Exercise Therapy

Exercise prescription is a key component of physiotherapy treatment. There is significant evidence for the use of exercise in the treatment of many neuromusculoskeletal conditions. Exercise is an important part of your treatment and home exercise programs will be provided. Sometimes load management is part of appropriate exercise prescription. Your physiotherapist may need to advise you on load management to prevent overtraining and injury or to manage your recovery following an injury. The aim of rehabilitation is to manage your symptoms and the capacity of your tissues to tolerate load while progressively increasing the capacity over time.

GLA:D Exercise Program (Goderich location)

What is GLA:D?
• GLA:D is an 8-week education and exercise program for people with symptoms of hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA)
• There are 2-3 education classes and 12 exercise sessions (twice a week for 6 weeks)
• The program is delivered by certified therapists
• GLA:D teaches you how to control your movements, allowing you to be more active
• The program has been shown to reduced pain and use of pain killers, decrease use of sick leave, and improve quality of life
• The goal is to reduce your symptoms so that you can do the activities you want to do
• More than 4.4 million Canadians are living with osteoarthritis (OA) and this number is going to rise. Don’t let arthritis stop you. See what we can do to help.

Bone Fit (Goderich location)

What is Bone Fit?
• Guided, safe and effective exercise for people with osteoporosis
• Balance and muscle strengthening help to reduce your risk of falls, keep bones and muscles strong and improve your ability to move and do activities of daily living
• Trained health professionals provided support with safe and appropriate exercise for people who are at risk of fracture
• Part of the Ontario Osteoporosis Strategy