Exercise is a fantastic way to alleviate stress and maintain a healthy lifestyle. It can also be great for making new friends and sweating out toxins, but how much is too much? When you use your muscles intensively what you are actually doing is causing microtears in the fibres, these
Running injuries usually occur when the in-built suspension mechanism of the lower limb has been compromised. Running itself relies on a complex interaction between many different joints of your body. To make it simpler, we will focus on just the lower limb. Just take a moment and guess the
Image by CityOsteopathy Running is addictive, there’s nothing like the buzz that you get from putting one foot in front of the other for miles and miles, it feels great. But is this the best way to improve your running? “Most runners aim to improve their running by running. They
Office-based workers very often describe aching in the neck, shoulders, jaw and back. We tailor our Pilates program to help address some of these issues.
Injured yourself and can not get in to see your osteopath or phyiotherapist? Being assessed and treated by a qualified therapeutic massage therapist, when the injury is acute can aid in the healing and recovery. An acute injury (24-72 hours after the traumatic event), as a result of an impact
Here is a 3 step Sophrology exercise to help you pause and reconnect so you can get back into your life recharged and revitalized.
Does your daily routine including taking a glucosamine supplement? Recent studies suggest you might be wasting your money. Glucosamine is an amino monosaccharide (sugar) made within the body and found in numerous tissues including the kidneys, liver and cartilage. It is a common diet supplement, widely used for osteoarthritis, joint
Concussion in sports and traumatic injuries to the head can have serious repercussions on your child’s brain function and development if the injured brain tissues are not given adequate time to heal before return to play. A concussion is a brain injury and it is also important to note that it can occur without
Being young, fit and healthy it’s easy to forget that others live with chronic pain. It’s easy to go about your life, walking from place to place without feeling pain, participating in whatever activities please you. It usually isn’t until a healthy person has a debilitating, acute injury that they
Our children’s growing and developing spine is at its most vulnerable during the school years where it can be easily affected by poor posture. A recent study of 7500 school aged students in Australia has found that 25% or 1 in 4 of our children suffers from some kind of
If you too have been running the marathon on Sunday, this week is the crucial time to pay some attention to your body and work on those aching joints and muscles to assist a speedy recovery. Do some gentle walking (or hobbling) This may feel counterintuitive but it is
An interesting video on why men get a beer gut. Our metabolism slows down after 35. If you are finding the belly getting unsightly, it’s time to be gentle to your liver!
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