Body Works

03/01/2025

Are you looking for a more accessible and gentle yoga class to join? Why not consider my Gentle Chair-Based Yoga? It's on your doorstep in Kings Worthy and is ideal for beginners, for those with restricted mobility, or anyone recovering from illness or injury. The classes are due to start in the second half of January. Please contact me for more information and to register your interest.

01/05/2024

So many people believe a long established myth - that the movement they have today, and the posture they have today, is "theirs", I.e. their genetic legacy, an inevitability.

How might it feel to know that it is a snapshot in time, just a platform on the journey we are making.

If you choose to get off the train, then yes, that becomes your destination. If you stay on the train however, who knows where you might find yourself?

Every day is a new chapter: new cells to instruct, new neural pathways to connect, new possibilities to explore, old beliefs and habits to examine and perhaps unpack and leave behind. Just choose to stay on the train and keep moving.

28/04/2024

Tai Chi is an amazing form of movement and exercise for all ages.

Accepting NEW Members

15/02/2024

28/04/2023

Lower back pain in runners is a fairly common occurrence. It is usually not hard to pinpoint where the pain is, but the interesting question is why.

One of the most fundamental contributors is simply how you carry yourself as you run. Many runners are very aware of posture these days and try to remain very upright as they run, but often by keeping their shoulders pinned back and their spine in what they perceive to be a straight position, they actually block the normal rotational motion of the spine which would help to dissipate impact forces on the spinal structures.

Carrying yourself buoyantly against gravity does not have to be a fight. Try standing quietly, soft and relaxed for a moment, feeling the floor pressure under your feet. Now imagine a small helium balloon attached to the top of your head, just slightly behind the centre point. Make it real and give it a colour. Helium rises, and the balloon’s job is to take the weight of your head off your spine, allowing it to expand and lengthen. Feel how your shoulders drop, and how your lower belly draws in without conscious effort.

This is as much effort as it should take to support yourself while running, so use your balloon to create a relaxed self carriage which can be sustained over distance without over-stressing other structures.

You want to go forward, so don’t spend your energy straining upward!

For more like this, check out the blog: https://www.jemsmovement.com/read-jems/

29/04/2022

Rehabilitation professionals, how would it feel to step into something fresh, inspiring and transformative for your clinical practice?Maybe you are worn out ...

19/01/2022

Garth is the 'Go To Guy' for bike fits. Highly recommended

03/11/2021

This is just one way that my acupuncture colleagues and I could contribute to making a difference to clinic waste.

Better Packaging for Acupuncture supplies

27/09/2021

A super opportunity to work with a friendly dedicated team.....

12/03/2021

Love listening to Jo Elphinston’s words of wisdom. Will be tuning in to this one.

Moving the Brain: Transforming Exercise into Meaningful Movement
Joanne Elphinston, live on 18 March at 1.15pm GMT
on the Academy of Physical Medicine’s Lunchtime Learning session

There is so much more to successful rehabilitation than selecting the right exercises in the appropriate dosage.

Movement is more than "motor". To facilitate effective movement, we need to talk to the brain in a language that it understands. Each person's brain comes preloaded with a vast library of memories, assumptions, associations and emotional content, and the brain uses these to generate sensory predictions which become visible as movement. This can either be a barrier to change, or a powerful asset if we use this knowledge to influence the way we introduce and cue a movement. Contemporary brain science offers us a rich and expansive invitation to evolve beyond the conventional mind over matter approach and step into a method which reveals creative new choices and possibilities through the patient's unfolding process of embodiment and self discovery.

Registration:

This event is free, but registration is required.

If you’re not already registered with APM, please register on their website (below) as soon as possible.

If you’re already registered for APM CPD, there is no need to re-register, but do get in touch with them if you need a reminder of your log in details.

https://www.academyofphysicalmedicine.co.uk/covid-19-registration/