Both patients and practitioners are coming to accept virtual care as a permanent part of physiotherapy treatments for the foreseeable future. But attending a physiotherapy session via an electronic device rather than in-person and face-to-face with your practitioner is understandably a jarring change, especially the first time. This uncertainty has the potential to prevent you from getting the most out …
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We’re living in a new world. Staying at home has become the new normal across Canada and around the globe. Our regular, day-to-day routines have become filled with mental reminders to wash our hands, keep our distance from others and remain patient in the face of these changes and challenges brought on by COVID-19. Amongst these changes, as many of …
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Three months into the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, some of us are starting to get used to these changes we’ve been forced to make to our daily routines. We’re facing a new normal – or at least, a transition between an old and new normal – and, for the world of physiotherapy, that means that virtual care is here to …
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As provinces start to reopen and restrictions for businesses are lifted, pt Health’s parent company Lifemark is actively working on expanding our number of clinics and facilities that can offer in-person services again. The health and safety of our patients and team members remain our highest priority, so we’ve developed three key guiding principles to support us as we work …
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As we mentioned in our recent post covering five advantages of virtual physiotherapy, this new form of treatment is likely here to stay even as we move towards a post-COVID world (which, admittedly, is still some time away). That said, we thought we’d lay out a nice & easy list of what you’ll need at home for a virtual physiotherapy …
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We’re now a few months into life under COVID-19, and while we’re certainly hoping for a return to routine as quickly as is safely possible, some of the changes that we’ve been forced to make in our personal and professional lives are starting to feel a bit more – for lack of a better word – normal. Some of these …
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The worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 (coronavirus) has led to a drastic number of changes in our personal and professional lives. Just about every industry has been impacted in one way or another, and physical rehabilitation has been no exception. We here at pt Health have responded rapidly to this necessary change in service delivery by shifting our focus to a …
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This Monday marks the beginning of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week. In practice since 1951, the CAMH’s Mental Health Week is an initiative that’s designed to promote the importance of mental health, and to help us focus on connecting with others and sincerely express how we’re feeling. It goes without saying that we’ve all been particularly on …
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Due to recent events surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak, the majority of individuals have been forced to practice measures such as physical distancing and a general order to stay at home. These recent events have also changed the landscape of many businesses, and physical rehabilitation is certainly no exception. On way pt Health is responding to this situation is by offering …
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