6 Brain-Healthy Lifestyle Strategies for Women: A Physiotherapist’s Guide
Being brain healthy is a key factor in allowing you to meet life's demands. Women’s brain health is shaped by a unique interplay of hormones, life stages, stress, and lifestyle factors. From the cognitive intensity of young adulthood to the transitions of pregnancy, postpartum recovery, perimenopause, and menopause, women often experience shifts in mood, memory, focus, and overall physical and cognitive resilience. Movement is one of the most powerful tools women have to support a healthy brain—and physiotherapy provides evidence-based strategies that help women build habits that protect and optimize brain function across the lifespan. In this guide, we’ll [...]
Skier’s Thumb Treatment & Other Common Skiing Hand Injuries
The winter season offers us an opportunity to engage in outdoor winter sports and activities, like skiing. Whether you are a professional skier or a beginner, the risk of injury while skiing is high due to the nature of the sport with its combination of high speeds, dynamic and unpredictable environment, mechanics of the equipment and individual factors. Data from the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program[i] [ii] (CHIRPP) capturing information from 20 emergency departments across Canada between October 1, 2016 and January 11, 2024, reported 5,434 alpine skiing-related injuries. In this blog, we will focus on the most common [...]
How Resistance Training Reduces Risk of Osteoporosis Fractures
A diagnosis of osteoporosis can sometimes come with fear, anxiety, and many unanswered questions. What does this mean for my future? What comes next in terms of treatments and medications? How will I manage physically? The already frightening prospect of falling can suddenly seem more dangerous and detrimental in the face of osteoporosis. However, what some don’t realize is that physiotherapy and resistance training are simple and easy methods to strengthen the very structures affected by the disease - the bones - and reduce your risk of osteoporosis fractures. In this article, I will discuss osteoporosis and the positive [...]
COM-B Framework: Leveraging Behaviour Change Science in Physiotherapy
When people start physiotherapy, they often have a clear goal in mind—reducing pain, regaining strength, walking again, or simply getting back to activities that matter. Yet, one of the biggest challenges in rehabilitation isn’t the treatment itself—it’s maintaining the motivation and consistency to do what’s needed outside the clinic. Many clients leave their appointments feeling inspired, but life gets busy, fatigue sets in, or frustration takes over. Home exercises are missed, daily habits don’t change, and progress slows. It’s a familiar story for both clients and physiotherapists. A story we are all too familiar with. Fortunately, behaviour change science [...]
Understanding Anticipatory Grief: How Caregivers Can Cope
Caring for a loved one through illness or decline is an act of dedication and compassion—but it can also bring emotional challenges that few people talk about. One of the most common and challenging experiences for caregivers is anticipatory grief—the grief that begins before a loved one’s passing. As a caregiver, you may find yourself mourning not only the person’s future loss but also the gradual changes happening right now. Understanding anticipatory grief and learning ways to cope can help you navigate this difficult time with greater compassion—for both your loved one and yourself. This type of grief is unique [...]
How to Get Up From the Floor After a Fall: Safe Techniques You Can Practice Now
Falls can happen to anyone - whether you’re recovering from an injury, living with a mobility condition, or simply navigating a slippery floor. In that moment, it’s easy to feel startled, scared, or unsure of your next move. The good news is that with the right strategies, you can learn how to get up safely and regain your confidence. At Propel Physiotherapy, our team helps clients practice these skills every day so they can feel confident, prepared, independent, and supported in their mobility. This guide will walk you through a physiotherapy-informed approach to safely getting up from the floor [...]