Exercise is important for maintaining a healthy lifestyle, but for one reason or another you may have stopped exercising. A common reason with many individuals is lack of confidence due to having reduced mobility. This may have stemmed from an...
Read MoreDuring running, it is very common to experience pain in the knees and other areas throughout the legs. The majority of runners at some point or another will experience one or more of the following conditions. Commonly, they will do nothing about it, fear the worse or stop running altogether. Depending on the location of the pain, try some...
STOP! There may be no need to see your GP. The cause of all your hip pain, back pain and even leg pain, could most likely be the piriformis muscle. Piriformis syndrome is a possible cause of your pain. NOTE: Other more serious conditions, such as a herniated disc may need professional assessment by a physiotherapist. Well, what...
Arthritis is an inflammatory condition of a joint accompanied by limitation of motion, heat, pain or tenderness (1). Strength or Weight training or exercise, in general, has been previously associated with potentially accelerating conditions such as arthritis, but jumping to that conclusion could hold you back from the potential benefits (2). A challenge presented by having a condition such as...