7 Exercises Sitting at Your Desk
Here are a few gentle exercises that you can do sitting at your desk, to help ease your stiff back and spine 1. First of all, simply breathe slowly. Rest your hands on your belly and feel it moving out and in, as you breathe in and out. It’s so easy to forget to breathe
An Icy Fall
BANG! Down on her bottom on black ice when she was walking the dog a couple of weeks back. Winded, she lay there for several seconds, the dog joyfully licking her face, enjoying this interesting new game . . . ! She hobbled into my treatment room a couple of days ago, clearly in a
7 Tips for Valentine’s Day With a Bad Back
It’s Valentine’s Day, you really want to be with your Beloved, but your back is aching – what to do?! In my 30+ years of being a qualified osteopath, several people have asked me about this. The most extreme case was the bride who called me on the morning of her wedding. She had put
A Tale of Concussion in 1536
It was a cold January day in 1536, and the history of England was about to change. A 44-year old man, 6‘1“ and renowned for his manly good looks, as well as his prowess at archery and real tennis, mounted his horse. He took care to lower his visor – he still had migraines from
15
I have just realised that this year I shall be marking the 15th anniversaries of the assorted procedures surgeries and treatments for my breast cancer 😊 15 years, that’s rather encouraging – and indeed I have just remembered that I completely forgot the 15th anniversary of finding a lump in my breast on the day
Take the Time to Nourish You
Do you feel that you are always on the go, always pushing yourself? Does your Soul have time to breathe, do you take time to stretch – luxuriating in your joints and muscles as a cat luxuriates in front of a fire, light dappling on its warm fur…? How do you nourish your soul, your