

 I fell in love with Nelson and his community in 2016. I am so grateful to be part of it now.  

 
 

Joanie Mercier PT

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We have a 24-hour cancellation policy. Appointments cancelled or changed with less than 24 hours’ notice will be subject to a full fee of the appointment.

You are encouraged to book, cancel or change appointments online.

We have a 24-hour cancellation policy. Appointments cancelled or changed with less than 24 hours’ notice will be subject to a full fee of the appointment.

Thesis: Mercier, J. (2020). Impact d’un programme d’exercices des muscles du plancher pelvien sur les signes et symptômes du syndrome génitourinaire de la ménopause chez la femme post-ménopausée. Papyrus, Collections Thèses et mémoires électroniques de l’Université de Montréal, Faculté de médecine. 

Dumoulin C, Hay-Smith J, MacHabée-Séguin G, Mercier J. (2015) Pelvic floor muscle training versus no treatment, or inactive control treatments, for urinary incontinence in women: A short version Cochrane systematic review with meta-analysis. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 2015 Apr; 34(4): 300-308.

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Lemieux, M.-C., Reichetzer, B., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2016). Pelvic floor muscle training to reduce symptoms and signs of vulvovaginal atrophy: a case study. Menopause (New York, NY).

Mercier, J., Tang, A., Morin, M., Khalifé, S., Lemieux, M. C., Reichetzer, B., & Dumoulin, C. (2018). Test‐retest reliability of clitoral blood flow measurements using color Doppler ultrasonography at rest and after a pelvic floor contraction task in healthy adult women. Neurourology and urodynamics, 37(7), 2249-2256[3] .

Mercier, J., Tang, A., Morin, M., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., Reichetzer, B., & Dumoulin, C. (2018). Test–retest reliability of internal pudendal artery blood flow using color Doppler ultrasound in healthy women. International Urogynecology Journal, 29(12), 1817-1824.

Dumoulin C, Pazzoto Cacciari L, Mercier J. (2019) Keeping the pelvic floor healthy. Climacteric, 22(3): 257-262.

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Reichetzer, B., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2019). Genitourinary syndrome of menopause symptom severity and impact outcome measures: are they reliable and correlated? Menopause, 26(6), 659-664[4] . 

Mercier, J., Morin, M., Zaki, D., Reichetzer, B., Lemieux, M.-C., Khalifé, S., & Dumoulin, C. (2019). Pelvic floor muscle training as a treatment for genitourinary syndrome of menopause: a single-arm feasibility study. Maturitas, 125, 57-62. 

Mercier J, Tang A, Morin M, Lemieux M-C, Khalifé S, Reichetzer B, Dumoulin C (2020). Impact d’un programme d’exercices des muscles du plancher pelvien sur la vascularisation pelvi-périnéale de femmes avec syndrome génito-urinaire de la ménopause. Revue Physio-Québec, automne 2019-hiver 2020; 46(2):28-31.

Mercier J, Morin M, Tang A, Richetzer B, Lemieux MC, Khalifé S, Zaki D, Gougeon F, Dumoulin C. (2020) Pelvic floor training: mechanisms of action for the improvement of genitourinary syndrome of menopause. Climacteric, Oct;23(5):468-473.