Patient Education

Free PDF downloads of physical activity guidelines for all stages of life - early years (0-4), children (5-11), youth (12-17), adults (18-64), and older adults (65 and up).

Tips on how to get moving, the impact of inactivity, physical activity guidelines, infographics, news, and much more.

Health Canada recommends adults accumulate 2 1/2 hours of activity each week. Provides tips for ways to be active every day.

Canadians sit almost 10 hours each day (on average). This site offers tips on how to do regular minor movement while working in order to keep our bodies healthy.

Find tools and resources for safe, fun ways to get active – to move your way for adults, and for parents.

Frequently asked questions about exercise, four ways to be active, who should exercise? and safety tips are provided. Videos on endurance, strength, balance, and flexibility are given.

PDF with basic workout for older adults: warm-up, strength, balance.

Tips for adding exercise to everyday life.

Exercise is the best prescription for so many health problems. Benefits of daily exercise are explained.

A list of programs offered such as open gyms, free skating, Emera Oval activities as well as how to access them.

The Funding Access Program is in place to provide recreation opportunities to children, youth, and adults in financial need.

A set of exercises meant to keep your muscles active and healthy through regular resistance training to improve your management of diabetes.

Free information and short exercise clips. There is also an option of join their Academy for $20/month.

Home program created by the Community Health team and includes a warm up, strengthening, balance and cool-down exercises.
Type: Strength, balance, stretch
Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 48 minutes

Watch or follow along with a physiotherapist stroke recovery exercises are demonstrated.chair exercises led by a physiotherapist designed to help stroke survivors improve mobility and daily function.
Type: Range of motion, cardio, strength
Difficulty: Beginner (chair)
Length: 20 minutes

Focus on gentle strengthening through the use of therapy bands and body weight. Appropriate for all ability levels. Most of the program is done while sitting.
Type: Strength, stretch
Difficulty: Beginner, mainly seated
Length: 50 minutes

Eight exercises you can do in your kitchen.
Type: Strength, flexibility and balance
Difficulty: Standing, beginner
Length: 2 minutes 45 seconds

Basic resistance training program using resistance bands and body weight.
Type: Strength
Difficulty: Beginner (chair)
Length: 11 minutes

Exercise classes for active older adults taught by a physiotherapist.
Type: Strength, stretch, balance.
Difficulty: Beginner (chair), moderate.
Length: 5 to 40 minutes.

Over 500 free exercise classes taught by husband and wife with 25 years combined fitness experience. Website allows you to search by length, type, difficulty level etc.
Type:Type: Cardio, strength, stretch, pilates.
Difficulty: Moderate, hard.
Length: 10 to 90 minutes.

Free exercise videos designed for people over 60
Type: Cardio, strength, stretch, balance
Difficulty: Beginner, moderate
Length: 2 to 5 minutes

Slower paced light-hearted yoga classes.
Type: Stretch
Difficulty: Moderate, hard
Length:10 to 60 minutes

Wide variety of yoga classes. Can search by level (beginner to advanced) or class type (plus size yoga, seniors yoga etc).
Type: Stretch
Difficulty: Moderate, hard
Length: 10 to 75 minutes

National Institute on Aging. Lots of short exercise tutorials. For a full workout, try the 20 or 60 minute sample workout for older adults.
Type: Cardio, strength, stretch, balance
Difficulty: Beginner (chair)
Length: 5 to 60 minutes

Several exercise videos for older adults.

Type: Strength
Difficulty: Beginner (chair)
Length: 10 minutes

Type: Range of motion, strength
Difficulty: Beginner (chair)
Length: 9 minutes

Prevent falls with simple home exercises.
Type: strength, stretch, balance
Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 15 minutes

Home program created by the Community Health Team.
Type: Stretching
Difficulty: Beginner
Length: 36 minutes

Home program created by the Community Health Team.
Type: Cardio
Difficulty: Beginner to moderate
Length: 21 minutes

Home program created by the Community Health Team including a seated warm up and full body strengthening routine.
Type: Cardio, strength
Difficulty: Beginner to moderate
Length: 38 minutes

Grab a sturdy chair and join the Community Health Team physiotherapists to learn a variety of basic balance exercises. This video also shows you how to progress them safely.
Type: Balance
Difficulty: All levels
Length: 11 minutes

This video was created by the Hants Health and Wellness Team and Community Health Teams. It will guide you through slow, gentle movements in a chair and when standing. This video includes posture education and a self-awareness check-in.
Type: Range of motion, posture
Difficulty: Beginner or anyone wanting to build more body awareness
Length: 29 minutes