Carl travels on the World Cup Circuit with the Canadian Alpine Ski Team which gives him the opportunity to coach and design training programs for Olympic, World Championship, and World Cup Winners. He lectures at numerous conferences on all aspects of physical training and Sports Physiotherapy and has published articles on these subjects in a variety of International publications for both the scientific and lay community.

He has recently co-authored the Prenatal Fitness book FIT TO DELIVER and is working on his second book entitled FIT TO PLAY. Petersen obtained a Bachelor of Physical Education and Bachelor of Science Rehabilitation Medicine (PT/OT) from the University of British Columbia. He is also a Level 3 certified Ski Coach, Level 2 Tennis Coach and Level 4 NCCP (candidate).