Working with the elderly population in the greater Peterborough area can present some unique challenges for rehabilitation. For this demographic, travelling from their homes — sometimes in remote corners of the Kawarthas — to physiotherapy clinics may not be desirable or even possible. In cases where a senior is [...]
Over the past several decades, rehabilitation science and the public have learned more and more about concussion injuries. However, in my clinical experience there is very little information and knowledge regarding the prognosis and treatment for persistent concussion symptoms. I have worked with a number of clients who have [...]
The symptoms or subsequent complications of a stroke can persist beyond in-patient and out-patient hospital rehabilitation and impact a person’s quality of life. Optimal stroke recovery requires multidisciplinary neurological rehabilitation, not only in the early stages of returning home, but often many months after the stroke. Learn how private [...]
The Covid-19 pandemic has changed almost every aspect of our lives and communities across Canada and the globe — from the way we work, learn, eat and shop to the way we administer and receive healthcare. At Propel Physiotherapy’s, we had to change and innovate our physiotherapy care in light [...]
