Ageing healthy, pain free, motivated, exercise and looking after mental health

Many years ago, when I was not even at the proper beginning of my own health movement journey, but rather "tinkering on the periphery",...

In my line of work as a movement therapist, I work a lot with peri- and post-menopausal women, helping them to strengthen their bodies -...

Pilates in Wimborne, love the human body, support and nourish the nervous system

What’s your greatest movement achievement of 2023? Perhaps sticking to your new fitness programme, taking up running or lifting weights,...

Let’s talk about pelvic floors, ladies and gentlemen. As you know by now, it is one of my most favourite subjects to chat about. What is...

Recently, we have been exploring the “slowed down” approach to movement in my sessions. We experimenting with self-assessing how the core...

Wouldn’t be an amazing thing to keep our body strong and agile right into the ripe old age. Happy joints, lean, strong muscles, flexible...

It is October 2012 and I think I am really, truly, badly broken. I have a 9 month old baby, my first-born, who I should enjoy, but I am...

Does this sound familiar? The pain comes on unexpectedly, we find the area is tense, so we rub it out. It does not subside, but we put up...

How do we heal our pelvic floors? Pilates is a form of exercise that has traditionally been viewed as very effective for pelvic floor...

Joint health. How is yours right now? We can take our joints for granted for decades until trouble hits. Stiffness, clicking, crunching,...

Season’s greetings to all my wonderful readers. May the next year bring you health, joy in life and relationships, success with your...

In the previous post, we spoke about the mechanism via which chronic pain comes about. Briefly - it is a construct of the brain and is...

Why do we get chronic pain? The traditional view is that pain comes from injured tissues. And it is true to a huge extent - if we cut our...

I love to share new stuff with you here. Today, I would love to tell you more about Hypopressives and how they benefit pelvic floors....

Have you ever wondered what walking is? It's a strange question, isn't it... one leg forward, one leg back, is a good starting point. Any...

A very good day to you. I hope you are doing well. And your body. And your feet. On this note - how much do you think about your feet?...

Many people have these days heard about core stability being good for us. You might have heard this especially frequently if you come to...

One of my favourite topics is pelvic floor and abdominals. Such an important subject, and much had been written about it - and there is...