Simple things work! A systematic review and meta-analysis of walking groups looked at forty-two studies involving 1843 participants & showed significant benefits in blood pressure, resting heart rate, body fat, body mass, cholesterol and depression*.
Start a routine. We have lots of great walks locally.
*Hansen & Jones, 2015. https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/49/11/710.short
Remember to keep up your strength training before heading off on your trip. This will allow you to ski/board for longer without fatiguing. More importantly, strength training will also reduce your risk of injury. Great ways to improve strength and fitness indoors this winter include yoga, spin classes, weight training, rock climbing and more.
Another great way to improve your strength is through Pilates. Our Pilates classes run on 7am Mondays, 6:30pm Mondays, 7am Wednesdays and 12:15pm Fridays. Pilates helps to improve physical strength, flexibility, posture, and enhance mental awareness. All these benefits will allow you to be stronger and safer on the snow – these equal more fun!
Staying active throughout the winter can sometimes be difficult. No matter how choose to keep active and get stronger, something is better than nothing! Buy yourself some new exercise clothes. Remind yourself of your fitness goals, or make new goals.
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With 2018 under way and the upcoming uni semester fast approaching and workloads increasing, it is important to consider how to best maintain our health and bodies at home and at work. Particularly for those of us on campus working long hours at desks, computers and various projects, a large risk is the onset of neck pain. Not only is this uncomfortable, but impacts on our day to day routine and often effectiveness at the tasks so important to us.
As campus gets increasingly busy, it’s more important than ever to keep moving, and keep an eye on our work related postures. Although pain often follows trauma, it is often a consequence of remaining too long in one posture, whether this is sitting or standing. This may be seated at the computer desk, looking at our phones, or standing and chatting to colleagues. Chances of injury or pain is then increased with any kind of stress that may be experienced throughout the day.
As a university physiotherapy clinic that has been on campus for 14 years, NU Moves understands the workplace demands on staff, including the regular postural demands and time constraints. We are also familiar with treating a range of resulting issues such as neck, arm and lower back pain. Manual therapy or exercise prescription are extremely useful tools that our qualified physiotherapists can use to get you on track to moving well and feeling great. A great goal to aim for in terms of movement is 30 minutes a day, and 150 minutes a week, whether this is walking to lunch, your car, or to grab a coffee.
If you are experiencing pain at work, or wanting to maximise your health and movement, NU Moves Physio can help. With post graduate qualifications and experience in musculoskeletal assessment, manual therapy, exercise prescription and outstanding problem solving, out physiotherapists are here to help. One on one treatment sessions involve a thorough assessment to determine what is causing your pain, and a treatment plan explained in depth, so you know how to approach improving your health from your first appointment.