The Transplant Wellness Program

The Transplant Wellness Program (TWP) is a comprehensive support program for organ recipients to build their wellness before and after transplant surgery. The wellness focus is initially on moving more – physical activity and exercise

Physical activity may be beneficial for patients who are preparing for or recovering from organ transplants. Performing physical activity prior to or after transplant surgery may help improve how well the surgery is tolerated, reduce the amount of time in hospital, aid in recovery, and improve overall physical and mental wellness.  

The transplant wellness program (TWP) offers comprehensive wellness support for transplant patients to become more physically active before and after surgery. TWP will support wellness behaviour change, helping participants overcome barriers to physical activity through wellness behavior change support as well as via participation in an exercise intervention (program). 

In the TWP, you will be offered a 12-week exercise intervention supervised by a Clinical Exercise Physiologist (CEP) and wellness behavior support.  You can participate in the 12-week exercise intervention before or after your transplant surgery.  We will also be offering TWP maintenance resources such as group exercise classes, group wellness behaviour change support, educational webinars and online tools such as mobile phone apps after the 12-week exercise intervention.  

Even if you choose not to participate in the exercise intervention, you will still have access to the TWP maintenance resources.