For your 206 bones and the joints that connect them.
Whether you are interested in building and retaining your bone and joint health, or are an orthopaedic patient or professional, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation exists for you - for your bone and joint health now and in the future.
The Foundation is Canada's only health charity dedicated solely to helping people build, maintain and restore their bone and joint health. We do this by raising and allocating funds for the research, education and care that help Canadians to live and move independently - longer and stronger.
Feature Story: Foster Finell has always been physically active, making his living since the 1980's farming under Saskatchewan's sunny skies in the town of Ponteix. When he was seriously injured in a head-on collision, Foster gained new appreciation for his mobility. Click here to read the full story.
Did you know ...?
- Canada's physical activity guidelines say that children need to be moderately or vigorously active for at least 90 minutes daily for health growth and development.
- Knee injury prevention alone could reduce osteoarthritis of the knee, and its future disabling pain, by at least 20 percent.
- Demand for new hips and knees will double within the next 10 or 15 years.
