Arthritis: Four of the best exercises to relieve stiff and painful joints

Arthritis and similar joint conditions affect more than 10 million people in the UK, according to the NHS. Symptoms include joint pain, tenderness and stiffness, inflamed joints and restricted movement. There’s currently no cure for the condition, but symptoms can be relieved through simple lifestyle changes, like exercising. Exercise is crucial for people with arthritis, according […]

Hassle-free ways to improve your diet that you won’t even notice

It’s official! A bad diet is really the world’s deadliest health risk. Eating unhealthily accounts for a fifth of all deaths, and claims more lives than smoking because of its links to heart disease, cancer and diabetes, researchers say. But in a time filled with confusing contradicting tips and health hypes such as flexitarian, vegan […]

What should our maximum heart rate be during exercise?

You have your trainers on, your FitBit is charged, but now what? When you exercise, your heart and breathing rates increase, delivering greater quantities of oxygen from the lungs to the blood, then to exercising muscles. Determining an optimal heart rate for exercise depends on your exercise goal, age, and current fitness level. Heart rate […]

Swimming Tip #1

At Physio Fitness we like to help in more ways than just curing our clients. If we can help prevent you from causing injury then we are more than happy to pass on our knowledge. Why not follow us on Facebook to see Shelley’s Tips and lots more. Click here

PHYSIO FITNESS ARE NOW OFFERING PREGNANCY MASSAGE

Physio Fitness are now offering pregnancy massage as an additional treatment, alongside our physiotherapy and sports/remedial massage. Emily, our in-house Massage Therapist offers this to those during and after pregnancy. Massage is not just a luxury, it is extremely beneficial, and during pregnancy this is definitely the case. What can pregnancy massage do to help you? · Stimulation […]

Welcome to the team Anat!

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We would like to welcome Anat Meier to join our team at Physio Fitness. Anat will be covering the morning clinics on a Monday and Friday initially, and she will introduce a Wednesday morning at a later date. Anat is a Swiss Physiotherapist who has completed a Bachelor in Physiotherapy in Switzerland and has also completed […]