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This year has been a challenging one – you don’t need us to tell you that much!

We know that lockdown and a lot of big changes in everyday life has caused a lot of disruption for you and the family. It’s natural to feel a bit more stressed, and maybe a bit more anxious or depressed. This year has taken its toll on all of us.

That’s why this week we are excited to tell you about Lorna, our new stress and anxiety specialist! 🙌 Lorna is here with us to help support you and your loved ones through this time, and she’ll be offering free 15-minute consultations and stress questionnaires.

That’s right, this week it is ask a silly question week! 🤪

Why write about this? 🤔

Well, we love receiving your questions at Inspired Health. 🙃

This is because we really want to help you and we also know that when we ask questions, we are committed to training our nervous system to be more resourceful and work better for longer. 🙆‍♂️

Sometimes, happiness can feel completely elusive and other times it is there all the time. Why is this?! Happiness feels like this mythical state of being. So, is there anything we can do to be happier? 🙃

Imagine life without being able to balance correctly…

We would fall over every time we moved! 🤕

Balance is therefore super important to our everyday life. So, how do we balance? ⚖️

A perfect chance for us to explain more about them. It’s a very common condition, affecting 1 in 5 women and 1 in every 15 men. While we hear the term ‘migraine’ thrown around a lot, what are they really? How do we manage them? Without further ado, let’s get into it… 💁♀️

WHAT IS A MIGRAINE? 🤔

In our opinion, a migraine is a sensory overload of the nervous system. This means that the nervous system is overfiring. This could be from irritation of the nerves around the head and face. When we add other stimulants like stress, light, alcohol, caffeine and extra stress, the system cannot cope and shuts down.

Yippee… the kids are going back to school! 📚

After all this time, the kids are finally returning to school as normal, and that means it’s time to check in and ensure they’ve got everything they need for another school year.

While we don’t usually think of kids as being prone to back pain, they can definitely suffer from this! Not to mention that the everyday habits of children form the basis of how they will develop and grow 🌱 into adults. Setting in place good habits and having the right equipment is especially important for growing bodies!

Ever since lockdown began, we’ve been hearing from more and more of you about upper back and neck pain – probably because more of us are working from home! 🛋

For this reason, we want to talk to you about Upper Crossed Postural Syndrome (UCPS). 💁

UCPS is a common muscular imbalance which involves muscles in the neck and upper back. When there’s an imbalance, some muscles are overworked, causing tightness, and others are underworked, causing weakness.

Maybe you’ve been over working, increasing the intensity of your workouts, or have just decided to take up a new activity and are finding your body responding badly. 🤕

Whether it’s pain or stiffness, or any combination of discomfort, you might have overdone it! It’s time to go into pain management mode. 💆♀️

Here are the ways you can help your body heal from strain faster:

Creating healthy habits can be the basis of a better quality of life for you and your family. But how do you create habits that stick? 🤔 Here is our guide to getting you on the path to simpler, better health. Make it simple 🙆 Pick one small thing you’d like to focus on and start