Reaching the point in life when you’re eligible for senior discounts has its perks. But it’s also an excellent time to check in with yourself and form a plan for living well and ageing healthier. The reality is that none of us are getting any younger. However, you can be proactive about managing your physical and mental health to maximise your quality of life. Give Your Meals a Makeover We’ve all heard the saying “you are what you eat.” Now is the perfect time to take that ex

I'm putting together a list of supplements I take. Below is the list so far. Vitamin D Vitamin D acts on over 1,000 different genes and serves as a substrate for sex hormones like testosterone, human growth hormone, and estrogen. It moderates immune function and inflammation. It assists in calcium metabolism and bone formation. It’s no coincidence this is one of the few vitamins humans can make on their own, with a little bit of sunshine. Without it – we’d be dead. It’s true

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What is cardio? Firstly, cardio is a misleading term! Cardio is short for cardiovascular, the Cardio part means “heart” and vascular means “vessels that circulate fluids.” Keeping this in mind, cardio exercise typically refers to activities that cause a sustained increase in your heart rate and breathing and consequently, an increase in the circulation of blood and oxygen throughout the body to the muscles you’re working. The more difficult the activity and the harder you go,

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What is Myofascial Release? Myofascial Release is a very effective, gentle and safe hands-on method of soft tissue mobilization, that involves applying gentle sustained pressure to the subcutaneous and myofascial connective tissue. This low load sustained stretch gradually, over time, allow the myofascial tissue to elongate and relax, thus allowing increased range of motion, flexibility and decreased pain. Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myof

Trigger Points and Referred Pain Myofascial trigger points are tiny contraction knots that develop in a muscle when it is injured or overworked. The Physiology of a Trigger Point The part of a muscle fiber that actually does the contracting is a microscopic unit called a sarcomere. Contraction occurs in a sarcomere when its two parts come together and interlock like fingers. Millions of sarcomeres have to contract in your muscles to make even the smallest movement. A trigger

Mollie came to me with a knee problem and after an inspection I could see there was a slight weakness due to motor control issues in her gluteus medius, and over time due to compensations this had led to weakness in her tissues around her knee. At the time she was rehearsing a lot for her upcoming tour with the Saturdays, so the first step was to strengthen the knee and teach her body to reconfigure her motor control weaknesses. I need to add that Mollie was seriously lacking

Early on in my training I was told by a very knowledgeable physiotherapist that I should not train my upper trapezium and I should focus on my lower trapezium and to do this with all my clients. This is because it is believed by many that we all have overactive Upper Trapezius. As I was starting out and as this was the general consensus I did as I was taught and did not question it. Over the years working with many clients I started to notice that many of my clients that comp