Yoga 50+
This weekly in-person program is for anyone who wants to relax and rejuvenate with a guided meditation and breathing exercise with gentle yoga on chair.
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This weekly in-person program is for anyone who wants to relax and rejuvenate with a guided meditation and breathing exercise with gentle yoga on chair.
Discover a new way of walking! Nordic Pole walking is a fun and effective, low impact, full-body workout for all ages, fitness, and mobility levels! Poles are available to borrow upon request.
Have you fallen or are you afraid of falling? This 10-week program is for adults 65+ who want to learn how to stay safe at home and in the community. Learn easy exercises that promote balance, strength, and endurance.
Have you fallen or are you afraid of falling? This 10-week program is for adults 65+ who want to learn how to stay safe at home and in the community. Learn easy exercises that promote balance, strength, and endurance.
This 6-week in-person physiotherapy led program aims to improve function through self-management support, pain science education, and individualized goal-oriented exercise. This program includes a weekly group appointment, four individual appointments and 2 follow up sessions at 1 and 3 months, after the completion of the program. Education topics include the science of pain, pain and exercise, stress, sleep, and pain, as well as thoughts, emotions, and pain. The minimum criteria for a screening appointment include pain for more than 6 months and the ability to read, write and speak English.
This program will help you manage the symptoms from your hip or knee osteoarthritis. The GLAD Program has been shown to help people with hip and knee OA reduce pain and stiffness. This program includes 12 exercise sessions and 2 educational sessions. This program is available for free to patients who have attended an assessment for hip and knee problems with a Physiotherapist at a Rapid Assessment Clinic, Family Health Team, or a Community Health Centre in the Toronto Central Area.
Our in-person exercise programs are developed to encourage older adults and seniors aged 55+ to become more active, participate in a social network, reduce the risk of injuries and falls, as well as enhance self-esteem and independence. Classes are led by Certified Seniors Fitness Instructors or Registered Kinesiologists. All classes include a light cardio component and are designed to increase balance, strength, and flexibility.
This is an in-person or virtual programs for patients with mild to moderate COPD. The program is 8 weeks long, twice a week, and includes supervised exercise by a Physiotherapist, and education sessions delivered by a Certified Respiratory Therapist, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist, Registered Dietitian, Family Physician, and Pharmacist. The program also offers access to smoking cessation counselling and FREE nicotine replacement therapy through the STOP program.
This 7-week in-person or virtual physiotherapy led exercise programs is targeting clients who have chronic low back pain and are not physically active. The goals of the program are to improve function and quality of life, reduce pain and recurrence of low back pain. The program consists of a weekly 1 hour “yoga” based group exercise program. Ideally participants should be independent with transferring from standing to the floor.