Looking after yourself,  caring for yourself,  valuing and dare I say it loving yourself enough to look after and care for yourself is a strange phenomenon!  Asking for help is another!  I have been battling with these concepts for years and am just like so many of you. ...

Sitting, we all do it everyday, some more than others dependant on your job and activity level. Sitting can be the equivalent in duration of running a marathon.   Your muscles are still working when you sit, just in a different way.   Sitting can be an endurance activity!

So many people...

When you have back pain, how do you move?   DIFFERENTLY is the answer!    You move differently to avoid moving and loading the sore bit!   This is why we end up bracing when in pain.   Your nervous system knows something is wrong so it switches lots of muscles on to stop...

Isn’t it interesting that even Spinal Engineers don’t agree on the definitions of stability and the spine. If this is the case, how can all the different health professionals all be speaking the same language? There is SO much confusion about the word “core stability” so...

Part 3 of our “How’s Your Trunk?” series takes us to see an orchestra!  Isn’t it amazing how the conductor gets all the different instruments playing their melody at the right time, in the right way, at the right volume,  ALL at the same time.  When we move,...

Following on from last week, we continue to explore what is actually meant by the term “core stability.”  This week we consider the marvellous feat of engineering that is our spine and what that means for it’s movement.

The engineering involved in your spine is...

Over the coming weeks we are going to delve deeper into what your spine needs for beautiful movement and how to get it. This series will help explain why so many of us have back pain and more importantly what can be done to help it if not get rid of it! So stay tuned for our weekly update and...

The power of touch has long been cited as being super beneficial for overall wellbeing and it all comes down to a rather marvellous hormone and neurotransmitter called Oxytocin.

Also known as the cuddle chemical, moral molecule or the love hormone, it plays a huge role in bonding and love. It is...

How many of you have been to a Pilates class where there are 10+ people in a hall trying to follow the instructor who is demonstrating at the front? Have you ever felt unsure if you were doing it right or felt like you weren’t feeling the exercises worked the muscles they were supposed to?...

Stretching is something most of us were introduced to at school. The required 5 minute speedy warm up at the beginning of a PE class. Done as a routine with rarely a thought about technique, the practice of stretching remains unchanged for many of us.

Stretching is something most of us have been...

In my last blog post I introduced how our emotions can play a huge part in how our body feels and moves. Likewise our body can greatly affect our mind. Taking this a step further this week I want to explore how, not only can the body change the mind, but your mind can change how we feel, how we...

In my last blog post I introduced you to the “slinky” in your body and how it can have a huge impact on how we move and feel. Today I want to highlight the MASSIVE impact our emotions can have on our ribcage and other regions of the body.

You know that when you feel sore, achy, in...