Is your workstation set-up aggravating your back or neck pain? Do you have a desk job? Are you sat for hours on end throughout the day? Have you checked to ensure your desk set up is supporting you properly? Are you working from home on the dining room table or on your laptop on your […]
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Benefits of Post-Natal Pilates As much as we like to pretend pregnancy is this amazing journey, and we get a beautiful gift at the end…. It doesn’t half cause a lot of problems! Over 81.9% of women had one or more children in the year 2020 with a large proportion of those suffering from long […]
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What is it? Achilles tendonitis/tendonopathy is an inflammation of the achilles tendon which is often chronic, causing adhesions (scar tissue) results in pain around your heel, bottom of your calf and in or around the achilles tendon at the back of the ankle. In many cases the continuous breakdown and healing of the tendon causes […]
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As we get closer to the winter months there is an increase in falls. In 2020/21 alone in the UK there were reported to be 216,075 fall in adults over 65 years old (HES 2020). You are at a higher risk of falls if you have had a recent fall within the last 12months. Fall […]
Read MorePLANTAR FASCIITIS Is most commonly known as pain under the bottom of your foot, whether that be pain under your heel or into the arch of your foot. Symptoms Pain under heel and arch of your foot. Pain can be sharp/stabbing or constant dull ache Often worse on waking Worse when walking, running and being […]
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MENOPAUSAL PAIN Kiera Bradley There is a growing acknowledgement that many women will suffer with an increase in generalised joint pain during the menopause. Apart from its effect on bone density leading to osteoporosis, sadly there is still a significant lack of research into the effect that the menopause can have on the musculoskeletal system. […]
Read MoreFOOT & ANKLE INJURIES Ankle injuries are common across the population in children and throughout adulthood, whether it happens playing sport, gardening, walking the dog or out shopping. There are lots of different structures within the ankle which can get damaged, with the most common being ligaments, while also affecting the muscles, tendons and bones. […]
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The Back Pain Pandemic Kiera Bradley In March 2020 Covid-19 triggered a National Lockdown causing working from home to become the new normal for all or part of the working week. Although working from home has many benefits such as reduced travel time and cost and more flexible working, it does have its problems. One […]
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WHAT IS PILATES? Kiera Bradley Pilates is a comprehensive body-conditioning programme with the aim of improving core-stabilisation and thus reducing injury risk and enhancing performance. To accomplish this Pilates incorporates the key principles: Movement Control Flexibility Postural Awareness Breathing Control The founder, Joseph Pilates, felt that modern society had robbed us of our natural physical […]
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Author Kiera Bradley BSc(Hons) MCSP COMMON PROBLEMS DURING & AFTER PREGNANCY A staggering 81% of women give birth to at least one child in their lifetime (Gov.uk, 2018). Growing and carrying a baby and caring for a growing child takes its toll on our body (and sanity!). These different stresses can build up and result […]
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