Pelvic Floor Muscles’ Five Important Roles
The pelvic floor muscles play five important roles in the body: 1. Organ support The pelvic floor muscles support our bladder, uterus, rectum, and important abdominal organs against gravity and any added downward pressure. 2. Stability The pelvic floor is one of four muscles making up our inner ‘core’, which stabilizes our pelvis and lower back. 3. Sphincteric function These are the muscles which control both the opening of the urethra, where urine comes out, and rectum, where feces and/or gas come out. The pelvic floor muscles prevent leakage of urine, feces and gas. 4. Sexual Function The pelvic [...]
Improving Balance and Posture Makes Daily Activities Safer
What is Balance and Why is it Improtant? Balance is the communication between your brain, inner ear, visual system, and sensory system. This communication helps us as humans maintain equilibrium and helps us stand, walk, and do functional movements without falling over. Improving balance and posture can therefore make every day activities like like grooming, toileting, walking, stairs safer and easier. How Does Posture Influence Balance? As we age or if we are physically limited due to injury or disease, we tend to lose mobility in our backs, form rounded shoulders, increased curves in our spines, decreased arches in [...]
Propel Opens Physiotherapy Clinic in Pickering
We’re really excited to be teaming up with the group of experienced occupational therapists at Complex Injury Rehab to offer our physiotherapy services to people in Pickering and surrounding communities!With therapists from both practice areas sharing a space, it not only provides a unique opportunity to offer full spectrum rehabilitation therapy services from one location, it also enables us to share knowledge and expertise on a daily basis, which will benefit our clients as well as our practice.Complex Injury Rehab Inc. is owned and managed by occupational therapists Tracy Milner and Heather Condello. Their team of therapists provide high-quality rehabilitation [...]
Keeogo Assistive Devices for Walking
Propel Physiotherapy uses the KeeogoTM assistive device for walking to effectively help address the unique mobility and gait issues some of our clients face in the community and at home. The evidence-based technology is improving the independence of our clients. We perform assessments in-clinic, which include a fitting and customization of the device. KeeogoTM is then used in conjunction with physiotherapy sessions as a therapeutic mobility device to assist the client with focusing on different aspects of their therapy and enable the client to try task-oriented activities they would not be able to perform without this kind of assistance. KeeogoTM [...]
Propel Sponsors Paralympic Hand-Cycling Hopeful Anthony Lue
Parasport Fosters Health, Wellbeing and Inclusiveness Propel Physiotherapy is incredibly proud to be supporting Anthony Lue for the second year in a row, as he continues his quest to earn a spot on the Canadian Men’s National Paralympic hand-cycling team and qualify for the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The sponsorship will help relieve some of the costs of competing a high level, which can include coaching, training, dietitians, equipment, and competition fees and expenses. Propel Physiotherapy believes everybody should have an opportunity to be physically active regardless of their physical abilities. Parasport has provided a wealth of options [...]
Understanding Brain Injury – Then & Now
I am a 50-plus, professional, reasonably athletic mother of three. I am currently 28 months into recovery from a serious accident that caused many injuries, including a traumatic brain injury (TBI). I am writing this blog as part of my therapy and hopefully to provide some context or helpful information to others who have been impacted in some way by something similar. Before I sustained one myself, I had little knowledge of what a brain injury (let alone a traumatic brain injury) actually meant. “Joe Public” & the Invisible Injury It’s my belief that “Joe Public” (i.e. the general [...]