Inner Core Therapy
  • Home
  • Breathing
  • About
  • Blog

Keep On Moving. It's That Simple.

1/14/2016

0 Comments

 
As therapists, we usually find ourselves repeating the instruction to move more.  We know it makes sense, we know it works.  It works biomechanically, it produces endorphins, it enables and empowers and that is hugely healing in itself.
​
We sometimes struggle to carry ‘weight’ in our conviction (in the absence of medical ‘evidence’).  Our clients are often given pain killers and told to rest, by their GPs.  How can we get past this ‘clinical’ advice and get our message across?
We get help.  Here’s some help.

Inside Health listener and keep fit enthusiast, David Heathcote, wanted advice on how far he should safely push himself when he’s training in the gym.

In this special programme about the health benefits of keeping active, Dr Mark Porter helps David to find the answer to his question about the exercise “sweet spot”.
​
If you struggle to screw the top off a jar, or use your arms to push yourself out of your chair, that’s a sure fire sign, according to Dr Philip Conaghan, consultant rheumatologist and Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine at the University of Leeds, that your muscles are weak. And the good news is that building muscle strength will protect your joints, not damage them. Dr Conaghan tells Mark that there’s a worrying lack of understanding about the impact of muscle weakness on arthritic joints.

Over the last decade there’s been a growing interest in the relationship between activity and the risk of developing cancer. Studies have demonstrated that exercise appears to have a protective effect against at least four different cancers (breast cancer, colon cancer, endometrial cancer and some upper gastrointestinal cancers) and that being fit helps recovery from cancer too. Dr Denny Levett, a consultant in peri-operative medicine and critical care at University Hospital, Southampton who has a special interest in the relationship between exercise and health, says the reason for the apparent protective effect of fitness is still being researched but the evidence that the effect exists is now widely accepted.

Professor of Clinical Cardiology, Sanjay Sharma from St George’s University of London outlines the benefits to our hearts of keeping active and Park Run fan and regular Inside Health contributor, Dr Margaret McCartney, admits how running has become something of an obsession and promises that the evidence shows that when it comes to getting fitter, it’s never too late to start.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06vkg24

Happy moving.

All the best,
Declan
0 Comments

Your comment will be posted after it is approved.


Leave a Reply.

    Declan

    Declan Clark has been a therapist for 30 years. With understanding of the body, an interest in fascia, and as a Buteyko Breathing Educator, Declan brings things together to help people live better lives.

    Picture

    Archives

    May 2017
    March 2017
    August 2016
    July 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    August 2015
    October 2014
    September 2014
    July 2014
    January 2014
    August 2013
    February 2012

    Subjects

    All
    Asthma
    Breathing
    Buteyko
    Diabetes
    Exercise
    Movement
    Nutrition
    Parenting
    Parkinson's
    Sleep
    Stress
    Wellness
    Yoga

    RSS Feed

+1 506 381-9465
DECLAN CLARK — Inner Core Therapy — Copyright © 2021
  • Home
  • Breathing
  • About
  • Blog