Health, Wellbeing & Clinic News
National Nutrition Month
March is National Nutrition Month, an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. The initiative centres upon a Hippocrates quotation: “Let thy food be thy medicine and...
Exploring long COVID and exercise
The instinct of a physiotherapist is to help in rehabilitation and prescribe exercises but this is a cautionary tale following my own experience of recovery from illness. Normally, I am...
Breathe Better
We tend to take breathing for granted and, as such, many of us may not be aware that it is an area of our health we can improve with simple...
Feel and Look Fabulous in 2021
Doesn’t it feel great to say goodbye to 2020? I’m going to focus on what we can do to regain our va-va-voom this year! No crazy fasts or fad diets...
Walnut Grove’s online Physiotherapy Pilates in 2021
Walnut Grove has been delivering both seated and Matwork Pilates classes online since April 2020 and we have a wonderful bunch of patients who participate. Most of those who tune...
Seasonal Affective Disorder
As the cold winter snap continues it can seem as if we are living through a nightmarish-Groundhog Day lasting for eternity. Winter really has taken hold and the warm summer...
Blue Monday
I was recently informed that Blue Monday was just around the corner, a term that apparently marks the most depressing day of the year, officially Monday 18th January. As I...
Keeping Good Posture
Good posture is key to good health and it is not just our joints and muscles that benefit. To list just a few things, good posture promotes good breathing, aids...
Being Sugar Savvy
Sugar Awareness Week is nearly here! What’s wrong with Sugar? Obviously too much sugar can lead to weight gain High-sugar diets have been associated with an increased risk of many...
D – The Sunshine Vitamin
There has been much talk lately on whether vitamin D could be useful in the fight against Covid-19 as well as other diseases. Humans most likely developed in the Horn...
