Sitting, Smoking, Sandwiches. Is nothing safe anymore? Now sitting is a permanent fixture in the roll call of health health related no-nos, followed, more recently, by + eating too many Carbs + too much time spent on social media + not getting enough sleep It’s enough to make you reach for a Marlboro, for which, […]
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IBS and Me. I can’t banish the bloat so how do I banish the blues?
I have quite severe IBS, that is Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Mostly I can controls the symptoms, although I’m left with permanent, chronic bloating. On days when I’m worse, it’s harder to ignore – with the discomfort and pain and diarrhoea, however there aren’t too many of them and they occur when I’ve eaten the wrong food, or too much of the “right” food. But I’m lucky – I don’t have too many of those kinds of days, just lots of lots of frustration at not looking like I want to, and of eating endless boiled eggs, and no Pizza! There is one thing that I can do though – and that is to try and manage my response to the situation – it is all I have left. This is where Mindfulness comes in
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I’d like to try and explain the significance of Ground Reaction Force (GRF) and how an awareness of GRF can enhance movement – all movement: walking, running, sitting and yes, Pilates exercises.
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I don’t suppose many of us have even heard of the Piriformis muscle. Even fewer of us know where it is or what it does…. but if you have problems with it you really know about it.
So I thought it would be useful for us all to get a little better acquainted with this tremendously important and tricky little muscle.
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So, it’s January and with the new month comes a sense of new beginnings, of purpose, of renewal. I do value that because it mitigates against the faintly depressing loss of festivities and fairly lights, and instead looks to the future. I qualified as a Pilates Instructor in March 2004 – nearly 13 years ago. […]
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