Helping to Give Canadians new life through mobility

Free, reliable, surgeon-approved resources to help patients throughout their orthopaedic care journey*

Planning for Maximal Results: Preparing for your surgery
Hip & Knee Pre-surgery Patient Booklet
Guides pre-surgery hip and knee patients through the care path, advises questions to ask, offers a progress diary, and more.
To download a copy to your computer, click here. 

Get Moving: Maximizing Your Activity After a Hip or Knee Replacement
Hip & Knee Post-surgery Patient Booklet
Encourages a return to mobility, offers helpful resources, exercises with images, a progress diary, and more. 
To download a copy to your computer, click here.

Planning For Your Best Results: From your foot and ankle surgery
Foot & Ankle Patient Booklet
Guides patients through the care path, identifies common questions and offers a progress diary. 
To download a copy to your computer, click here.

For specific foot and ankle procedure information sheets, click here.

A Parents' Guide to Clubfoot and its treatment using the Ponseti Method
Ideal for parents of children with clubfoot and its treatment using the Ponseti Method of correction.
To download a copy to your computer, click here.

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