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10/22/2026

This is why strength matters!
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1JBC3Hcpyb/

10/14/2026

Exciting news: Bailey is now a clinical lecturer for the Northern School of Medicine.
This means we will have some more teaching in clinic and off site, so you might notice some new faces around the clinic over the next few years.

10/11/2026

Happy Thanksgiving Rayside Balfour!
We sure have a lot to be grateful for

10/05/2026

Tissue Healing Timelines
Healing Isn't One Timeline - It's Three Phases

No matter what tissue we're talking about, healing generally moves through the same three overlapping phases:

• Inflammatory Phase (roughly the first few days to a week). This is your body's cleanup crew showing up - swelling, warmth, and pain are the system doing its job, not a sign something's wrong.

• Proliferative/repair Phase (roughly week 1 through week 6). New tissue is being laid down. It's functional, but it's not strong or organized yet - think of it as the rough draft of an essay.

• Remodeling Phase (this is the long one - weeks to well over a year). The new tissue gets stronger and better organized based on the loads you put through it. This phase is why "time" alone doesn't heal tissue - loaded time does.

But Different Tissues Move Through These Phases at Very Different Speeds

This is the part that trips people up. "6 weeks" doesn't mean the same thing for every injury.

Muscle strains: mild ones are often functionally back to normal in 2-4 weeks, since muscle has great blood supply and heals relatively fast.
Ligament sprains: depending on severity, these often need 6-12+ weeks before they're reliably strong again.
Tendons: these have much poorer blood supply than muscle, so full remodeling can realistically take 3-6 months, and sometimes up to a year for more significant tendon injuries.
Bone fractures: most fractures reach clinical union (safe to load more normally) around 6-8 weeks, but the bone continues remodeling internally for a year or more after that.
Cartilage: this one has the slowest blood supply of the bunch, so cartilage injuries tend to take the longest and can be the least predictable in terms of timeline.

None of this means you have to sit around waiting for a calendar date before you can do anything. It means the type and intensity of what you're doing should shift to match where the tissue actually is in that process - not just how many weeks have passed since the injury.

Why This Matters

If you think a tendon should behave like a muscle and be "back to normal" in 3 weeks, you'll either get discouraged when it's not, or push way too hard, too soon. Same goes the other way: treating a mild muscle strain like it needs 6 months of caution can leave you deconditioned and behind for no good reason.

Healing timelines are guidelines, not guarantees. They still depend on the individual, the severity, and how well-loaded the tissue was leading into rehab. But knowing the rough biology helps set expectations that actually match what's happening inside your body.

The Takeaway

Different tissues heal on different clocks, and rushing or over-cautioning any of them doesn't speed things up — it just gets in the way. The goal isn't to "beat" the timeline. It's to load the tissue appropriately at each stage so it comes out the other side actually strong, not just technically healed.

Movement IS Medicine!

Thanks to our friends at Strength in Motion for this great post

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10/02/2026

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/09/topic/saved-from-the-cancer-undone-by-the-care/
A very well written article on the importance of independent mobility. Keep Moving!!

Opinion Sep 27, 2026 by Seema Marwaha Saved from the cancer, undone by the care. 1 Comment Share on: One in three patients over 70 leaves hospital less able to care for themselves than when they arrived. I am an internist. I have taught that number to my trainees. This fall, I watched it happen to m...

09/30/2026

Please join me in wishing our concierge/greeter a happy birthday today!
In honour of this tremendous day, he got the day off work!

09/18/2026

Parkinson's disease got you feeling unsteady?
Come join us on Monday's at 10am for a 45min small group exercise class to build balance and movement confidence.

09/16/2026

Happy Rehabilitation Day Rayside Balfour. To help people recover from injury is very rewarding. Grateful to contribute in this way.

09/08/2026

Hey previous joint replacement patients, how you doing?
Is there any interest in a small group class for an exercise tune up?
45min class weekly with Kyle the kin for mobility and stability work.
Who's in?

09/01/2026

We are 5 years old today!
Thank you Rayside Balfour.
Here's to 5 more