Stay injury free, without the life devotion to fitness! My story and testimonial! I am a mum, I have barely got time to go to the gym, let alone live the zen lifestyle associated with injury prevention suggested by online fitness experts. Younger friends and family are able to devote time and money to their [...]
Hi there, I am an active mid 30’s man, trying to keep my body going through the rigors of a life aspiring to be fit. I needed some help understanding the best treatment to use and when, on my many various aches and strains. This piece will focus on whether to use HOT or COLD [...]
JUST A FLESH WOUND! – TO RUB, SPRAY OR BANDAGE? Body repairs and maintenance tips for the undeterred. Stretching towards 40 I am of an age now where it takes very little exertion to come home with a strain, bump or knock. It is rarely anything too serious, just my mind writing cheques that my [...]
Psychological stress is a common occurrence during everyday life and is hard to avoid. Whether it be work getting a bit much, exams proving difficult, or your better half is doing your head in, everyone has their own form of stress that they have to deal with. Stress can manifest in numerous different ways; depression, [...]
I was always the type of person that thought I could get by on minimal sleep. I frequently used to say to my friends and family: "you can sleep all you want when your dead". Turns out that I realised something. This is not the case. When your dead...your just dead. So following my hip [...]
What is a warm up? A warm up is the preparation of your body for physical activity, by slowly increasing your heart rate and temperature of your muscles ready for what is to come. Usually in the form of a pulse raising activity and stretches, a warm up is vital before any physical activity as [...]
Having been an avid “gym-goer” for over ten years, my wife posed a good question. “Surely with the amount of time dedicated to going to the gym, you should have a six pack by now?” She had a point. I was the type of individual who would spend hours in the gym, only to [...]
Posture is such a vital component of a person’s lifestyle and can have more of an impact on health than one might think. Poor posture can lead to a variety of different issues, such as: Lower back pain Back ache Neck pain Headaches Referred pain Pins & needles Numbness/tingling sensations Muscle weakness Joint stiffness [...]
As a 37 year old male, who exercises regularly and plays 5-a-side football 3 times a week, I came to terms that my “best years are behind me”, as my injury count took one more hit. This time, it was a big one: a torn labarum: that inaccessible ligament that sits inside the pelvic hip [...]
Although many people have heard of the term Sports Therapy, very few are actually aware of what Sports Therapy is and more importantly what it can do for you. Having the term ‘sport’ in the title can be very misleading and give the impression that it is only useful for people who play sport or [...]
