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Consumer Health Information
The following links are to organizations that provide general health and injury prevention information to consumers. By providing these links, Physiotherapy Alberta does not endorse the views, opinions or information contained on these websites.
- Alberta Bone and Joint Institute: research, treatments and recovering from joint replacements
- Alberta Centre for Injury Prevention Control and Research: advancing the impact of prevention, emergency response, treatment and rehabilitation on injuries
- Alberta Health and Wellness: health services in Alberta
- Alberta Health Services: health programs available in your community
- Arthritis Society: living with and treatments for arthritis
- Back Active: remaining active with back pain
- Canada’s Physical Activity Guidelines for Older Adults and Seniors: physical activity guidelines for Canadian adults and seniors
- Canada’s Physical Activity Guides for Children and Youth: physical activity guidelines for Canadian children
- Canadian Cancer Society: preventing, living with, and treatments for cancer
- Canadian Diabetes Association: treatment and management of diabetes
- Canadian Paraplegic Association (Alberta): programs and service for spinal cord injured patients
- Canadian Patient Safety Health Institute: advancing safer health care practices
- Canadian Women’s Health Network: women’s health issues
- Finding Balance Alberta: fall prevention and treatments for Alberta seniors
- Heart and Stoke Foundation: preventing, living with, and treatments for heart disease or stoke
- Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada: living with and treatments for MS
- Parkinson’s Society of Alberta: living with and treatments for Parkinson’s disease
- Public Health Agency of Canada: public health information on healthy living, disease and injury prevention.
- Workplace Health and Safety: workplace health and safety requirements and programs in Alberta
