Cardiac Tele-Rehabilitation
The CCO-CRC program now offers the streaming of live exercise classes and education capsules in an online webinar format (we ask participants to close their camera during virtual sessions).
Join members of the team to move more and learn further about managing and preventing cardiovascular disease!
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How to install Teams on Mac or Ipad?
| Live Virtual Content | Description | Schedule | Recurring TEAMS link |
| Chair workout | Exercise while sitting on a chair, for participants with limited or reduced capacity. | Every Monday, 10h to 10h30 |  On Chair |
| Every Wednesday, 13h30 to 14h | On Chair | ||
| Educative capsule | Lectures on managing and preventing cardiovascular disease. | Every Monday, 10h45 to 11h | Capsule |
| Bodyweight workout | Exercise with your own bodyweight, for participants with few limitations. | Every Monday, 11h15 to 11h45 | Bodyweight |
| Every Wednesday, 14h15 to 14h45 | Bodyweight |
Exercise program:
- Chair workout #1 (Jan-Feb 2021)
- Chair workout #2 (Mar-Apr 2021)
- Chair workout #3 (Oct-Nov 2020)
- Chair workout #4 (Nov-Dec 2020)
- Bodyweight workout #1 (Jan-Feb 2021)
- Bodyweight workout #2 (Mar-Apr 2021)
- Bodyweight workout #5 (April-May 2021)
- Bodyweight workout #3 (Oct-Nov 2020)
- Bodyweight workout #4 (Nov-Dec 2020)
- Stretching program (with description)
- Stretching program (images only)
- Early mobilization/range of motion program
Educative capsule content
Capsules are scheduled continuously. If you missed a capsule, you will have the opportunity to view it again. Come back later to see the next series' scheduled. You can find the summary sheet for every presentation by clicking the capsule's title below.
| Fixing proper goals | Mar 1, 2021 |
| Mar 8, 2021 | |
| Managing cardiovascular risk | Mar 15, 2021 |
| Panick attack or heart attack? | Mar 22, 2021 |
| Mindful eating | Mar 29, 2021 |
| Sleeping hygiene | Apr 5, 2021 |
| Physical activity and change in temperature | Apr 12, 2021 |
| Managing hypertension through lifestyle | Apr 19, 2021 |
Resources for physical activity
Schedule of supervised exercise groups on site at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Centre
Resource guide for physical activity in the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest community (french)
Web resources:
Fédération des kinésiologues du Québec (to find a kinesiologist in your area)
Physiotec (platform used by our kinesiuologist to create and share training program)
Move50plus (interactive platform containing a variety of training video created for 50+ year old participants, videos in french)
Choosing a physical activity monitor (article in french from protegez-vous.ca to decipher the world of exercise monitors)
Resources for educative content
Educational videos:
- How to measure your blood pressure
- What happens during a heart attack and why we do rehabilitation
- What makes muscles grow?
- How sugar affects the brain
- The benefits of good posture
- Why sitting is bad for you
Nitroglycerine usage protocol (Nitro pump)
Monitoring blood pressure at home
Symptoms and treatment of hypoglycemia in diabetic population
Smoking cessation CIUSSS West-Central
Cardiac College (online platform from Toronto Rehab, educative content and cardiovascular rehabilitation guide available in french, english, spanish, portuguese, punjabi, hindi)
Pulse Cardiac Health (cardiac rehabilitation program entierly virtual, paid program, english only)
Heart and Stroke foundation of Canada
Société québecoise de l'hypertension artérielle (Quebec hypertension society) (french website, content available in english)
Resources for Nutrition
Canada's Food Guide ( PDF version)
Nutrition reference center of Université de Montréal (FRE)
Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec (FRE)
Resources for Physiotherapy
To find a physiotherapist near you: Physiotherapist professional order website
Educatives videos on common problems (youtube video):
- Forzen shoulder, tendinitis, capsulitis: Stretches and exercises
- Tips for sitting posture, back and neck relief
- Arthritis/arthrosis in the knees: Stretches and exercises
- Back pain relief: Stretches and exercises
Accessing the Centre
The Cardiac Rehabilitation Center is located within the Richardson Hospital, at the corner of Bessborough avenue and chemin Côte-Saint-Luc.
Participants can use the parking spots indicated in yellow below when they access the hospital parking lot at 6440 chemin Côte-Saint-Luc (red star on plan).
The parking is free for 2 hours when you grab a parking voucher by pressing the green button at the booth near the entrance. Make sure to place your voucher visible on your car dash. We are located on the ground floor, room JR36.
Parking is also available in the nearby streets, be sure to respect parking restrictions.
