Is pain waking you up at night? Have you ever wondered why our bodies tend to hurt more when we are still and resting? Gil Hedley, a renowned fascial researcher, has a simple way of explaining why this is. Our body is made up of lots and lots of sliding surfaces allowing us to move […]
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1. Check your tools: Are the handles the right height for you? Working with a tool that is too low puts a lot of strain on your back. Are your tools broken? A wobbly broom head can cause all sorts of problems! Don’t overload wheelbarrows – they are harder to control and you are likely
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Your gift voucher gives you money off treatment at our practice on Town Farm, in Hatfield Broad Oak. Holisticare is an award-winning specialist treatment centre. Our therapists specialise in a gentle, hands-on treatment called Myofascial Release. They work with your body to find and treat the cause of your symptoms, as well as reducing pain,
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Let It Go Programme – Will it be too much for me? A concern patients sometimes have is will the Let It Go programmes be too much? Will having lots of treatments close together cause more pain or overwhelm the body? The answer to this is multi-faceted. To a degree, part of the reason the
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By the time we are in a position where we are facing surgery, we have usually been through months or years of pain and restrictions in our day to day lives. Whilst we are looking forward to surgery and the relief it will hopefully bring, we are often tired and stressed. There may be fears
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‘It is estimated that around 7 million people in the UK have urinary incontinence (5-10% of the population).’ https://www.incontinence.co.uk Your pelvic floor is a sling of muscles that attaches to the bottom of your pelvis, supporting your pelvic organs and giving you control over your bladder and bowels. It is as important for men as
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Are you looking to learn new ways to self-treat, increase mobility/stability and have some fun whilst doing so? Myofascial Yoga was developed by Christine Wushke, a Myofascial Release practitioner, yoga therapist and functional movement trainer. By recognising and applying the commonalities between traditional yoga practice and the latest fascial research, Christine has developed a way
Knee replacements are routinely performed when the knee joint is very arthritic, causing a lot of pain and stiffness. Although they are very common now, often the results are not what the patient hoped for. The post-op exercises are hard going and very important in getting optimum results from the operation. However these exercises can
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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