Resources for physical activity
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 kinesiologist to create and share training program)
Move50plus (interactive platform containing a variety of training video created for 50+ year old participants, videos in french)
ParticipACTION (exercise videos, yoga, tonus, dance and more; Canadian goverment program to promote active lifestyle)
Resources for educative content
List of ressources for Women-focused cardiac rehabilitation education (Cardiac College - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute)
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
Physical activity and Diabetes: Warnings and Safeguards
Importance of Foot Care in Diabetes
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
American Heart Association (AHA) - Life's essential 8 (Summary Fact Sheet)
Société québecoise de l'hypertension artérielle (Quebec hypertension society) (french website, content available in english)
SCAD Alliance (group aiming for advancing science on spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and support people affected by it)
SCAD Alliance Youtube channel (educative videos with expert on SCAD)
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (information page by University of Ottawa Heart Institute)
Guide for patients and family affected by SCAD (by University of Ottawa Heart Institute)
TOUGO all Quebec platform (French only web content to learn to Move more, Eat better, and Feel better through lifestyle)
Resources for Nutrition
Canada's Food Guide ( PDF version)
Other guides:
Eating well for a healthy heart, Cardiac College-UHN Foundation from Toronto Rehab (ENG)
Heart-healthy Eating (p.11), Ottawa University (ENG)
Nutrition reference center of Université de Montréal (FRE)
Ordre professionnel des diététistes du Québec (FRE)
American Heart Association - Nutrition (ENG)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (ENG)
Links to Healthy Recipes:
https://www.diabetes.ca/nutrition-fitness/recipes?Categories=&MealType=&SearchText=&Sort=&Page=1
https://theheartdietitian.com/category/special-diets/mediterranean-diet/
https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/recipes
https://www.heartandstroke.ca/healthy-living/recipes
https://www.cookspiration.com/menuplanner.aspx
https://food-guide.canada.ca/en/recipes/
https://minimalistbaker.com/recipe-index/?fwp_special-diet=vegetarian
https://www.diabete.qc.ca/le-diabete/la-gestion-du-diabete/recettes/ (FRE)
Nutrition videos:
https://www.healtheuniversity.ca/EN/CardiacCollege/Eating/Choosing/Pages/default.aspx
Recipe books recommended by our dietitians:
"The New American Heart Association Cookbook" by the American Heart Association
"The Complete Mediterranean Cookbook" by America's Test Kitchen
"Maladies Cardiovasculaires" by Nathalie Verret (FRE)
Resources for Physiotherapy
To find a physiotherapist near you: Physiotherapist professional order website
Educatives videos on common problems (youtube video):
- Frozen 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