East Toronto Orthopaedic & Sports Injury Clinic and Trilogy Physiotherapy have partnered in order to provide you with the experienced and skilled care you deserve.
GLA:D Canada has been shown to be effective in the reduction of pain, medication usage, and improved function in hip and knee patients. The program runs twice weekly for eight weeks with ongoing enrollment, and includes education sessions to help you to manage your condition and avoid flare-ups.
The GLA:D education and exercise program for knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA) has had a great level of success since it was established in Denmark and is now available in parts of Canada. The program is active in regions within Ontario, and expansion across Canada will be happening in the near future. Our Danforth location is proud to offer this three-part program, consisting of education, delivery, and monitoring outcomes.
The education aspect includes training in the most up-to-date knowledge and research on the pathology and management of OA, such as assessment of the educational and exercise needs of individuals who have the signs and/or symptoms of knee or hip OA. It is important that patients understand how and why their treatment is being implemented. Patients will learn what osteoarthritis is, risk factors and symptoms, available treatments for osteoarthritis, self-management of symptoms, and coping mechanism to address the difficulties of daily activities associated with osteoarthritis.
The delivery component is crucial. Throughout the twelve neuromuscular exercise sessions, patients will discover how to control movements, proper posture techniques, how to build muscular strength through functional exercises, and how to apply these exercises to their daily activities.
Monitoring outcomes is a part of the program that not only helps the individuals participating, it also contributes to the growing the body of research and analysis that will continue to benefit the OA community worldwide. The program measures the health status of patients upon the first visit, and then at the 3-month and 12-month milestones of participation in the program. This information is vital in collecting data on how the program is working for people with osteoarthritis all over Canada and ultimately will improve the program as a whole.
This program is available in-person or virtually at our East Toronto location, and available virtually at our Trilogy locations.
To book an appointment at our East Toronto location, Call Us today at 416-691-3943 or contact us here
To book an appointment at our Trilogy locations, Call Us today at 416-504-8383 or contact us here
For further information about this program, please visit gladcanada.ca
GLA:D™ Canada is licensed to the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation. For further details, please visit gladcanada.ca
GLA:D™ Canada is overseen at our East Toronto clinic by Mia Bechard, registered physiotherapist, and at our Trilogy Locations by Rochelle Chung, registered physiotherapist.
Y Leung
2024-12-23
This is a great place to take your classes or exercise therapy. I was there for the GLA:D exercise programme led by Sarah Phillips. She was clear, concise and encouraging when needed. The reception staff are friendly and professional. All in all, a very good experience and convenient location too.
Tahira Gonsalves
2024-12-09
Trevor was great! He provided detailed information (which I asked for 😀) to understand my injury (damaged ligaments on my foot), and provided a very reasonable and doable exercise/physio regimen, which he adjusted as my recovery progressed. Staff at the clinic are also lovely! Thank you!
Cindy Tavener
2024-12-09
Great place -Everyone from front desk to my physio Nikhil very focused on my needs.
Nikhil was also a great listener we made a care plan and both reviewed my progress as i healed he was also open to my suggestions.I will be happy to return if /when injured again.
Baran Akpınar
2024-11-29
I had the pleasure of working with Sarah Phillips through my recovery from a torn Achilles. She kept me informed at every stage, explained what to expect, and adjusted my therapy to overcome any challenges. Thanks to her expertise, I made consistent progress and had an excellent overall recovery at the end.
Beyond her skill, Sarah’s warm and friendly personality made every session enjoyable and motivating. I highly recommend her to anyone in need of expert, compassionate physiotherapy care.
Michelle Hachey
2024-11-06
My good friend recommended me to the Dr. was very honest and very helpful in telling me what to go going forward. Gave me exercises to do at home. How to handle stairs with less pain.
Would highly recommend him if you are in pain of any kind. Very helpful and near public transit.
Naeem Toronto
2024-11-02
I am going to participate in program from Monday,Nov 03,2024
Elaine Gergolas
2024-10-26
I booked a series of appointments to try and establish a good therapeutic schedule and after the first one the therapist insisted I come back to see her earlier than planned - which I did... booking a 45 minute follow-up that turned into a distracted 20 minutes of her note taking... they did adjust the billing to reflect a 30 minute session but it was not an auspicious start.
Then I received a garbled voicemail that seemed to cancel my third appointment - which I had booked a month in advance. It blamed the error on someone at the clinic who forgot to update the schedule... but both my follow-ups to confirm / reschedule were completely ignored.
Consider another company or at least another location...
VR S
2024-10-18
the staff is just awesome, I was having pain in my shoulder which few other places were not able to figure out, Danny spotted the cause and fixed the problem. I am thankful to him and East Toronto Orthopaedic staff from the bottom of my heart
