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Get Your Body Moving

Therapeutic clown A. Leboo and Child Life Specialists tell us why it is important to get your body moving, even if it is a little painful, to help your body heal. Here are some examples of simple exercises.

Physical activity and sickle cell disease

Spending more time moving during the day helps most people with sickle cell pain feel more able to take part in activities they enjoy. Learn more about why uptime (time spent moving) is important and how to get more of it.

Post-operative symptoms

After a surgery, you may experience post-operative symptoms for a few days or weeks. Learn about common symptoms experienced after surgery and what you can do to manage them.

Moving on: Working when you have juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

During your scoliosis surgery hospital stay

Staying in a hospital can be difficult. Find out tips about how to make your hospital stay a little easier while you are recovering from scoliosis surgery.

Transitioning to adult health care

Read about when you will need to transition to adult care, why this is necessary, and advice from other teens who have made the transition.

Forearm fracture

A broken forearm requires six to eight weeks in a cast to heal. Read about follow-up appointments and care for your child's arm after the cast has been removed.

G/GJ tubes: Making the decision to get a feeding tube

Discover information to help you decide if a feeding tube is the right choice for your child and your family.

Moving on: Higher education

Learn about things to consider if you are planning to attend higher education including how to decide on the right type of education for you and expectations of higher education.

Muscular dystrophy

An overview of the causes, symptoms and therapy for muscular dystrophy, a group of inherited diseases that are characterized by weak muscles that get weaker with age.

Relaxation methods for sickle cell pain: Deep breathing

Many people take short, shallow breaths when they feel stress or pain, which makes the heart work harder to get oxygen throughout the body and increases muscle tension. Learn how to practise deep breathing to reduce tension and pain.

Crutches: How to use

Crutches are used to take the weight off an injured leg. Find instructions for how to use crutches, including how to go up and down the stairs.

Moving on: Working when you have a health condition

Learn about some of the points to consider when entering the workforce as a teen with a health condition.

Physiotherapy after heart surgery

Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.

Moving on: Higher education

Learn what to expect when attending college or university, and what accommodations and supports are available to you when pursuing higher education.

Hemophilia and joint disease

Learn about one of the major complications of hemophilia: joint disease.

Hemophilia: Diagnosing joint disease

Teens living with hemophilia can learn how doctors diagnose joint disease, a common complication of hemophilia.

Sickle cell disease and problem solving: Identify the problem

The first step to problem solving is identifying the problem. This page offers tips to help you recognize when there is a problem and then identify the problem as clearly as possible.

Osteomyelitis

Osteomyelitis is an infection of the bone. Learn more about the diagnosis and treatment of osteomyelitis.

Wrist fracture

A wrist fracture requires a full cast or a half cast. Read about broken wrists, treatment, follow up appointments and recovery which can take up to a year.

How to keep your child active

​This World Health Day, learn how to help your child stay active and provide them with the support they need to stay motivated.

Dental care and JIA

Transitioning through health care as a teenager: Timeline

Recommendations for navigating your way through the health-care system as a teenager and gaining independence in managing your own health care.

Nuss bar procedure: Physiotherapy and pain management

Learn how physiotherapy can help your teen before and after a Nuss bar procedure.

Returning to work after scoliosis surgery

You will have to be careful when you go back to work after having scoliosis surgery. Learn some tips for communicating with you employer.