Looking at shoulder positioning
How placing holding your chest up and engaging your shoulders places them in a position the relieves neck pain
Bike Set up
The reason for setting your bike up correctly is to avoid pain whilst peddling – pain in the shoulders, lower back, knees and neck. Most of the pain comes from expecting the body to function in an anatomically incorrect position under load. In an unusual position and an un-natural position for the body to be in.
Feel a bit up and down?
Sometimes we have periods in our life where we are not quite sure why we feel a bit up and down, but we know we feel a bit “wobbly” and a bit dull ache in the pit of the belly
Online Training becomes the new normal
This period of lockdown has fast-tracked online training, to become the new normal, something that would have taken years to do in the previous world of health and wellness training. This has been a fantastic opportunity to offer clients during a time of financial uncertainty for some and isolation. It has created a regular, affordable …
Is it important to set an example on the High Street?
Women, men, girls and boys walk up and down the high street, admiring clothes as they look in the windows of the shops displaying the latest fashion. We learn how to do things and what is right and wrong from the environment that surrounds us. We copy and recreate images and actions that we see. …
Straightness
It is all very well to correct our straightness and our posture in a controlled gym environment, or on a mat, but what we really need to be doing is correct it in all the actions and things we do in life. However having an understanding of what is actually stuck, tight, over flexible is …
The role of the Seat and Leg when riding a horse
There is a lot of discussion around seat and leg position in riding horses – the role of each, what one is trying to achieve etc. To strip away all of the detail what we are trying to do is sit on our horses back as lightly and relaxed as possible, to go with their movement …
Race Horse Trainers – Jenny and Chris Gordon working on their core strength along side their fitness for their sport.
Chris and Jenny have both competed in racing horses throughout their life – they have had many wins between them on point to point jump courses, and have the accolade of being the only couple to race against each other on the Grand National Course at Aintree. Now, they train horses and have a consistent …
Gait Analysis Testing
Emma has just finished assessing motion – she has added to her Biomechanics Coaching screening with “Gait Analysis” testing . Now we can be more thorough in testing the body both statically and in movement, and so get a bigger picture of the route causes of problems. Testing is about looking at issues from all angles – …
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