by Tracy Ward | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
Runners are often exposed to repetitive movements and strains on the body. This predominantly leads to lower body injuries, but these can then transpire to the lower back too. Low back pain in runners is often unlikely a serious pathology, but due to an imbalance in...
by Tracy Ward | Feb 19, 2021 | Blog Updates, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
Non-specific low back pain refers to low back pain without a specific explanation or structural damage source. It can affect up to 80% of the population and can alter quality of life. So how can the back get so painful without a proper injury? There are many...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog Updates, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
Pilates is highly regarded as a way of clinically keeping the body healthy, reducing injury, and rehabilitating from injury too. The evidence supporting the use of Pilates in these ways is profound and covers a huge range of conditions from back and neck pain, to...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 8, 2021 | Blog Updates, Health & wellbeing, Pilates
We all deal with stress of a varying degree. Light stresses that occur every day such as getting out the house on time and meeting deadlines, and we will all experience bigger stresses at some stage too. This current situation is proving a wave of constant uncertainty...
by Tracy Ward | Jan 1, 2021 | Blog Updates, Health & wellbeing, Lifestyle
I think I speak for everyone when I say I am SO ready for 2021 to commence. 2020 has brought some of the hardest challenges any of us have faced, and some are still very much on-going. As we navigate our way in to the new normal of life in 2021, the year of...
by Tracy Ward | Dec 18, 2020 | Blog Updates, Fitness, Health & wellbeing
I started doing yoga around the year 2013 after moving to a new village and finding a great class to join. I was instantly hooked! It was the perfect mix of strengthening exercises, flexibility, and a sprinkle of mindfulness, and I found it complimented my Pilates...