by Deborah Hunter | Dec 19, 2022 | Balance & Flexibility
Posture and back pain Posture plays an integral role in back health. It is the position of your body while standing, sitting, and moving. Good posture is the optimal alignment of your body, with a balance between the supporting muscles and ligaments. Conversely, when...
by Deborah Hunter | Feb 8, 2021 | Injury & Pain Management
Call a spade a spade Mulch, snow, gravel, soil – what do they have in common? Answer: Moving these materials or substances often involves using a shovel. Whether it be shovelling soil to plant a shrub, snow to clear the driveway, mulch to enrich the garden, or gravel...
by Deborah Hunter | Feb 25, 2020 | Injury & Pain Management
Gardening is a great activity, but it can play havoc with the body at times. Sometimes the back, shoulders and neck can suffer particularly as you battle the weeds that take hold over the summer months. I will be preparing a series of blogs that will be looking at...
by Deborah Hunter | Feb 11, 2020 | Injury & Pain Management
We are often adopting poor postures for greater amounts of time than we used to, mainly due to hi-tech gadgets including computers and smart phones. Sitting a lot in bad positions puts an unnatural load on the lumbar discs, the building blocks of our spine in our...
by Deborah Hunter | Jan 28, 2020 | Injury & Pain Management
Back pain is a very common feature for many people. Most will just put up with, not understanding what the problem is and not knowing what they can do from day to day to help. This is the beginning of a series of blogs to help you know a bit more about why you may get...
