A fantastic exercise to help activate and strengthen gluteal muscles is the crab walk and monster walk. When completing these exercises you want to try and make sure that the focus is on these gluteal muscles but unfortunately some exercises don’t work the way we always plan. The main reason for this, with older clients,…
DetailsCurrently most people are trying to maintain their normal level of fitness or at least the amount of exercise that they participate in on a weekly basis. However, with the current changes to the amount of access everyone has to exercise equipment and changes surrounding group-based classes, exercise participation is more challenging. For those aged over 65, maintaining balance is an…
DetailsBalance 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…
DetailsBalance can be defined as an even distribution of weight enabling someone or something to remain upright and steady. Being able to maintain one’s balance is key to decreasing falls and fall related injuries. But how do we keep an even distribution of weight to remain upright? We need to be aware of our base…
DetailsThe thought of exercise can be daunting for some and for others they simply just don’t have the time. However, according to the American College of Sports Medicine it is recommended that we should be participating in regular exercise 3-5 times a week for at least 30 minutes. In recent years, staying active and exercise…
DetailsHere at Vision we run a program called BACK to Life that aims to optimise spine health and increase function for those with non-specific low back pain. The 8 week program overhauls the fundamental spine stabilizers and aims to re-correct poor movement habits and patterning. Since starting the program at the end of 2015, we…
DetailsAt the end of last year, the first group of clients completed our BACK to Life Program. Both clients worked hard over the six weeks, learning correct activation patterns and how to activate important spinal stabilisers (TA and multifidus). There were some great results seen by both clients throughout the program,…
DetailsSince November 2015 Vision has been running a specialised low back pain group called BACK to Life. BACK to Life is a program originally designed by an allied health team to implement with clients with non-specific lower back pain. It is a progressive 8 week program in a small group setting, looking at overhauling and…
DetailsIt is generally believed that our thoughts and emotions effect our behaviours, and this is found to be true with our relationship between exercise attitude and post-exercise eating behaviour. Research published recently in Marketing Letters showed that if participants thought of exercise as “fun” or a “well-deserved break,” versus a “workout,” it significantly changed the way they…
DetailsHave you seriously thought of and discussed this with your loved ones? This is a topic that is close for my family, as one of my relations is a successful recipient of a transplant for more then 12 years. She has had a great life due to this donation. The below information shows that it…
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