Core strength-do you have it?
Here is a test for you to see
There is a lot of talk these days about core strength and for very good reasons. You need core strength to help your body in everything you do. If not, you are in a lot higher risk bracket of injury. But how do you [...]
Mark Perren-Jones from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
the good…
From a standing position place one foot back behind you in a comfortably wide stance. Make sure you keep the back foot facing forward, do not let it turn out. You may have to look at the back foot to check because it can [...]
The exercises that you should avoid in the gym
SIT-UPS
There are many exercises and gym myths that I am going to debunk in the following blogs so that you can get the best out of your gym workouts and more importantly, not injure yourself.
First of all, if you are doing sit-ups to strengthen your core-STOP!
I will [...]
If I was asked which the best exercise for lower back pain is and I could only choose one which would it be.
I am sure that if you are reading this you probably are suffering from lower back pain or at least have at some point been suffering from back ache. Let’s face it, [...]
Exercise and say goodbye to stress, new study shows
It’s been well known for a long time that when we exercise we tend to deal with stress more easily. Scientists have known this for years but the big question remained-how does this actually happen? Well, now thanks to researchers at Princeton University and a handful [...]
Here’s a quick and effective little exercise that relieves upper back tension for those tight shoulders and neck from being at the computer, driving the car or from good old everyday stress.
So many of us have tight and painful upper backs and necks and It generally takes years of accumulated bad posture and [...]
Exercise for neck pain works, study shows.
So much research in the area of pain management is consistently proving that just therapy alone is not the best way to remove your pain. Therapy PLUS CORRECT EXERCISES will not only get you better more quickly but also help you remain pain free. Here is another study [...]
Mark Perren-Jones from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Lower back strengthening exercises
These exercises are for all lower back pain. Those people who suffer from disc pain, sciatica and pain which is worse from sitting or bending forwards and is normally better when standing are going to benefit enormously from these.
These exercises work [...]
Mark Perren-Jones from the Haven Spa and Health Clinic
Here are the most important stretches you should be doing if you use a computer and the ones you should completely avoid! We all spend way too much time on computers these days so it’s important to know what stretches to do to ease neck tension [...]
Mark Perren-Jones from the haven Spa and Health Clinic
Ok, so we have discovered that static stretching is NOT what you want to be doing but that now leads us to the question-what should we be doing?
Dynamic stretching and dynamic warm ups!
When you stretch your muscles whilst you are moving, you are doing what s known [...]
