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Rhythmic Rehab Inc.

Helping you find your rhythm. Offering individual, group and collaborative Neurologic Music Therapy® services in Cambridge, ON.

02/27/2026

February is Heart Health Month! Everyone talks about your brain on music, but what about your heart?! 🫀🎶

Here are some facts about your ❤️ on music:
✨Calming music can reduce 📉 heart rate and promote relaxation (soothing music triggers the parasympathetic nervous system which calms, while energetic music stimulates the sympathetic nervous system which increases alertness and improves physical performance)
✨Calming music can reduce 📉 blood pressure by lowering the tension in blood vessels
✨Music with a rhythm similar to a steady, moderate heartbeat can promote better circulation 🔃 by influencing the body’s own rhythms
✨Music can reduce 📉 the stress hormone cortisol, which helps reduce stress and anxiety
✨Music improves 📈 mood by eliciting positive 😌 emotions, which can have a protective effect on heart health!

02/13/2026

POV: you’re practicing phrases of affection for Valentine’s Day with aphasia in NMT 💬❤️

It’s Valentine’s Day and we all want to be able to express our love to our loved ones!

Did you know singing can be easier than speaking for individuals living with aphasia?💡 This is because familiar over-learned tunes 🎶 can help trigger automatic speech due to the strong associations between melody and text in long-term memory! 💭

How do you use familiar music to support personally meaningful and relevant goals?

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01/09/2026

Eastern Canada NMT™ Support Chapter! 📣

Start the year off right with peer supervision!

📅 Date: Wed Jan 14, 2026
🕗 Time: 8pm Eastern Standard Time
📍 Location: Zoom

Meeting Topic: Collaborative Goal Setting

All NMTs are welcome to attend, regardless of geographical location. More information can be found at the !

12/31/2025

What a year!

This has easily been the most challenging year of my life both personally and professionally in all the best ways.

From starting a dream job in inpatient neurorehab (and five hour commutes), to saying the hardest goodbyes and leaving the city that’s been my home for 7 years, to starting over in new place…all while jumping into an asynchronous masters degree, training for my first marathon, and planning my wedding.

To say that this year was overwhelming is an understatement—but I wouldn’t change a thing. To my clients, colleagues, family, and friends—thank you for being on this journey with me. Here’s to staying grateful and always betting on myself, but also, showing myself a little grace this year—big things are in the works for 2026! 🤞🏻

12/24/2025

POV: you’re practicing holiday greetings with aphasia in NMT 💬🎄🎊

Did you know singing can be easier than speaking for individuals living with aphasia?💡

This is because familiar over-learned tunes 🎶 can help trigger automatic speech due to the strong associations between melody and text in long-term memory! 💭

Singing phrases with rhythmic tapping can also help induce neuroplasticity 🧠 by rerouting speech pathways from the damaged ⬅️ left-hemisphere to language capable regions of the ➡️ right hemisphere.

Navigating the holidays with aphasia can bring about different challenges. Remember to go slow, take breaks, and show yourself and others grace this holiday season! ❤️

12/22/2025

Neurologic Music Therapy® Wrapped 2025! 🧠🎶

12/18/2025

POV: gait training Canadian edition 🇨🇦🌨️

With the weather we’ve had lately, I can’t stop thinking about gait training in the snow last winter! 🤯

Using RAS®, we worked on advanced gait tasks like:
👀 Navigating changes in terrain
🚦Stopping and starting
↔️ Vestibular symptoms, head turning

Did you know snowfall ❄️ and warmer winter temperatures 🌡️ are associated with an increased risk of fall-related ER visits? ⚠️

It’s important to practice these skills in different situations to ensure our clients are prepared to navigate everyday life - any time of year! 💪🏻

RAS® is a Canadian Stroke Best Practice in lower-limb gait training, too! 😉

12/05/2025

POV: you’re learning about Supported Conversation for Adults with Aphasia (SCA™) to support communication outcomes

Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by damage to the language centres of the brain 🧠following a stroke. Did you know about 1 in 3 stroke survivors in Canada develop aphasia? 💡While aphasia impacts communication, it does not does impact intelligence! 📣

SCA™ (developed by the Aphasia Institute in Toronto, Canada) is based on two core principles:
➡️ Acknowledging competence
➡️ Revealing competence

This means we assume the Person with Aphasia (PWA) understands and has important things to say (regardless of verbal output) AND we provide tools and techniques to help them express themselves, focusing on what they say, not how they say it.

I have already noticed a meaningful difference in my ability to show up as a communication partner for PWA! 💬

11/15/2025

Reflecting on what an honour and privilege it was to be invited to speak at this year’s ! 📣 It was so special connecting with practitioners, researchers, and people living with Huntington Disease about Neurologic Music Therapy®.

Thank you all for your openness and willingness to learn, and for sharing the stigmas and barriers that still exist when accessing treatment with Huntington Disease.

A note to healthcare professionals: EVERYONE is worthy and deserving of care no matter their prognosis. Period.

I hope we all can work together to improve the quality of life for people living with Huntington Disease — one note at a time! 🧠🎶

11/07/2025

POV: you’re presenting at the National Conference! 🧠🎶

10/30/2025

October is Occupational Therapy Month! ➡️ Swipe through to learn how Neurologic Music Therapists and Occupational Therapists can work together 🫱🏼‍🫲🏽 to support clients.

Occupational Therapists (OT) help individuals do the things that are important to them, from self-care to productivity to leisure activities. OTs achieve this by helping individuals learn new ways of doing things, regaining and/or developing new skills, using materials and equipment that makes life easier or adapting their environment to fit their needs. Here are some examples of cotreats:

✨ Providing vestibular and proprioceptive input 🌀🤲🏻 in rhythm 🎶 for paediatric clients working on sensory coordination and integration

✨ Practicing attention exercise in music, learning musical mnemonics and singing familiar songs to support brain injury clients with thinking 🤔, remembering 💭 and communicating 🗣️

✨ Playing instruments 🥁 in specific spatial configurations ↔️↕️ to improve the motor function 💪🏻 necessary for ADLs in clients post-injury or diagnosis, such as MS or PD

✨ Engaging in preferred activities through music creation 🎼 and relaxation 🎧 to support mental health challenges ❤️

How do you cotreat with OTs or NMTs?! Comment below👇🏻

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