Tension headaches: Can massage help?
What is a tension headache? About 25% of headaches are tension headaches and these can last anything from 30 minutes to a few days. However, they don’t get worse with…
Headaches
I recall a conversation I once had with a client who wanted some treatment for her headaches. Me: ‘How often do you experience headaches?’ Client: ‘Oh, the normal amount.’…
Stress and De-stress
Stress is something we all experience in our lives. Whether it is from school, family, relationships, work or general stress it can all take its toll on our physical and…
Stronger for Longer
Online exercise classes for the over 70s I originally started my Stronger for Longer classes in February 2021: some of my older clients who had been shielding had basically been…
Breathe in and….
Breathing. We all know how to do it, so why read about it? Well, often we learn bad habits, about so many ways to use (or abuse) our body. This…
Stretching: the truth
In clinic, I will often do a treatment and incorporate some stretches to enhance the effect of the work done on a client. And it feels sooooooo good to be…
DOMS: Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness
Have you ever been to the gym, tried an exercise that seemed absolutely fine at the time but the next day you could barely roll out of bed?This pain is…
2017: Don’t worry, Be happy
I think many of us will look back at 2016 and for a variety of reasons reflect and think ‘What a year!’ Now that 2017 has arrived how can…
Six ideas to exercise
Below, I have put together a few links to help make it even easier for you to start exercising. 1. Yoga Six simple yoga poses to help ease back…