Salt and Strength Retail Links
Please note that the following links are for reference purposes. The ILRC does not promote any particular retailer or the products that they sell.
Compression Garments (All Canadian Retailers)
- Amazon - https://www.amazon.ca
- Bioped (Ontario) - https://www.bioped.com/ (Fitting services available)
- Bright Life Direct - https://ca.brightlifedirect.com
- Calzuro - https://www.calzuro.ca/
- CHEO (Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario) KidCare Pharmacy (Ottawa) - https://www.cheo.on.ca/en/visiting-cheo/pharmacy-kidcare.aspx
- Compression Care - https://compressioncare.ca/ (Fitting services available)
- Compression Sock Shop - https://compressionsockshop.ca
- Compression Socks - https://compressionsocks.ca
- Doctor Johnny’s - https://drjohnnys.ca/
- For Your Legs - https://ca.foryourlegs.com
- Factory Direct Medical - https://www.factorydirectmedical.com/
- Greatsox - https://greatsox.com/
- Haber's Compounding Pharmacy - https://www.haberspharmacy.com/contact.html
- Home and Well - https://homeandwell.ca/
- Infinity Orthotics - https://infinityorthotics.ca/
- J.E. Hanger de Montréal inc. - https://www.jehanger.com/
- Kinemedics - https://kinemedics.com/shop
- Lace Poet - https://www.lacepoet.com
- Life Supply - https://lifesupply.ca
- Lunatik Athletics - https://www.lunatikathletiks.com
- McMaster Bracing Store - https://marauders.ca/sports/2014/6/11/SPORTSMED_0611145142.aspx?id=745 (McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario)
- MEDLEE - https://www.medlee.ca
- Mount Sinai Hospital Toronto, The Rehab and Wellbeing - https://www.mountsinai.on.ca/wellbeing
- Nightingale Medical Supplies - https://nightingalemedical.ca (BC)
- Ontario Medical Supply - https://oms.ca/ontario-medical-supply/#supplies
- Orthésistes du Pied de Québec - http://orthesistesdupieddequebec.com/
- Orthomed - https://www.orthomed.ca/
- Outway - https://outway.com/
- Paris EveryBODY - https://www.pariseverybody.com/ (Fitting services available)
- Pharmasave - https://pharmasave.com/ (BC, Fitting services available)
- Pharmathera - https://www.pharmathera.com
- Physio Supplies Canada - https://www.physiosuppliescanada.com
- Rexall - https://shop.rexall.ca/store/rexall/storefront (Fitting services available by appointment only)
- Scrub Depot - https://scrubdepot.ca
- Sockwell Canada - https://sockwellcanada.com
- Starkmans - https://starkmans.com
- Step Ahead Footwear - https://www.stepaheadfootwear.com/
- Viasox - https://ca.viasox.com/
- Vitality Depot - https://vitalitydepot.ca/
- Wellwise - https://www.wellwise.ca/services (Fitting services available)
- Women’s College Hospital Toronto, Foot Care Clinic - https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/.../foot-care-centre
- YoU Compression Wear - https://www.youcompressionwear.com/
LEGGINGS
- Fabletics - https://www.fabletics.ca/
- 2XU - https://ca.2xu.com/
- Supacore - https://supacore.com/
- Stoko - https://ca.stoko.com/
Salt and Strength Resources
Videos
Symptoms of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)
Understanding POTS | Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome
Navigating POTS: A Mother's Journey of Advocacy and Hope
Articles
Understanding and Managing POTS Through Exercise | A Clinical Perspective
Papers
Non-Pharmacological Treatment Guide for POTS by the LIBIN Cardiovascular Institute
Hypocapnic cerebral hypoperfusion: A biomarker of orthostatic intolerance by Peter Novak
Indigo - The Integrative Action Of The Autonomic Nervous System: Neurobiology Of Homeostasis Book By Wilfrid Janig
Fitness
Exercise for POTS: CHOP Protocol, Dallas Protocol, and Levine Protocol by Jim Harris, MD
Exercise for POTS - Standing Up to POTS
4-Week Beginner Workout Plan for POTS - Guided by Gentle
POTS Exercise Program by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Retail Purchasing Resources
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Times: 9:00AM to 4:00PM
Location: ILRC's DART Training Centre - 100 - 167 Lombard Ave.
Cost: $150 plus GST
Private and customized sessions also available!
Course Content:
- Key principles of behaviour management
- The origins of behaviour
- Identification of crisis behaviours
- Trauma Informed Care
- Management of your own behaviour
- Methods of communication and how to strengthen each method of communication
- How to develop strategies and techniques that reflect the needs of the individual to be supported
If you are interested in training for yourself or a group please contact us.
Training Info and Registration