Angela Growse Physiotherapist

04/29/2026

Are you someone over 35 who will go through menopause? Perhaps you care about someone who will or is going through this, and want to understand it better.

As menopause-informed practitioners we hope to dispel some myths and share some evidence informed insight into:
🪴hormonal changes
🪴vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats)
🪴 conservative management
🪴menopausal hormone therapies
🪴exercise and nutrition
🪴pelvic health concerns
🪴constructive rest and boundaries
🪴building a support team

Bring a partner, a friend, and your colleagues and join Dr Anna Toporowska ND and I for a light hearted informative seminar.

01/12/2026

Here is the seminar line up for the first half of 2026!

Join us in person at our Health Care Team location.

See the individual posts for more detailed descriptions.

11/13/2025

Why should we run seminars on menstruation? 🩸 the amount of misinformation and fear mirrors that around menopause and the people in our lives who will or do menstruate deserve better. Have a listen to some of the beliefs some teens we polled had about periods when they were younger! 😱

11/12/2025

11/11/2024

PERSPECTIVE

These are my grandparents. They were all involved in the war effort...navigator on a bomber, physician who set up the first field hospital after D day, and the more secret servers....my grandmothers! One grandmother worked in ciphers and her sisters were MI5. The other was a bookkeeper.

Some of these people were warm loving parents and grandparents, some less so. Some were certainly hard to live with at times. But look at them. I can't begin to think of the responsibility they took on at a young age. At a time when I was graduating my final degree and living a vibrant life in the city, they would have been watching comrades not come back from training missions, or piecing allied soldiers together in a trench. They took that responsibility to heart and carried that grit and stoicism to their ends. Vulnerability wasn't safe.

I can't judge that. That trauma was forged deep and they did the best they could. They moved to different nations to allow their children the privilege of safety and education. And those children, my parents, created space for me to live fully without fear. What an incredible privilege I sit in because of their choices.

So today, in particular, I remember them with an open heart of thanks. I will wear my mask and wash my hands because if that is all that is being asked of me in our current crisis, how could I dare complain?

Cyril Childs, Muriel (Mitchell) Childs, Dr.John Murray Growse, Margaret (Hanrahan) Growse. Rest in peace.

04/10/2024

May 4th I will be guest speaking at a lovely mini retreat called “EMERGE with strength and grace”. If you are someone who has or will go through menopause this panel of speakers will help you guide your own journey through this transition.

Tickets are $115 and include lunch and snacks.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/emerge-with-strength-and-grace-a-wellness-women-and-worth-experience-tickets-816676841417?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/27/2024

Taking a clinical break to support at the IOC Injury Prevention Conference in Monaco this week. But first, a couple of acclimation days in .

10/04/2023

We are back for the fall! This time both in person AND live online!

Are you someone over 35 who will go through menopause? Perhaps you care about someone who will or is going through this, and what to understand it better.

Join us November 1st at our downtown location OR live online from 6:30-8:30 pm.

As menopause-informed practitioners we hope to dispel some myths and share some evidence informed insight into:
🪴hormonal changes
🪴vasomotor symptoms (hot flashes, night sweats)
🪴 conservative management
🪴menopausal hormone therapies
🪴exercise and nutrition
🪴pelvic health concerns
🪴constructive rest and boundaries
🪴building a support team

Bring a partner, a friend, and your colleagues and join Dr Anna Toporowska ND and I for a light hearted informative seminar.

Visit info@profunction.ca to book!

08/11/2023

Want to explore a bit? Listen in!

Our very own Angela Growse was on the Coffee with Carolyn podcast this week discussing the Menopause "midriff" - Honouring our body, mind and this stage.

Check it out on Spotify, episode 26, on Coffee with Carolyn podcast.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coffeewithcarolyn/episodes/Episode-26-Menopause-Midriff---HONOURING-our-body-and-mind-during-this-stage-of-life-e27u7k8

Your Pro Function Team

08/02/2023

Seeking a couple of new/returning patients who are 60 years old or more who are struggling with incontinence! I have some medical residents shadowing me on specific days this fall and their focus is non-drug management of incontinence. I have space available for 2 in the afternoon of August 24 and another day (likely Friday Sept 22). Reach out to me here via messaging or call our clinic at 519-601-7761.