April 2019

No matter what your lifestyle is or your daily activities, whether you sit in front of your computer screen for eight hours a day or lift weights for a living, you are susceptible to muscle pain at certain trigger points. The reason you experience pain is due to muscle knots. Muscle knots (myofascial trigger points) are caused by stress, anxiety, and the misuse of muscles. These knots will make it hard for you to work out or maintain flexibility. Here are a few things you can do to help reduce your muscle knots and pain. Heat and Cold Therapy This is the

Frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) is a condition where your shoulder becomes stiff, painful, and has limited motion in all directions. If you are experiencing a frozen shoulder, all you need to do is some physio stretching exercises. In the following article, you will learn more about physio exercises to help you recover from frozen shoulder. 1) Pendulum Stretch - Relax your shoulders. - Stand and lean over slightly, allowing the affected arm to hang down. - Swing the arm in a small circle — about a foot in diameter. - Perform ten revolutions in each direction, once a day. - As your symptoms improve, increase the

Bringing new life into the world is joyful, but you have to face a lot of challenges, especially when it comes to your body. Some pregnancy side-effects will stick around after the baby is born. Doing some in-home physiotherapy exercises and massage therapy can help you cope with postnatal changes in your body. To help you look after your body and strengthen your muscles after childbirth, here are some in-home physiotherapy exercises you can try out. Pelvic Tilts Pregnancy can make your pelvic floor weak. Therefore, it is important to do exercises that strengthen your pelvic floor. 1) Lie on your back, knee