Respiratory Rehabilitation

Lakeridge Health offers two outpatient clinics within the respiratory rehabilitation program, including the Respiratory Rehabilitation Clinic and the COPD Community Exercise Clinic. 

 

 Respiratory Rehabilitation Clinic

Our Respiratory Rehabilitation Clinic helps people learn to control their breathing, manage their lung disease and exercise safely. The program consists of education and exercise.

Our program is intended for people with chronic lung disease who have the potential to improve their health and independence through respiratory rehabilitation. Participants must be non-smokers or in the process of smoking cessation. 

What to bring

  • Your health card;
  • List of your medications;
  • Your reading glasses and hearing aids;
  • Your portable oxygen, if applicable; and
  • Comfortable clothing and footwear appropriate for exercising.

Entrance to the program is by referral from a health-care professional (doctor, respirologist, or nurse practitioner). If you think you would benefit from our services, please ask your doctor if a referral would be right for you.

Directions
Ambulatory Rehabilitation Centre – Lakeridge Health Whitby
300 Gordon Street, Whitby, ON
Phone: 905-668-6831 ext. 53091
Fax: 905-665-2416

Enter from the Main Entrance (north side) on the Ground Floor, near the cafeteria. Check in at the reception desk just inside the Main Entrance. Your therapist will greet you in the waiting room. Parking is available on the East side of Gordon Street. Pay and display parking is available in Lot B. Patients can be dropped off at the Main Entrance. There are also accessible parking spots located near the Main Entrance (North side).

More Information
Respiratory Rehab Referral Form
 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Community Exercise Clinic

Our COPD Community Exercise Clinic is an outpatient clinic that supports patients who have been diagnosed with minor to severe COPD (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, chronic asthma). The program helps patients: 

  • Manage COPD symptoms;

  • Improve quality of life;

  • Improve fitness levels, energy, and endurance;

  • Reduce stress, anxiety, and depression;  

  • Reduce illness and hospital admission; and

  • Lower the risk of other conditions linked to COPD, such as heart disease and lung cancer.

 

The program includes: 

  • Individual physical assessment and goal setting; 

  • Twelve week group education and exercise session (in-person or virtual); 

  • Personalized home exercise program; 

  • Health and self-management education; and  

  • Connecting with community resources.

 

Entrance to the program is by referral from a health-care professional  (doctor, respirologist, or nurse practitioner). If you think you would benefit from this clinic, please ask your doctor if a referral would be right for you. Clinic locations include Oshawa, Bowmanville, Pickering, Port Perry, and virtual options.

 

More Information
COPD Community Exercise Clinic brochure and referral form.

For additional information, please visit the Durham Ontario Health team webpage.