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For anyone suffering with Artritis, simple daily tasks can be difficult or take longer to do. Frequently adaptions may be needed to complete everyday tasks, or changes in lifestyle are required to manage the condition. Worry no more, we’ve discovered a miraculous solution to this debilitating condition: Pilates for Arthritis! Yes, you haven’t misread this. Pilates is a low-impact exercise which emphasises core muscle stability, spinal flexibility, and maintaining joint mobility, all this can help to relieve arthritis pain and improve your overall quality of life. Diagnosis of this condition has increased by 40% in the UK between 2004 and...

How does it do this? Through strengthening the core, improving overall flexibility and creating strong, lean muscles. It Fixes Muscular Imbalances Equine Pilates™ addresses muscular imbalances which can often be the cause of injuries. It does this through a focus on unilateral movements. In basic terms, it means exercises which work one side at a time. Exercising in this way helps develop even muscles on both sides of the horse. When working with your horse you’ll identify imbalances in their body and posture, which through the various exercises and stretches, you’ll be able to work on them to correct discrepancies...

By Amanda Griffiths. In recent years, much research in fitness training has discovered the value of core training. The body's core includes the four main abdominal muscles, the pelvic floor muscles, and the erector spinal muscles which support the spine. Collectively, these muscle groups keep the back straight and strong. Understanding the core muscles: The four abdominal muscles, the Rectus Abdominus, Transverse Abdominus, and Internal and External Obliques, do much more than support the back. These four muscles compress the abdomen to aid in moving the contents of the various visceral organs through the body efficiently. These activities include urination,...

Lower back pain can be broken down into acute and persistent. Acute pain is of short duration and normally resolves when the body heals itself, for instance after injuries or operations.The latter, Pain can become chronic or long-lasting, it can persist for more than three months after the initial episode. Persistent back pain defines the ongoing back problems that many of us experience.Why do we suffer with pain in our lower back? If we sprain a calf muscle in our leg, it causes acute pain and we initially rest the muscle and avoid over-loading it or over-stretching it. Then, when the...

The ‘Core’ is the powerhouse of the body, think of these muscles as the strong central link in the chain connecting the upper and lower body. Whether you're performing a sport or mopping the floor, the necessary movement either originates in the core, or moves through it. No matter where movement originates, it ripples upward and downward to adjoining links of the chain. Therefore, weak or inflexible core muscles can impair how well the arms and leg’s function, which could sap power from many of the moves you make. Correctly building up the core muscles really cranks up your power....