Sabrina Ribau Kinesiology

Sabrina Ribau Kinesiology Sabrina Ribau, R.Kin

Helping people lead healthier and more meaningful lives through custom exercise programs and mindful lifestyle changes.

Registered Kinesiologist

Rest is important. You are allowed to rest. I know I sound like a broken record, and now is the time of year that people...
01/04/2023

Rest is important. You are allowed to rest.

I know I sound like a broken record, and now is the time of year that people set all sorts of action goals to do more, be more, but I’m going to be the one to tell you that it’s okay to rest. And not only is it okay to rest, but it’s absolutely essential for your health and well-being (despite what the grumpy old man said to me at the gym the other day 🙃).

Rest and recovery are SO important to your health - especially when it comes to exercise. Taking on too much, too soon can and very often does lead to discomfort, pain, and injury, especially if you already have a health condition that you’re trying to manage.

Starting your exercise journey low and slow – low weights, lower reps, fewer sets, fewer workouts/week and at a slower pace with lots of rest between sets and workouts – may not feel like the way you want to kick start your new year transformation, but slowly building that foundation is incredibly important to minimizing your risk of injury. 🌱

I have this talk with all my clients – and myself! – when I start a new program with them, especially for those who have chronic health conditions: it might feel slow at first, but I would rather slowly build up your capacity, reducing the risk of painful flare-ups that can set you back weeks at a time, than rush it and do too much, too soon. Trying to focus on work while in pain is never fun or ideal (not for your well-being or your productivity) and it can make it hard to be a present friend and partner too, so any time that I can work with you to try to reduce your pain in your day-to-day life, I will!

Taking on less and focusing more on how you move (technique and mobility) and how it feels is a great way to build up the basics needed to achieve your goals safely and sustainably. Try to make sure you rest between sets, leave a couple of days between workouts that train the same body parts, and get lots of good sleep! 😴

You don’t need permission to rest, you don’t need to earn rest, you’re allowed to rest – and your body will thank you for it!

Lest we forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice both in combat and as a result of their time in service. And I know...
11/11/2020

Lest we forget those who gave the ultimate sacrifice both in combat and as a result of their time in service. And I know that many who serve prefer that the focus on today be on those who gave their lives, but we mustn’t also forget those who were and are willing to make that sacrifice who carry on for their fallen commrades as well ❤️
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I don’t speak about it on this page very often, but I was deeply privileged and honoured to have spent the last year working with Veterans and their families for the Legion in Québec, accompanying them through their disability claims process with Veterans Affairs, supporting them in crisis, and disbursing financial aide to Veterans and their families in times of need. Working with Veterans and their families, particularly those who have mental and physical health conditions, is something I have wanted to do since I was quite young and I feel fortunate to have been able to serve and support them over the last year - I hope to continue doing so for years to come ❤️
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For those directly affected by the loss and impact of combat and service, the families and loved ones and colleagues of those who died at war, in training, or returned home never to be the same, this time of year can be especially difficult for them. As such, be kind to everyone and allow people to grieve and reflect in the way that best suits their own personal needs. With the pandemic, Remembrance Day looks a little different this year for everyone, including those with whom the day resonates the deepest. There are resources to support those who need some support, specific to Veterans, and I’ll be sharing them today (I have a highlights of other mental health resources for civilians too). So, if you’re able, take a moment to reflect today and everyday on what Remembrance Day signifies - n’oublions jamais ❤️

Exploring in your own backyard: a great way to spend time with friends, find your new favourite spot, and get a little m...
08/23/2020

Exploring in your own backyard: a great way to spend time with friends, find your new favourite spot, and get a little movement in your day too ☀️

I’ve started and stopped this journey a few times over the last couple years, never getting further than about 9 days in...
07/30/2020

I’ve started and stopped this journey a few times over the last couple years, never getting further than about 9 days in a row without something coming up resulting in me missing a few days. However, in January I set out to really try to make it a part of my daily routine, and 190 days later I think I can finally say that I’ve done it. It hasn’t always been easy, and the practices aren’t always perfect, but it’s the consistency and discipline that gets the results ✨
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Mindfulness practices, for me, have been a huge piece to learning to let go of things, people, and behaviours that don’t serve me or my goals. Making the time each day to find some peace and clarity, and a lot of the time some acceptance and calm, has been extremely beneficial to me and honestly also likely those around me as well ☀️
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It isn’t always a long, fully engaged session (I can assure you that some of those days were made up of 1 minute Breathe session 😅) but sticking to this goal has been so important for me and will continue to be as I go through some major changes in the next month 👀
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What started out as something I did as a teenager training to be a high performance athlete has become a really integral part of my tool kit of techniques I use to manage the stresses of life - both proactively and after I’m already stressing a mile a minute about something 👊🏼
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How do you manage stress, your mood, and your reaction to it? Do you have techniques to help you once you’re stressed? Any to help reduce the response you have to stressful events proactively before the event appears? Would love to hear what you use to help navigate through life! 🎉

