It‘s crazy to think that doctors once used to prescribe cigarette smoking to help with respiratory problems. Some doctors believed illness came from dust, germs and lack of menthol and that cigarettes were the cure! Nowadays, we look at that advice and laugh. A sad, ironic laugh admittedly, but a laugh nonetheless! It’s hard to […]
Tag: functional movement
The Role of Nutrition in Sports Injury Recovery
Injuries are a common but unfortunate part of sports and exercise participation. The nature and severity of an injury will dictate the recovery and rehabilitation time, and protocols followed. Muscle mass, strength and function are lost quickly when injuries result in reduced movement or immobilisation, and this can also lead to unwanted weight gain. While […]
Designed to Move Well
From birth, and even in the uterus, movement is life. Movement runs the brain and literally, ‘if we don’t move it, we lose it!’ This is why god forbid, if we ever have a car accident, a physical therapist is employed and assigned to come in and move your limbs for you. The movement helps […]
Active care
What is Active Care? Active care refers to using exercise to help you to recover as quickly as possible from injury and most importantly to continue to stay strong so that you can prevent re-injury down the line. That might be mobility exercises for an area that does not move as well as it should, […]
Out of the Woods Functional movement month
This month our focus in on awareness of functional movement. Do you know what the seven functional movement patterns are? If so, can you perform them optimally? If not, are you working towards that goal? Functional movement is talked about in many walks of life these days including elite athletes, yoga, pilates, cross fit and […]
