“Take care of your body. It’s the only place you have to live.” Jim Rohn
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Case Study
Something interesting happened last week whilst I was treating a client. He was referred to me a few weeks back because of hip pain. About 18 months ago a car knocked him off his bicycle and he landed on his right side, after which he immediately noticed right hip pain. He has been gradually improving…
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“Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony”. Mahatma Gandhi
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Half Full Or Half Empty?
Have you ever had a spell where nothing is going the way you want it to…in fact everything seems to be going wrong in the worst possible way? Of course you have, we all get those spells…but did you know that the way we think influences the extent to which we’re affected by those periods…
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“The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labour, and little care”. Sir Philip Sidney
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Exercise Improves Brain Function
Researchers Art Kramer and Laura Chaddock, from the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, have found that children that are aerobically fitter perform better at memory tests than their less fit peers. The improvement in brain function is linked to an increased hippocampal volume. The hippocampus is a structure deep within the brain that…
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“Prevention is better than cure” Desiderius Erasmus
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Exercise Encourages Healthy Eating
Researchers have recently postulated that exercise may help encourage healthy eating! How? By changing the structure and function of the brain! The result of which is an enhanced inhibitory control. What this means in layman’s terms is that we no longer have to succumb to the temptation or lack of restraint that causes our over…
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Feeling Sad? (Part 2)
Here are some tips to help reduce the winter blues: open the blinds and curtains and sit near windows take long walks and sit outside during your lunch break exercise regularly…it helps relieve stress and anxiety and lifts our mood get a light therapy box…it’s effective in 85% of cases when a light source 10x…
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Feeling Sad?
Have you been experiencing any of the following symptoms: Feeling down or depressed Less interested in doing things or procrastinating Loss of libido Over eating Waking up in the night Waking up too early More tired than usual, heavy limbs, aching muscles or headaches Stomach problems, sweating, cramps, having to urinate frequently, dry mouth, sighing,…