We all know about our 5 a day when is comes to eating fruit and veg but do you know how much exercise you need a week? Physical inactivity has been identified as the fourth leading risk factor for global mortality causing an estimated 3.2 million deaths globally. The national guidelines suggest the following physical …
Is your sporty teenager complaining of sore knees after sport? Osgood-schlatter’s disease could be the reason for such pain. The main risk factors are: Age – Osgood-Schlatter’s usually occurs during growth spurts in teenagers. Age differs between sexes as girls tend to hit puberty before boys. Girls are usually affected with Osgood-Schlatter’s from 11-12, while …
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Does your knee hurt going down the stairs? Want to know how to stop it? Believe it or not, going down the stairs actually puts more weight or force on your knee cap (patella) than going up stairs. Studies report it can be as much as x4 times your bodyweight. So if you weigh 10 …
Happy New Year! We would like to wish all our patients and clients a happy healthy 2017. It has been a pleasure working with you over 2016 and we hope we can be of some help in 2017. We are all bombarded with weird and wonderful advice in January but here are some simple tips …
Our Christmas hours are as follows Thursday 22nd December 8.30am – 9pm Friday 23rd December 8.30am – 6pm Saturday 24th December – Christmas Eve – CLOSED Monday 26th December – St Stephens Day – CLOSED Tuesday 27th December – CLOSED Wednesday 28th December – CLOSED Thursday 29th December 8.30am – 9pm Friday 30th December 8.30am – 4pm Saturday 31sh December – New …
Back Pain Myth Busters Back pain is so prevalent that it costs the country more than diabetes and cancer combined, but there are many misconceptions circulating about back pain. Scientific research in the area of back pain has progressed greatly in recent times and it is challenging widespread beliefs held about back pain – that …
Foam rolling or self myofascial release is a useful tool to self manage any tight muscle pre or post running/walking or even as a maintenance session on your rest day/day off. Self myofascial release is a fancy term for self massage to release muscle tightness or trigger points. Trigger points are specific “knots” that …
Hope you all had a good summer. We are raring to go! We would like to let you know about some new services within the clinic. PILATES Our new Pilates timetable is now live and we are taking bookings for September/October courses. New courses start the week of 7th September. There are a lot of …
Do you suffer from foot pain? There are many causes of foot pain – but a simple thing you can do for yourself is to check how you lace your shoe. Believe it or not – how you lace your shoes can the be the root of some foot pain. Below are some simple adjustments …
What has boiling a frog got to do with your health? A lot it seems – the story goes that if you put a frog into boiling water it will immediately jump out, however if you put a frog in a cold water and turn up the heat slowly the poor frog doesn’t notice …
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