Posts Tagged ‘Exercise & Fitness’
8 Most Common Sports Injuries: Treatment and Prevention
8 Most Common Sports Injuries: Treatment and Prevention April 30, 2024/Exercise & Fitness, Health Information Athletes and people who enjoy exercise often face the risk of injury, whether they play sports for fun, professionally or to keep fit. Sports injuries range from mild to severe and can knock you off your feet for weeks or…
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Hip Replacement Recovery: Total Hip Replacement Exercises
Hip Replacement Recovery: Total Hip Replacement Exercises June 12, 2023/Exercise & Fitness, Health Information Total hip replacement surgery is a major surgery that can be both physically and emotionally challenging. That’s why it needs a full recovery plan in place — to ensure that the body heals properly and to get you back to full…
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Top Ways To Ease Hip Pain
Top Ways To Ease Hip Pain April 12, 2023/Exercise & Fitness, Health Information Hip pain is a common complaint that can affect people of all ages, in all walks of life. It can impact people in many different ways — from causing soreness in the groin, buttocks or knee, to restricting mobility. If you suffer…
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Knee Exercises
Pre Surgery Exercises To achieve the best results from your total knee replacement surgery it is recommended that you prepare your muscles around your joint through targeted exercises, as well as ensuring you are as generally fit as possible. This puts you in the best position to achieve a faster and more successful recovery. Remember…
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Hip Exercises
Pre Surgery Exercises To achieve the best results from your total hip replacement surgery it is recommended that you prepare your muscles around your joint through targeted exercises, as well as ensuring you are as generally fit as possible. This puts you in the best position to achieve a faster and more successful recovery. Remember…
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5 key elements of Pilates
If you wish to achieve a better posture, be more mobile and gain confidence to cope with everyday challenges, Pilates could support you as you start to make healthier choices for yourself. In this video, Debra Stork, Pilates Instructor at Horder Healthcare, goes through the key elements of Pilates. 5 Key elements of Pilates Modified Pilates classes…
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Key Elements of Standing Pilates
In Standing Pilates the exercises are performed in a standing position with all the benefits of mat-based Pilates. This helps to optimise posture and gait, is gentle on vulnerable joints and focuses on improving balance and muscle strength, giving confidence for everyday activities. In this video, Debbie McLeod, Pilates Instructor at Horder Healthcare, goes through…
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15 Minute Pilates workout
In this video Debra Stork, Pilates instructor at Horder Healthcare takes you through basic Pilates exercises to help stabilise the back and the pelvis.
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Balance Exercises to Prevent Falls
Balance is our ability to continually adjust our bodies to counteract gravitational forces and prevent us from falling over. Balance issues can affect people at any stage of life, although incidences tend to increase with age. It is natural that elements of our balance will decline with age, but this can be reduced by remaining…
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20 Minute Standing Pilates Workout for Seniors
In this video Debbie Mcleod, Pilates instructor at Horder Healthcare, takes you through Standing Pilates exercises, to help improve and strengthen the lower limb muscles and provide stability to the pelvis and hips.
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