5 common New Year mistakes – and how to avoid them
The New Year is often a time when we make resolutions and start thinking about what we’d like to achieve in the months ahead. However, as with all goal setting, it’s important to be strategic...
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Anterior knee pain in kids
Following on from last week’s post about heel pain in “tweens”, today we’re moving up the leg a little to talk about knee pain in active kids. The topic of knee pain, though, is...
Heel pain in pre-teen kids
We often hear about the importance of our kids being active. Whilst we wholeheartedly agree with getting children involved in sports or activities, to help set them up for a healthy lifetime, we also...
Hot Stuff for Pregnant Ladies
Good news for the pregnant ladies amongst us! Pregnant women have long been told to avoid extremes of heat, and have been limited to measures such as limiting baths to body temperature (37°C), or not...
Back pain in new mums
One of the conditions that we see commonly in women who've recently had a baby is lower back pain. This can sometimes come as a surprise and even disappointment for new mums, as some of...
The Top 5 Reasons to Get Moving While You’re Pregnant:
Not so long ago, pregnant women were advised to avoid physical activity or exercise, for fear of harming themselves or their unborn child. As lovely as this may sound to those of you that...