COVID-19:  Keeping you stimulated and alert

COVID-19: Keeping you stimulated and alert

My personal ideas and opinions Several people have asked me to share some ideas and opinions about our current situation during the world Pandemic of COVID – 19. I love to write, not professing to be particularly brilliant at it; however if I bring a ripple of solace...
My knees ache

My knees ache

The knee is a hinge joint but we tend to ask so much more of it than it is bio mechanically made for.   As a hinge joint it is meant to flex and extend however we accidentally ask it to twist and turn when we develop poor posture or have an unforeseen trip up a stair,...
Assisting turnout for dancers

Assisting turnout for dancers

Turn out is essential for dancers especially ballet and contemporary genres. Turn out is asking the ball and socket joint of the hip to externally rotate to its maximum potential and then place movement and load into that scenario. Therefore, the dancers not only need...
Keeping your back healthy when you’re a horse rider

Keeping your back healthy when you’re a horse rider

You may get your horse treated by the horse osteopath but do you take care of yourself to lessen the burden on your horse. You may begin as an agile person riding a horse but over time our spine may begin to complain when your daily routine requires you be in the...
Utilising the Pilates workouts to your best advantage

Utilising the Pilates workouts to your best advantage

Joseph Pilates developed the exercise format “Contrology” to create a “whole body Health” workout for all. Joseph Pilates suggested that in 10 Pilates sessions you will feel different, 20 Pilates sessions people will notice a difference, 30 Pilates sessions you will...