However good it feels to stretch, it is sometimes too much of a bother to clear a space, get out a mat and get down on the floor to stretch. Or maybe you are travelling and your hotel room doesn’t have much floor space. So here is a stretching routine that is all in standing, […]
Where is your chin?
Do you sit/stand like this? Look at how my chin has poked out as my head thrusts forwards, my back is rounded, my ribs collapsed and my belly poofed out. Attractive, isn’t it? But holding your head and neck in poor alignment isn’t only bad for your vanity. The forward head posture has a whole […]
No excuses x 4!
Last Christmas I put together a 3 part exercise routine for over the holiday period. I’ve added a 4th section, some side-lying work. Each section is only about 10 minutes, so you could do 1 routine a day or go through all 4 in one go (and then feel smug and virtuous…) For Part 1 […]
Giving your spine a break when sitting
In my last post, Sitting – the New Smoking?, I talked about how to sit well. As I pointed out, the very best thing is to change position as often as you can. Our bodies are not designed to be stationary they way modern life leads us to be. Standing up, moving around, changing your […]
Sitting – the new smoking?
Sitting: the new smoking? Sitting in a chair – especially the way most of us sit in a chair or on the sofa – is really not very good for the body. Most of us roll back off our sitting bones and collapse through our spines, poking our heads forwards towards our computer or tv […]
Warning! Your feet are your foundations
I’ve written a lot about feet recently because our feet are hugely important to our health and well-being. They are our foundations, and, as with all vertical structures, if the foundations aren’t sound the structures above are at risk. Even if your feet don’t hurt, they may be causing pain or dysfunction elsewhere in your […]