Wellness Wisdom

To all of our family and friends, colleagues and clients near and far we would like to wish you the most sincere end of year holiday celebrations. May you gather and connect, share stories of the year passing, and remind each other of your deep gratitude.

2025 has been another year to remind us of how short life really is and that the best times are the day to day comforts like warm coffee, soft pets, laughter and the conversations that flow easily.

Thank you to all of you for making this year so gratifying. Much love to you all!

These days, despite the pandemic, having settled, I find myself very comfortable with virtual interactions and coaching in my business as The Fizzio Coach!

I continue to be a registered physiotherapist, but my own injuries and aging process have made it more efficient and effective to connect for virtual assessment and physiotherapy progress progression.

Along with mentoring and coaching physiotherapy students, new grads, and PT residents, there is a growing need for triaging. What I mean by triaging is that many folks are unsure of what kind of treatment they need and who to seek treatment from. Websites for healthcare, such as physiotherapy, can be confusing for those not in the profession.

I have heard from folks who have used up their physiotherapy coverage and have still not seen any improvement and do not understand the diagnosis of their condition. So virtually I can set up a mini assessment, and get to know your needs and preferences, and find the best suited physiotherapist in your community to best meet your needs.

Let me know if this is something that would help you, and please share in your networks if you know of others who could use this service!

Do you struggle to self advocate with your primary care practitioner? Are you always wondering if you need physiotherapy, chiropractic, massage therapy, osteopathy, or other health services, but are not sure which one or which practitioner is best for you?

Although I am primarily a registered physiotherapist by profession, my extensive healthcare history over 35 years also allows me to coach you effectively to make these decisions and save time, money, healthcare insurance dollars and your frustration tolerance!

I also continue to provide virtual physiotherapy assessment and treatment in helping you recover from injury or surgery, return to sport or function, or avoid injury in either of these. If you have a chronic disease such as asthma, diabetes, arthritis, obesity, or cardiovascular disease, physiotherapy coaching can also contribute to you moving towards your best health.

Send me an inbox message today and we can get started.

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Fear. It can be fear of certain activities, situations, people and/places/memories.

My own lived experience of body and brain injury brings fear of things like skating, skiing and even driving or being a passenger.

As an experienced physiotherapist I know that for physical activity fears we need to unpack the reality of altered balance and the risks of falling with our desire to do the exhilarating activity/what is our current balance/fitness ability?

So here I am putting my skates on and walking around to build tolerance and balance on a stable surface. Step by step I work through the safe and effective methods to evaluate my readiness for real ice entry.

What would you love to do that fear is keeping you from? 🏒🥅⚖️⛸️⛄️💪

As we approach the end of 2024, instead of endless goals and expectations let's consider these thoughts as an alternative:

From a page call Rumi the spiritual one:

I counted my years
and realized that I have
Less time to live by,
Than I have lived so far.
I feel like a child who won a pack of candies: at first he ate them with pleasure
But when he realized that there was little left, he began to taste them intensely.
I have no time for endless meetings
where the statutes, rules, procedures & internal regulations are discussed,
knowing that nothing will be done.
I no longer have the patience
To stand absurd people who,
despite their chronological age,
have not grown up.
My time is too short:
I want the essence,
my spirit is in a hurry.
I do not have much candy
In the package anymore.
I want to live next to humans,
very realistic people who know
How to laugh at their mistakes,
Who are not inflated by their own triumphs
and who take responsibility for their actions.
In this way, human dignity is defended
and we live in truth and honesty.
It is the essentials that make life useful.
I want to surround myself with people
who know how to touch the hearts of those whom hard strokes of life
have taught to grow with sweet touches of the soul.
Yes, I'm in a hurry.
I'm in a hurry to live with the intensity that only maturity can bring.
I do not intend to waste any of the remaining desserts.
I am sure they will be exquisite,
much more than those eaten so far.
My goal is to reach the end satisfied
and at peace with my loved ones and my conscience.
We have two lives
and the second begins when you realize you only have one.
~ Mario de Andrade

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As we approach the holiday season we wanted to send you our most genuine wishes for peace, your best health, and the warm connections of your loved ones around you! No matter what you celebrate may it be your best one yet. We hope to continue to bring you the most up to date health information and be your resource for health coaching, navigation and physiotherapy coaching in 2025!

This is one of the best pages to follow on all things up to date peri-menopause and menopause!

Turmeric is a powerful antioxidant and antiinflammatory nutrient. You might consider it as a tool in your menopause toolkit.

We all talk about setting goals. In reading the book “Atomic Habits” that I posted about several weeks ago, I learned that unless we can effect true behaviour change in the small, repeatable habits each day, our goals go unmet.

Feel like chatting more about this? DM me! 💪☀️🚶‍♀️🥗

With war going on in the Middle East and other regions let’s not forget the sacrifices of our Canadian soldiers in years gone by🙏

• Honoring the courage, sacrifice, and memory of those who served. 🌺 Lest we forget.