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Discover the top 10 secrets to injury free running.
Discover the top 10 secrets to injury free running. Are you training for a run? A 5k, 10k, half or full marathon, here is a must read. 1. If you can skip, you can run. Skipping demands a very similar action to running. it demands rhythm, timing and reciprocity (the relaxing of muscles on one side Continue reading
Walking is such a good all round exercise.
Walking is such a good all round exercise and I now know why we have a dog. Not just the companionship, but the exercise, the fresh air and the freedom. Even though there are days when you really don’t want to walk – you do. When it is raining, when it is cold, when I Continue reading
Bridging Modern Pain Science with Current Practice
Bridging Modern Pain Science with Current Practice This course was in the lovely, super equipped Massage Training School, in Exmouth, owned and run by Anna Maria Mazzieri. The course leaders, for Bridging Modern Pain Science with Current Practice, were a charismatic duo from Denmark, Simon Roost Kirkegaard and Jacob Beermann. Simon is a Physiotherapist, with Continue reading
Get stronger to live longer
Get stronger to live longer A short blog to help you check and develop your strength! So you can begin to get get stronger to live longer. There’s a chap called Dan John, http://danjohn.net who is an all American Discus Thrower and an Olympian Heavy Weight Lifter. What makes Dan so worthy of note, is his interest Continue reading
You don’t have to be in your second trimester to have a massage
Do you have to be in your second trimester to have a massage? A mum to be was just 6 weeks pregnant and had made several calls to find a massage therapist, but non of them felt able to massage this lady so early in her pregnancy. She was given my number by a Therapy Continue reading
Healing Times
Healing Times According to Louis Gifford “Aches and Pains”, it is really helpful to understand the normal healing times for injuries, so we have some idea of what to expect. It can be helpful to initially think about our skin. When we cut a finger, at first it can be really sore. It becomes more painful Continue reading
Aches and Pains
Aches and Pains ‘I must be getting old’, ‘my mum has bad arthritis’, ‘I thought it was arthritis and I’d have to live with it” “I’m full of aches and pains” Just a very few of the comments my clients will say about their aches and pains. About their knee pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, Continue reading
Chronic Pain and the Brain
Chronic Pain and the Brain Recent and not so recent research has begun to uncover that it is our Brain that registers pain and not the site of pain, i.e. the injury itself. Up until recently, if you were hurt or in chronic pain, you would be given a cause and a diagnosis, such as Continue reading
RSI
RSI RSI – Repetitive Strain Injury. If your body habitually does the same action time and time again, you may develop RSI. Typically, you may have aching, a feeling of tightness, burning and shooting pains. The pain does not seem to be relieved when you stop the activity. People who work at computers for long Continue reading