National Stress Awareness Day: Can Exercise Help?
National Stress Awareness Day aims to make people aware of the impact stress can have on everyday life and aims to help people identify ways to deal with this stress.
Health, Fitness and Wellbeing
Strong, Steady & Straight – Osteoporosis & Pilates
Osteoporosis comes with much worry and fear surrounding it so it’s great to see some updated guidance around exercise and physical activity for osteoporosis.
Step Up For Bone Health – World Osteoporosis Day
Today is World Osteoporosis Day. Osteoporosis is a condition that weakens the bones, causing them to become less dense and therefore more easily broken.
World Mental Health Day 2022
The likelihood is that we have all suffered with some form of mental health challenges in our lives, whether we have realised it or not. Life has changed a lot in the past few years, with Covid-19 having a long lasting impact on our physical and mental wellbeing. It is often easier to notice physical …
Balance Awareness Week 2022
Balance Awareness Week takes place annually in September. This year it’s 18-24 September 2022. The aim of the week is to broaden understanding of vestibular (inner ear) disorders and how they affect people’s day to day lives. Those who are affected by balance issues often report that their family, friends and colleagues don’t understand what they’re going …
All body workouts to suit all ages and abilities
Today’s blog is from our Soft Tissue Therapist, Sean. When not at goPhysio, Sean works as a Personal Trainer. Sean wanted to share a great all round workout for the whole body. In the Fitness industry you’ll often seen people focusing on one exercise type; weights or cardio. An ideal workout would however, combine both …
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How long can you balance for?
You may recall earlier this year that a striking headline hit the news “Inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds linked to doubling in risk of death“. This was on the back of a research study that found that the inability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds in mid to later life is …
Transitioning from Parkrun to 10k
Parkrun started back in 2004 when 13 runners got together in Bushy Park, Teddington, UK and is now an international family of over half a million runners.
Let’s Talk About Strength!
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) and Sport England have spent a year listening to people living with long-term health conditions about their thoughts on strengthening activities. They have produced a campaign based on their findings, called ‘Stronger My Way’. The aim of the campaign is to empower people to do strengthening activities on a more …
Imposter Syndrome: The Patient & The Therapist
What is imposter syndrome? We have all been there, started a new job or gone to a friend’s party and not really known anyone – it makes you feel like you do not belong in that situation. For some individuals this is a persistent occurrence through different aspects of their everyday life, linked to a …