exercise
Fibromyalgia – why it’s misunderstood
Fibromyalgia (FMS) is a poorly understood disorder characterised by joint pain, deep tissue pain, fatigue, depression, headaches and a lack of sleep. It affects around 2-4% of the population with...
Physical activity levels – how do you measure up?
The pandemic has impacted many aspects of life including our options for and amounts of physical activity. Over the past year, one third of us report being more active, one...
Heart Health
Being diagnosed with a heart condition or having to undergo heart surgery can be a frightening experience and is often life changing. Over the past decade, I have helped and...
How effective is exercise for weight loss?
My favourite answer to this question is “it takes nearly an hour of running to burn the calories in a Mars Bar” (other confectionary is available!). Basically, the most efficient...
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...
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...
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...