So, I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. I’ve been sharing lots of stories to bring awareness and education to the causes at...
06/30/2020

So, I’ve been quiet for a few weeks. I’ve been sharing lots of stories to bring awareness and education to the causes at hand because we as white people can’t just leave the work to BIPOC, but posting, especially my normal content, just hasn’t felt right with everything going on. I don’t have the right words to describe how I feel about everything that’s going on, but big changes are long overdue and just because things have stopped trending doesn’t mean that they’ve stop mattering, because they do, and they have profound impacts on people’s lives.
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I took this picture at the top of an early morning hike last week. It was a beautiful day, 5am. This hike is a grind, with no real flat ground the whole way up, but I was feeling good for the first time in a long time. Consistently showing up and pushing through hikes and runs in the months leading up to it, slowly chipping away at it, led to progress.
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Change - whether it be physical, mental, or societal - takes time and consistently showing up and putting in the work to get the results you want.
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The fire’s been lit, and it’s not going out any time soon as long as I keep putting in the work. How are you doing? Is the weight of everything still heavy on your heart? Have you felt uncomfortable in the last few weeks? How did you learn from it to better yourself? I don’t have answers to all of the questions, but sometimes asking the question and acknowledging the problem is a good place to start some real change 👊🏼

Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances...
06/03/2020

Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries (WHO, 2020).
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They include aspects of the social environment, the physical environment, the built environment, and health services, all of which influence an individual’s ability to lead a healthy life for all of their years.
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The social determinants of health in Canada include:
• Income & Social Status
• Education & Literacy
• Employment and Working Conditions
• Childhood Experiences
• Food Insecurity
• Housing & Physical Environments
• Social Exclusion
• Social Supports and Coping Skills
• Access to Health Services
• Culture
• Gender
• Race / Racism
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As one should be able to see, racism and discriminatory practices can influence all of these areas of a person’s life, from where they live to where they go to school and to what level of education they attain, which in turn influences their access to food, to health services, and to jobs with safe working conditions, amongst other things. This negatively and disproportionately impacts the health outcomes of BIPOC, a population that is consequently often more at risk than other populations for a variety of cardiovascular diseases and metabolic disorders such as Type 2 Diabetes (Walker, Strom Williams & Egede, 2016)(Simmons et al., 2018).
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The impact of racism on health outcomes is something that is usually taught to and understood by health professionals in school but is not discussed enough with the general public, especially in white circles. There are studies that show that even if BIPOC have access to care, the quality of care is less than what those who are not BIPOC receive, and this needs to change. We as health care professionals need to hold ourselves and each other accountable for ensuring equitable and the highest standard of care for ALL people.

Systemic problems need systemic solutions - we can’t expect individuals to fix institutional and macro-level issues on their own - especially when we know that they’re not being given equitable opportunities and haven’t been for hundreds of years.

So get out there: use your voices, your votes, your dollars, your allyship to bring much needed and LONG overdue change for our BIPOC community 👊🏼👊🏽👊🏾👊🏿

(I’ve been planning a post on the social determinants of health for some time now and I felt as though it was a fitting time to highlight these issues that are only further compounded in the lives of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of colour). Unfortunately in finding sources for this post, academia’s history of excluding the voices and participation of BIPOC made it difficult to find BIPOC voices to amplify, however I did my best to ensure that the ones that were cited were from majority BIPOC research teams.)
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06/03/2020

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In solidarity with BIPOC, I’ll be sharing content and experiences from the BIPOC community for the foreseeable future. I...
06/02/2020

In solidarity with BIPOC, I’ll be sharing content and experiences from the BIPOC community for the foreseeable future. I will also be highlighting how health outcomes amongst Black and Indigenous peoples differ from those of white people and other ethnic and minority groups and ways that we as health professionals and people can check ourselves and each other to work toward creating a more equitable world.
For someone who has always been incredible vocal about these issues in my personal life (both in person with friends and family and on my personal social media platforms), I haven’t been as vocal as I could have been on this page - but that’s changing.

If you have an issue with fighting against injustices, you can see yourself out 👋🏼

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