I’m sure you’ve heard all the following about posture: But your personal experience might feel like your posture is what causes your pain. Are you just one of the few for whom posture is significant, or might there be more to this story? Me as an example: I worked hard at having a good posture […]
This is a thought on cycling, but actually it is a useful one that could apply to almost anything.There are lots of sources of info on setting your bike up ergonomically e.g. here This is a good starting point to let you use your body in the best way. But it’s not the whole story. In the
I have talked in previous blogs about taking care of yourself when you have pain by taking regular movement and rest breaks. However, we don’t always have this choice. And sometimes a situation has developed where doing something for only a short duration triggers the pain. You still have to get on and finish. What
Look at this scared kitten! We can all see that it feels threatened. It has arched its back, pulled its head back into its body, its eyes are widened, and everything is tense – poised for flight or fight. And that’s just what we see on the outside, inside adrenaline is released and the heart
You may have seen claims that “sitting is the new smoking”. There is nothing inherently bad about sitting: very little is as bad for your health as smoking! What they are talking about is being sedentary. But as long as you are balancing your sitting time with enough activity each day you aren’t putting your
