Articles in Category : Health & Wellbeing

Sunshine makes most of us feel better. Long warm sunny days of late spring and summer spent relaxing outdoors bring on the urge to uncover the barbeque and get into holiday mode. But how much time do we actually spend

When Philippa Lowcock (right) contacted me regarding her reflexology practice Totem Reflexology within Sketty Therapies, I immediately thought – feet. How wrong I was. Reflexology is a complementary therapy which is based on the theory that different points on the

I often hear people telling me in spinal clinics that they have crumbling discs. By this, they mean that the shock absorbing discs in their spines have failed and are disintegrating. This statement is often followed by an acceptance that

June 10th – 16th represents Men’s Health Week so our focus this month is on testicular cancer. It is relatively rare accounting for just 1% of all cancers that occur in men and tends to mostly affect men between the

It’s usually around this time of year, that I get asked a lot of questions like ‘What’s the quickest way to burn fat? What’s the fastest way to get a six pack or what is the fastest way to lose

The good weather of spring and summer encourages us to get active, and quite often we do things we haven’t done for a long time at an intensity we haven’t experienced for a while. Our bodies aren’t in condition and

In the past, it has been recommended that people with Parkinson’s should avoid doing another task while walking (dual tasking), so that the quality of walking (step length and speed) does not worsen. However, a study conducted by Brauer and