So you’ve perfected that tricky yoga pose , then you look round at the rest of the class and realise that everyone else is moving much further into it than you. They must be moving further because they are better than you and they want it more, right? Believe it or not, we once had […]
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Listen to your bodyDon’t wait for pain—a lot of the time your body will start to tighten up a long time before the pain starts in response to activities. This is its way of trying to protect itself from overuse and injury, and if you respond to it straight away, it will relax again once
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Long Covid is thought to have affected over 2 million people in the UK and according to the NHS, it is defined as when symptoms last more than 12 weeks after getting Covid-19 and those symptoms cannot be explained by any other condition. Over 200 different symptoms have been reported and these may change over
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Did you know … About 60% of your body is made out of water and most of that water is inside your cells. In fact two thirds of your cells’ volume is made up of water. It is really important to stay well hydrated because every system in your body needs water to work properly.
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Strange as it sounds, there is a right and a wrong way of breathing. Many people breathe in the wrong way for their whole lives, and don’t get any major problems. But if you already have an underlying condition, if you are in pain a lot of the time or if you have an illness
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Your entire fascial network is continually responding to your environment, adapting to the stresses and strains that it is subjected to. This is its function: absorbing shock and flexing with the forces that are applied. But these changes should only be temporary, to allow your system to survive the injury, and then your fascia should
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