How do you prepare for your first appointment? What kinds of questions should you ask?

In Ontario, Registered Physiotherapists are university educated health professionals who belong to the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario. The College was established to protect the right of Ontarians to safe, effective, and ethical health care. Registered Physiotherapists must adapt their practice to maintain competence throughout their careers through participation in a Quality Management Program. Unlicensed [...]

See a registered physiotherapist to help you live an active, healthy lifestyle. For example, if you have injured either a joint or a muscle then you need to see a physical therapist. A physiotherapist can help you: Decrease pain Improve joint mobility Increase strength and coordination Improve cardiorespiratory function Recover from a work injury If [...]

Surprised? Probably not. The fact that your bulging belly and fear of exercises isn’t making you any healthier might be less than shocking. But only now have the two been officially recognized as risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. With the release of new diabetes and cardiovascular disease guidelines, Canadian doctors will now be [...]

For those who have experienced it, back pain can throw a huge wrench into one’s daily activities. A trip to the chiropractor’s office can help! To get the most out of your appointment, do some prep work. First off, recall basic information about your case. This may include: a list of symptoms recent injuries (or [...]

If you’ve recently been on the HealthAware.ca main website, you will have noticed our facelift. From visual changes to updates designed to make the site more user-friendly, HealthAware.ca now boasts a whole new look and feel. Here are some of the non-cosmetic changes: Doctors are now grouped by location. Doctors working out of the same [...]

A recent article on the CBC news website titled “Online health advice sought by more Canadians: 67 per cent trust information from internet” speaks to the growing trend of web-surfing to get health-related information. The article states that up to 41 percent of Canadians turn to websites centered around a specific disease, medical issue or [...]

Having a regular doctor to care for your child or new baby is hugely important. The doctor you choose will be the one administering vaccinations, ensuring your child is meeting all expected milestones and answering all your questions regarding your child’s health. But who should you choose? A pediatrician or a family doctor? And is [...]

You have probably been there: Sitting for hours in a packed walk-in clinic, waiting for a doctor who will probably send you home with a band-aid and instructions to “take it easy”. Perhaps, if you’re lucky, you’ll get sent to do blood work. But when you come back for the results and wait for another [...]

The Kiwi bird has departed. We are excited to be launching our new website under the name HealthAware.ca. More reflective of our vision, the new name is a great fresh start for the new year. With 5 million Canadians still without a family doctor, sounds like many of us can use some health-awareness! Awareness leads [...]