EJ Sports Therapy

07/05/2020

If you're unable to get outside for your daily exercise, chair yoga or gardening will increase joint fluid, in turn helping to protect the cartilage.

💥𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞 & 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬💥
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"🔎Relatively recent research demonstrating a mechanism through which exercise may work to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis. This study fits nicely with others showing that moderate exercise appears to have a protective effect on joint cartilage.
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🧠In this study (cited below), researchers subjected chondrocytes (cartilage cells) to mechanical loading, which activated the HDAC6 protein and lead to a suppression of inflammatory signaling.
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🏋🏼‍♂️Often times, I run into people who worry that exercise will damage their joints. Hopefully, this research will change this belief and help others understand that loading their joints through moderate doses of exercise can positively influence cartilage health and reduce the risk of developing arthritis.
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📚Reference: Fu S, et al. Mechanical loading inhibits cartilage inflammatory signalling via an HDAC6 and IFT-dependent mechanism regulating primary cilia elongation. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2019.
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If you want to learn more about osteoarthritis, you can watch the lectures by Ewa Roos and Soren Skou at www.trustme-ed.com. .
Link in bio 🤓👍

21/04/2020

Because I can’t do any hands on treatment at the moment, I’m conducting my objective assessments out on the pets...

14/04/2020

The British Journal of Sports Medicine have put an info graphic together to encourage vulnerable and at risk groups of people to stay active. This could be spending time in the garden/yard/outdoor space doing some gardening or light exercise once a day.
Maybe look at downloading the DownDog app (it's free currently until June) for simple chair Yoga exercises.

Any exercise is better than none.

Another

For the ‘at-risk’ or vulnerable -19 group: staying or becoming active during social distancing

http://ow.ly/Yn8v50zbzQm

05/04/2020

Here’s a little poem I wrote about today’s weather ☀️ and the current situation 🦠 - enjoy 😄

30/03/2020

Here are some arm and wrist stretches for you to be getting on with. Extremely useful if you’ve been doing any upper body HIIT workouts whilst isolating.

30/03/2020

I’m planning on doing some stretching videos today because I know a lot of you have been running, cycling and walking these past few weeks.

This has made me giggle, you’re welcome to try it but please don’t over do it 🤣 (please note, this is light hearted humour which is much needed at this moment in time).

22/03/2020

Today was meant to be the 4th Run Wigan Festival. Sadly due to Covid-19 it has been postponed until later on in the year.
If you’re struggling with finding exercises to do whilst at home or in the garden, a few fitness apps are letting you access them for free. Here are two of them:
Down Dog - https://www.downdogapp.com/
Les Mills - https://www.lesmills.com/uk/ondemand/

Down Dog provides a studio-like yoga experience in the comfort of your home.

20/03/2020

I’ve been a bit quiet on here since September of last year, as I started working in a private sports injury clinic in Manchester.
Over the next couple of weeks I’m going to be uploading different activities you can do at home in the living room, garden, back yard or in the local park to keep you physically fit and well in these uncertain times due to Covid-19.
It goes without saying, please keep your general well-being in your minds eye at all times and if you’re self isolating, please stay safe and well.

If you have any issues, please do get in touch via messenger, drop me a text or request a video consultation.

24/09/2019

Mother Hen has neck and back pain so a bit of deep tissue massage was needed this evening to iron out the muscles around the mid back and neck.
In order to aid the massage, some home exercises have been prescribed to relieve the pain she’s been experiencing.

01/09/2019

Good Luck to everyone running in the Joining Jack 10K Run - Wigan Town Centre today 🏃🏼

14/08/2019

Using the leg press is more about control rather than power.

25/07/2019

Not moving is the worst thing you can do for back pain. When you've been cleared to exercise, try these core-strengthening moves instead.