Perfect Posture Month – Week Four – Sleep and Standing Posture.

Sleep Posture Ideally we spend about a third of our life sleeping and it is where we do the majority of our healing and rejuvenation. Therefore it’s essential to ensure we get our sleeping posture correct. When sleeping we need to aim to keep our spine balanced: Front Sleepers ∙ Avoid this posture as it…

Perfect Posture Month – Week Three – Perfect Posture Desk Set-up

Once upon a time, humans spent most of their day performing low-intensity physical activity in order to survive. Today a growing proportion of the working and studying population spend most of their day sitting at a desk. Statistics show sedentary workers spend an average of 9.3 hours sitting per day and latest research is suggesting…

Perfect Posture Month – Week Two – Lower Limb and Spine Stretches

Lower Limb and Spine Stretches The strengthening of your lower back can help alleviate and prevent back pain. Studies have shown that stretching can be a useful tool to increase the body’s range of motion[1,2].It can also play a key role after injury during a rehabilitation phase to help realign the muscle fibres for optimal…

Perfect Posture Month – Week One – Neck and Upper Limb Stretches

When the neck and upper back muscles become weakened, the head sags forward and increased stress is placed on the cervical spine, which can lead to neck pain. Strengthening these muscles can help improve posture and get the head closer to neutral position (with the ears directly over the shoulders). Like with any other part…

Why most New Year Resolutions don’t work.

Most resolutions fail, however with a few simple tools you can markedly increase your chance of success in 2017 and beyond.

Week 4 – Time-To-Tone Up Month-Superman and Bridges

Superman Core exercises are key to maintaining good spine health. Without a good strong core, we run the risk of hurting our backs in normal activities, let alone in exercise. We decided to look at a great exercise for improving your core strength and protecting your back. We have called it Superman Core and…

Week 3 – Time-To-Tone Up Month – Skipping

Skipping has to be one of the cheapest forms of exercises available. You need minimal equipment, minimal space and you can practice just about anywhere — indoors or out. Skipping serves as a whole body workout and incorporates all your muscles groups. This is perfect for toning up this summer. A key part whilst doing…

Time to Tone Up – Week Two – Switch on your Core

Your core muscles play a huge role in your everyday activities, from getting out of bed, walking down the street, and bending over to grab your purse but, most importantly, they literally help you stay upright. That’s because your core muscles are the base support for your entire body. They surround and support your spine…

Smoothie Builder

As the days get warmer, a smoothie can be a great refreshing snack or meal replacement. There are so many different foods that can get hidden into a smoothie, when I was in Morocco years ago I saw avocado in a smoothie and thought that was crazy, now I am not just a massive fan…

How to reduce inflammation in your body

September Spring Clean Your Eating: Week Two Inflammation is a vital part of the immune system’s response to injury and infection. It is the body’s way of signalling the immune system to heal and repair damaged tissue, as well as defend itself against foreign invaders, such as viruses and bacteria. Without inflammation as a physiological…