The Connection Between Anxiety and Back Pain We’ve spoken before about how stress can cause pain, especially in the neck. But what happens when we’re more than stressed or when we’re actually anxious? 🤔 Fight or flight When we get anxious, our body goes into what is known as a fight 💪 or flight ✈️ […]
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Exercising during pregnancy is something I feel very strongly about. Most women will find some benefit from exercising whether it is physically, emotionally or both. A twenty minute walk, a spin, Pilates or yoga class; whatever it is that motivates you, anything is better than nothing. Every women and every pregnancy is unique but with
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We all know how to run, right? Not necessarily. If you go to your local park and watch people running, you’ll see a million different styles. There’s the shuffler, barely picking up their feet. There’s the twister, with their whole upper body twisting with each step. There is the leg flicker with the lower legs
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Facts About Lower Back Pain It’s worth knowing that approximately 80% of adults will experience back pain at some point in their lifetime. The vast majority of cases involve no serious damage or illness. With people’s low back pain resolving in as little as 6-8 weeks, and often without having to receive treatment from a
Triathlon Movement Health The Triathlon season has now started for 2018, and in this blog we take a look at the history and changes that have taken place in its short history. Triathlon – Movement Rather Than Pain Based Rehabilitation. One of the biggest sports phenomena of the past few years has been the rise
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Recently in the clinic we have seen a huge spike in cases of back and neck pain from people working at home and/or home schooling their children. This actually isn’t a surprise to us, as we commonly see increased back and neck problems correlating with increases in sedentary behaviour, such as prolonged sitting and reduced
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Why Am I In Pain? The knee is a vital piece to the jigsaw that is our lower limb anatomy. The knee being the largest joint in the body, withstands great stresses and loads in supporting our body weight above it. This is what they were made to do. However, like anything that we depend
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I have been a physio for a few years now. 27 years to be exact. And over this time there have been different trends of how the workstation should be set up. In particular what you are sitting on. During my years as a physio, we have been through the normal office chair, kneeling chairs,
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Read Time 5-Minutes Lower back pain (LBP) is a big deal for a lot of people. With up to 80% of people experiencing LBP and 40% having recurrent pain the numbers start to swell very quickly. Luckily, the good folks of academia have blessed us with many studies looking at LBP and exercise. These look
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Read Time 5-Minutes Have you ever begun the year with a new resolution? The pursuit of the newer, fitter, healthier, cleaner living, harder working and happier you. Or have you seen a physio and are struggling to adhere to your new exercise programme? If you have tried to make a change and create the spanking
