Pilates Group Classes resume the week of February 24th, 2020. Details as follows: *Max 6 people per class at this location. One-to-one & Pregnancy Pilates Full cost is payable at the first class. Places will be offered first to existing students before being offered to new students. Booking essential. Please […]
Bone Health. I’ve been learning more about bone health lately and at a recent course, one thing that struck me as interesting was that osteoporosis is seen as ‘a pediatric disease with geriatric manifestations’. What is meant by this is that diet and activity in children and young adults has a profound effect on their […]
Benefits Opens up and stretches the chest and arms. Improves spinal rotation. Good warm-up exercise. Strengthens abdominal muscles as they control the rotation. How Start lying on your side with your hips and knees bent and arms extended out in front, palms together. Take a breath in as you slowly reach your top arm […]
Benefits This is a great exercise for warming up and loosening out the spine. Strengthens Glutes, Hamstrings, Abdominals and hip flexors. Opens up and stretches out the front of the hips. How Start lying on your back with your knees bent, feet flat on the mat, hip distance apart. Arms by your side palms […]
Balance. Balance can be defined as an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. For the majority of people, balance is something that is taken for granted. However, as we age, balance can become more of a challenge resulting in trips and falls in older adults. This, in turn, […]
A hunchback society. In today’s high-tech world, many people sit hunched over devices both at work and in the home. Add to this, the stress that many are under, with busy jobs and home lives that further add tension in the neck and shoulders. This all results in a hunched over posture, with the head […]
Lower Back Pain Thousands of people worldwide suffer with chronic lower back pain (LPB). LBP is reported to be the number one cause of absenteeism from work and many people medicate daily for back pain. A significant number of people will suffer an episode of LBP in their lives, but this is often resolved quickly […]
Are you happy with the service you’ve received with either Physical Therapy appointments or Pilates classes? If so, I’d love to hear from you and build up some reviews on my new website. As a little incentive, each person who submits a review between now and June 30th 2019 will have their name entered into […]
Most car owners take care to carry out maintenance on their vehicles at regular intervals. However, for most people, the same can’t be said when it comes to maintenance of their body. Our body is the machine that we use to carry out our everyday living and should be maintained regularly. This can mean regular […]
Who Benefits? People from all walks of life can benefit from Physical Therapy, from the sportsperson to the office worker to the parent working in the home. Because the treatments are individualised to suit each client’s needs, they are suitable for all ages and levels of function. When do I need Physical Therapy? While […]