I cannot believe that Christmas is only a month away! This year has brought many challenges, and will continue to do so with the aptly named ‘silly season’ – the... read more →
When Marianne met Sophie in 2018 she told her “I want to be walking in a year.” Through a tremendous amount of resilience and hard work, she managed to do... read more →
Welcome to the second segment of manual handling 101! Last blog was a crash course in what can happen to our spine if we use poor posture and technique during... read more →
Sophie Pacek Exercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections My partner and I have recently moved house. It’s only when you’re in that circumstance that you realise how much you own! Anyway, it... read more →
Sophie Pacek Exercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections For those of you who read last week’s blog, you’d know it was all to do with the shoulder and its primary stabilising muscles, the... read more →
Sophie Pacek Exercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections As a child, my main sports were swimming, netball and tennis. Each activity requires high levels of shoulder mobility for strokes, throwing/shooting and hitting/serving.... read more →
Sophie Pacek Exercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections I returned to my gym last week for the first time since its COVID-19 closure. It was great to get back into exercises that... read more →
Sophie PacekExercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections With the COVID-19 restrictions easing (and the presence of some beautiful winter weather!), my partner and I have started outdoor rock climbing again. For the... read more →
Sophie PacekExercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections One of my relatives was recently diagnosed with osteoporosis, an age-related condition where our bones lose their density and become brittle over time leading to... read more →
Sophie Pacek Exercise Physiologist, Healthy Connections Welcome back to part two of improving your posture! If you missed last week’s blog, a brief recap is as follows: Posture is complex... read more →