Posts Tagged ‘Exercise & Fitness’
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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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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How to use a spiky ball for muscle tension relief
Poor posture, stress and overuse of muscles can cause muscle tension all over the body. In this video Debra Stork, Pilates instructor at Horder Healthcare, takes you through basic exercises using a spiky ball or a tennis ball, to release muscle tension.
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How exercise can help Osteoarthritis symptoms
by Physiotherapist Martin Dickson Exercise is something we should probably all do a little more of, but this is especially true for people with osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a disease of the joints, such as the hip or knee, which affects at least 8 million people in the UK alone. When the joint loses cartilage through wear…
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Getting the balance right
Balance problems can have significant physical and psychological impacts on people’s lives and can occur at any time of life, although the incidence tends to increase with age. It’s reported that 1 in 3 adults over 65 still living independently will have a fall at least once a year, half of these people will fall…
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Dealing with common football injuries
By Gemma Freeman, Physiotherapist from Horder Healthcare ‘Football injuries can be caused by a direct impact, for example following a tackle or non impact such as twisting awkwardly,’ says Gemma. ‘It’s often the combination of physical contact and moving and twisting at high speeds that can cause problems.’ ‘There are a few things you can do, however, even…
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