This week, we celebrate National Play Tennis Day. Here at YOUtherapies we are big fans of tennis and all the fun, socialising, exercise and healthy competition that comes along with it. One of the common injuries that people associate with tennis is ‘Tennis elbow’. This month’s blog post will inform us a little on the […]

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis (Mora et al., 2019), affecting approximately 25% of adults. This prevalence increases with age.

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?

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 help you.

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 activity is able to attenuate the physical, but also the cognitive deterioration […]

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

After all the work on strengthening and relaxing your pelvic floor the last thing you’ll want is to have something like constipation (which is common in pregnancy) ruin your good work.

Another benefit of the breath work as discussed in the previous post is the effect it has on your pelvic floor.

Lots of cool physiological processes happen when you breathe. When you slow your breath down and breathe through the nose, in particular, relaxation is promoted.

The perineum is the area between your vagina and anus and is especially important for all women. During labour this area has to stretch greatly and often can tear.