A Guilt Free Holiday Period! Quite often you hear people worried about the overconsumption of food during the Christmas and New Year period, to then go on and make unrealistic and unattainable weight loss goals because they feel guilty about enjoying their food during this time. In order to gain weight, your energy…
For many, completing exercises at a gym or at a clinic is the optimal way of improving their health or managing a chronic condition. The use of free weights, machines and bands provides many benefits such as improving strength, mobility, cardiovascular fitness and balance. However, there are some that struggle with land-based exercises, particularly just…
Parkinson’s Disease is a chronic neurological condition which affects the central nervous system’s (brain and spinal cord) ability to communicate due to a reduction of the neurotransmitter called dopamine. As a result, people with Parkinson’s disease have difficulty with motor learning and processing. People with Parkinson’s disease present with one or more of the following…
The World Health Organisation (2009) defines health literacy as “the cognitive and social skills which determine the motivation and ability of individuals to gain access to and understand and use information in ways which promote and maintain good health.” In short it is to have the ability to obtain, process and understand basic health…
Gluteal tendinopathy is one of those most common pathologies in people who have lateral hip pain as it affects 10-25% of the general population. Gluteal tendinopathy is the degeneration of the gluteal tendon as a result of excessive loading and poor biomechanics producing compressive forces on this tendon. Typically, those who have gluteal tendinopathy report…
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition which affects the function of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord), as a result of swelling of the myelin sheath that surrounds the neural pathways, leading to lesions and/or scarring. Damage to these connective tissues can block or impair neural signals within the CNS resulting in…
Some people may find starting a new exercise regime quite a daunting experience especially if they are not familiar with exercise. It is no question that exercise is good for us. Whether that is due to the improvements it provides in functional capacity, reduction of chronic disease risk or improvements in mental/emotional health and wellbeing.…
Balance is often described as “the body’s ability to distribute its weight to remain upright and steady”. Our ability to adjust our body segments to unstable surfaces or perturbations is crucial to our daily living and interacting with our environment. For an athlete, it is crucial to have joint stability in order to adjust the…
Multiple Sclerosis is a neurological condition which effects the function of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). An impaired immune response causes inflammation of the myelin sheath that surrounds the neural pathways which insulate the nerve fibres; resulting in multiple lesions and scarring. The myelin sheaths act as a conductive tissue to enhance…
What is the rotator cuff? The rotator cuff refers to a group of 4 muscles (and tendons) located in the shoulder complex. These muscles include the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor and subscapularis. These muscles all originate from the scapula (shoulder blade) and insert onto the humerus (long bone in upper arm). So why is it…