by YTherapies | Sep 18, 2023 | News
By Éadaoin McNamara Pilates has taken the world by storm in recent years and continues to grow in popularity as a form of exercise. So what is Pilates and what’s all the raving about? In short, Pilates is a low impact, mind-body type of exercise designed to optimize...
by YTherapies | Jul 22, 2023 | News
by Éadaoin McNamara Why exercise? It can be difficult to motivate yourself to exercise when you have received a cancer diagnosis and feeling unwell, especially if you were less active prior to your diagnosis. If you are being treated for cancer, physical activity can...
by YTherapies | Sep 2, 2022 | News
Aging is associated with several biological changes some of these include the reduction of muscle, strength, function leading to frailty. As we all know, it’s natural to see some changes as we age, however you can slow down the decline through movement. Physical...
by YTherapies | Jul 2, 2021 | News
Osteoporosis, a systemic skeletal disease, is characterised by low bone mass and bone tissue deterioration resulting in increased fragility of the bone and susceptibility to injury (Pasking, Ong and Armstrong, 2020). Recent studies show that 1 in 3 postmenopausal...
by YTherapies | Jul 2, 2021 | News
A hiatus (hiatal) hernia occurs when the upper part of the stomach bulges through a diaphragm. The diaphragm consists of small openings where the oesophagus passes before connecting to the stomach. The stomach pushes up through this opening and into the chest. A small...
by YTherapies | Jul 2, 2021 | News
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Irish men and the second most common overall, above breast cancer. According to the National Cancer Registry, 3,474 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer each year in the country. This means that 1 in 8 men will be...