Spinal injuries can be life-altering, impacting not just physical health but also emotional and mental well-being. Physical therapy plays a crucial role in the recovery process, leveraging various techniques to enhance mobility, strength, and overall quality of life. +
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Recovering From An Injury? You Can Still Exercise
If you are recovering from an injury, you might think that your exercise days are over for the short-term future. Or, depending on how long it is going to take for your body to heal the damage that has been done to it. +
What Should You do if You’re Injured at the Gym?
Injuring yourself at the gym is a terrible position to be in, both because you’re hurt and you have to stop working out whilst you heal up. So, what should you do if you’re in this position? +
Exercise After Injury
Have you experienced an accident or injury that has left you lacking confidence getting back to exercising? Then these tips might be of use to you. +
How to Stay Motivated During the Christmas Period
It’s difficult enough to stay on track with a diet and exercise programme even when the weather is good and light evenings encourage long walks and healthy eating. Combined with cold weather and dark evenings, Christmas can often be the final nail in the coffin of a health kick that may already be flagging after the clocks go back. Work drinks and Christmas parties gang up on you, and the supermarkets are stocked with tempting food that we wouldn’t dream of eating throughout the rest of the year. Even our daily coffee fix gains a range of seasonal syrups, and more often than not, the temptation of whipped cream and sugar sprinkles on top. In short, Christmas can be a disaster for motivation. +
Ice or Heat: What to Apply and When
Applying ice or heat to pain or an injury is a simple and effective way of treating your body, with few risks involved. However, there appears to be an overwhelming amount of confusion surrounding which of the two to apply to certain pains and injuries, and when to do so. +
No Pain, No Gain, No Brain
This post has been in draft form for a while now. I suffered a pretty bad gym related injury last year. It was completely my own fault through lack of stretching before and after exercise. Not having enough time to train and a lack of room in the gym all contributed to this injury. +
Target Your Aches And Pains With Loxley
You’re going to be hearing a lot about Loxley Sports over the coming months. I’ve recently reviewed three products, the first being their Kinesiology Tape. +