Qathet Physiotherapy

12/01/2025

11/07/2025

A nice reminder from the good folks at Tall Tree.

10/31/2025

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-headlines/detail/hitting-the-headlines/2025/10/29/fall-back--move-forward--adjusting-to-the-time-change

As we turn our clocks back this weekend, many of us look forward to an extra hour of rest. But even a small time change can affect sleep, alertness, and mood—especially for older adults. Learn simple tips to help your body adjust and make the most of the extra daylight.

10/17/2025

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/blog/detail/videos/2025/10/15/how-to-improve-your-walking-speed--train-your-body-and-your-brain

Is your walking speed slowing down? It could be a sign that your strength, flexibility, or fitness needs a boost. Learn how to improve your walking speed with simple standing exercises and brain-training techniques.

09/30/2025

Decolonization is less about returning to a pre-colonial society, and more about recognizing that we live under a colonial system— that things are the way they are, not by accident, but because a particular ideology has systematically erased others, while normalizing itself. Once something is normalized, it’s hard to imagine anything else. We become confined within that particular ideology. And then the mindset of, ‘Mm, it’s always been this way,’ starts to creep in.

And then the origins of the colonizers, which in our case, was a very violent one, can be forgotten. We start sweeping things under the rug, like removing kids from their families, and -to put it bluntly- genocide.

And so, when we’re able to recognize these structures, through what will be a never-ending process of decolonization, it helps us move forward towards a society which doesn’t just draw inspiration from a diversity of spaces, but is also self-aware, which I think, is the most important part.”
Lee Maracle

09/12/2025

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-headlines/detail/hitting-the-headlines/2025/09/09/world-alzheimer-s-month--raising-awareness-and-supporting-brain-health

Every September, World Alzheimer’s Month brings global attention to Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. This annual campaign, led by Alzheimer’s Disease International, encourages people, communities, and organizations to come together to improve awareness, reduce stigma, and suppo...

08/19/2025

SmartXPD offers a variety of free, short-form exercise videos for those living with Parkinson's as well as Parkinson’s related articles and resources.

SmartXPD® offers a variety of free, short-form exercise videos as well as Parkinson’s related articles and resources. You can also check our exercise programs and on demand videos here.

08/14/2025

https://www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/blog/detail/videos/2025/08/13/move-more-with-less-pain--a-physical-activity-guide-for-hip-and-knee-osteoarthritis

Discover how physical activity can help reduce joint pain and improve mobility—without putting extra stress on your body.

06/05/2025

A nerve is like a wire. It carries electrical impulses. When a nerve is injured, it conducts fewer electrical impulses. Skin goes numb, muscles go weak. Just like a snipped wire makes a TV go dead.

But that doesn’t explain neuropathic pain. Unlike a snipped wire, an injured nerve also conducts more impulses. Pain, pins and needles…

That sounds like a paradox.

If you shift your perspective to think of the nerve as a living thing, it makes more sense.

Nerve cells are busy. They’re constantly building ion channels and shuttling them to the cell's membrane, where the ion channels can spark and carry electrical impulses.

Now imagine that nerve cell is injured.

The ion channels at the site of injury won’t be able to spark and carry those electrical impulses any more. Skin goes numb, muscles go weak - as expected.

And here’s what doesn’t happen in a wire: the injured nerve cell makes more ion channels. The whole cell becomes super-excitable. In fact, many of these ion channels bunch up at the site of the injury, creating an electrical ‘hot spot’, where rogue impulses can spark.

Why does this happen? Probably, it’s accidental: the nerve cell, when injured, can’t regulate how many ion channels it produces, so they just keep churning out. Or, it might be deliberate: the nerve cell senses danger and the extra ion channels help it to keep the lights on.

In any case, the paradox - that the nerve works less and works more - only looks like a paradox if you’re thinking like an electrician. Think like a biologist, and it makes sense.

Tom Jesson

03/24/2025

What we do, (or aspire to do).