This week in the clinic I saw a fit 40-something lady, who had an onset of low back, hip and leg pain after simply walking a few kilometres on the beach for 4 days in a row whilst on holidays. She is upset! She exercises 3 times a week including Pilates, weights, treadmill, and more. Why should something as seemingly easy as walking cause her injury, when she can train all year with no problems?? Why can Walking Hurt? Walking is exercise, like any other exercise. It has its o

Studies show that exercise helps us age well, avoid disease, delay death, and age more slowly at a cellular level.

Summer is fast approaching, and we all want to be outdoors. Whether you want to keep fit, fresh air, or a dose of vitamin D, it is great to run outdoors. And it's important to run healthy. Increasing your outdoor running miles can increase your risk of injury - but it doesn't have to. Most running injuries are related to overuse, irregularities in training or having biomechanical factors that place increased load on your joints and muscles, or simply a single accident. In t

Movement and exercise can prolong life! There have been a number of interesting blogs and research summaries that continue to support our advice to our clients, no matter their age or level of fitness. Move! Movement is like medicine! Motion encourages blood flow, so helps to reduce load on the heart (cardiovascular system), it helps circulation thorugh the muscles of the lower body which are very sedentary in a desk based job. Movement also encourages you to take deep breath