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Exercise at Christmas
Christmas can be a fantastic and exciting time but also full of stresses. Many mums that do regular exercise find it hard as the classes and bootcamps tend to stop the same week as the kids break up from school. There are things you can do at home but it is hard to keep motivated…
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Mindfulness for Mums at Christmas
Xmas time can be stressful for mums with so many demands from work, household, family, kids plays, concerts, costume organising, parties – shall I go on? The main thing that gets missed off is you and your exercise. It is important to schedule time out for you to do exercise, eat healthily and spend the…
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Heated Pilates
We are delighted to announce that we are adding Heated Pilates to our timetable at Farnham Pilates from January, 2016. But what is Heated Pilates? Heated or warm flowing Pilates is an effective workout in a warm environment. The class uses the benefit of heat to help muscles into muscles more deeply and effectively and…
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Pilates and Massage – a Perfect Match
I’m sure I’m not alone in loving a good massage. It can work so well with Pilates clients who combine Pilates for strengthening and massage for relaxing tense muscles. Massage and Pilates really are a great match. This week we have a guest blog from deep tissue and hot stone massage expert Aase Waterman. We…
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Can Christmas give you back pain?
There are many activities you may have to do around the Christmas season that can cause common problems and injuries. As back pain affects 80% of us at some point, here is some advice about what to do to prevent problems – The first line of treatment has traditionally been paracetamol, but new research has…
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I’m a Pilates teacher! I cant have hurt my back!
I have corrected, advised and helped over 2000 clients over 10 years with back pain but I have to admit it – I have had low back pain (LBP) and severe pain twice where I can’t actually move. This happened on Sept 2014 and Sept 2015 (can you see a pattern forming – having the…
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Is parenting making your back ache?
The school run, breastfeeding, birth, even cuddles can contribute to chronic back ache but it doesn’t have to be something you put up with. When you think about it, it isn’t surprising that the many tasks you juggle daily in addition to the effects of pregnancy and birth on your body can lead to constant back…
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Are you scared of exercise? We can help!
With Halloween just round the corner again I want to use this scary time of year to motivate people to face some of the biggest fears they have about working out. Gym-phobia is a stumbling block for a lot of people who want to start exercising more regularly but feel really anxious about working…
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Back Care for Parents (and what to do if it hurts!)
When you’re a parent lifting is part of the job, but like most aspects of parenting you don’t get any training for it. However if you don’t take care of your back when lifting this can have serious consequences down the line. Here are some tips and ideas to help keep a healthy back when…
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Back care for Mums
Back care for busy mums With Back Care Awareness Week this week, the main focus was to get Britain thinking about their posture, moving more and standing while working, I thought we should also focus on busy mums working from home. So are you a busy mum, rushing about and you only realise at…