Exercising after giving birth can be challenging
Pregnancy, itself, can have a way bigger effect on the body than one realises.
Online Training becomes the new normal
This period of lockdown has fast-tracked online training, to become the new normal, something that would have taken years to do in the previous world of health and wellness training. This has been a fantastic option to offer clients during a time of financial uncertainty for some and isolation. This has created a regular, affordable …
The Shoulder Joint
This joint is very mobile with almost 3D movement, having 3 bones offered up to each other, no direct secure bone fixing in a ball and socket type fixing – they are held in place by muscles, rather than a solid joint of bone fitting into bone like the hip joint. Aside from an impact …
The knee joint
The knee joint is a very vulnerable joint – relying on the stability of the foot and the hip. The knee is a joint that is designed to bend and straighten, it is not designed to hyperextend nor to rotate. It’s stability depends on the foot functioning correctly, and the ankle having full mobility. This …
The importance of the pelvic position in running and how it affects the body
Running like all actions should not come from power but from stretch and recoil if you slam the door and the hinges on the wall are lose the floor will wobble around and hit the floor. If you slam the door and the hinges on the wall are tight and firm the whole energy of …
Neutral Spine
What is “Neutral Spine“???? Neutral spine is a phrase used to describe the ideal shape of the spine to avoid injury, allow good mobility, shock absorption and optimum efficiency for performance in day to day activity as well as sport. It describes the necessary curves required to keep all vertebra and discs articulating and bearing …
Amazing the mindset around MS
She was in a place of massive frustration. The route she had found available to her was constantly giving her the excuse that of course she was finding balance difficult – she had MS.
Tight Hip Flexors
The root cause of many people’s lower back pain and other health problems could be down to tight hip flexors. The impact the hips have on the whole body was never totally clear to me until I trained as a biomechanist and started to understand the relationship between the hips and the body. Tight or …
Straightness
It is all very well to correct our straightness and our posture in a controlled gym environment, or on a mat, but what we really need to be doing is correct it in all the actions and things we do in life. However having an understanding of what is actually stuck, tight, over flexible is …
Ankle strength and stability
If your ankles do not have the same range of motion or strength – will that affect your body? Maybe there is no pain – but if you do not move and stabilise the same on each side you will compensate at your knee or at your hip or at your lower back in order …