Your heart is a muscle and its job is to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body and send oxygen-poor blood to the lungs. It is integral to all of our body’s systems and plays a vital role for muscular function. In addition, our circulatory system is highly dependent on [...]
Stroke in young people is much less common than in the older population. This can lead to misdiagnosis in the emergency room. Young adults may also be less likely to seek medical treatment, as stroke is still believed to be a disease of the elderly. All of this can lead [...]
The term self care has been used to describe everything from spa treatments to napping. In actuality, self care is a holistic lifestyle approach to help prevent and treat illness and injury. Taking the time for self care is far from selfish or indulgent. It requires self reflection, self [...]
At Propel, we use an integrated approach to multiple sclerosis symptoms management that includes physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Evidence has shown that rehabilitation is still the only way to improve functional outcomes in individuals with multiple sclerosis.[i] Canada has one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world, [...]
