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Our former instructor has this great advice. (ok, maybe not so great. In fact, we may take his closing comment seriously!) 😁

As we get older, it becomes more important to keep the body functioning. Working out at home has become the best option these days. Fortunately, spending money on expensive equipment is not necessary.

There are tools one can use that may be lying in wait. A friend sent me these simple instructions using potato bags.

Always consult a physician before starting a new exercise program.

1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room on each side.

2. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.

3. Each day you will find you can hold this position for just a bit longer.

4. After a couple weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags. Then try 50-lb. bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand holding your arms straight for more than a full minute.

After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. 🙂

I will understand if you never listen to me again.

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Please note! Our schedule is changing in 2024

I hope you've been keeping well and warm this winter. Here are some announcements about our pain group sessions. Please get in touch if you have questions.

There will NO virtual or in-person pain group sessions on December 26, 27,and 28, during the week between Christmas and New Year’s.

Starting the first week of January 2024 there will be a schedule change. There will be a virtual group session at 10:30 AM every Wednesday morning starting on January 3, 2024. If you are already registered, you will start getting emails with a link to the session every Wednesday just before 10:30 AM. Tuesday virtual sessions will continue at 1:00 PM as usual.

Beginning on January 4, 2024, in-person group sessions will be held at 10:30 AM every Thursday morning. The location remains the same: the Northern District Branch of the Toronto Public Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd, just to the east of Yonge Street and 1 block north of the Yonge-Eglinton subway station. There are parking lots and paid street parking in the neighbourhood.

I wish you and yours the best for the season and hope the new year brings you what you need the most.

Jan Carstoniu MD FRCPC

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Nerve Blocks and Chronic Pain

A nerve block is an injection of local anesthetic close to a nerve. The drug attaches to the nerve and blocks any nerve signals travelling to or from the brain. The blockage occurs where....
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