This time we show you how to get your mid back moving and to improve your posture. Stiffness in the thoracic spine creates more stress in the neck and in the low back - as well as typically creating the rolled forward shoulder position. With the shoulders rolled forward we end up tighter in the chest and prone to more shoulder and neck aches - so i think this simple exercise is great. Although the video shows how to do this with a foam roller - if you are particularly s

Hip Hip Hooray - its Move Better Monday - and today is about how to stretch the front of the hip. Hip flexors like the Psoas, the Rectus Femoris and the TFL get the blame for a lot of things. Not all of which are their fault - however if they are part of your problem this stretch can feel great and can improve the way the pelvis, hips and low back work and feel. There are some simple things you can do to make this type of stretch more effective and safer for the low back -

Hip joint pathologies are a common complaint that I see in clinic. True hip pain can be quite debilitating. Walking, climbing stairs and even doing your shoelaces up can be an exercise in patience and futility. So what is the hip, and what are common hip injuries or soreness that can plague your sport or day-to-day activities? How can we treat them? How can we get back to doing what we love to do? The Hip (Femoral Acetabular) Joint As most of you know the hip joint is a bal

Today our Move Better Monday covers the all important way to improve low back stability and strength. If you have back pain you can almost guarantee that someone has told you to strengthen your core. But what does that mean?? There are so many muscles, so many different ways to exercise and some of the core exercises may in fact cause pain. So here we show you one of our favourite moves that has been advocated for many different types of low back pain and championed by Profes

Neck Pain. This simple Chin Tuck move may be your next favourite thing. Here we want to show you a simple movement that can both ease neck pain and tension as well as strengthen some often neglected muscles of the neck. It isn't the most glamorous of exercises - but the Chin Tuck is a simple easy to repeat exercise that you can do through your day. It acts as a way to lengthen the back of the neck, open up the gap between the back of the skull and the neck that we often feel

It is very important to stretch those calf muscles out and this is a fantastic stretch for all sports. This stretch will also give you some tips to make it a little easier.

How to Stretch the neck and shoulder region whilst sitting at your desk. Rach our acupuncturist and clinical masseuse shares a simple way to stretch the group of muscles at the side of the neck called the scalenes These muscles can refer pain into the shoulder and arm region as well as the neck. Take your time with these stretches - let the muscles relax into the stretch. Do not continue if these cause pain or tingling in the hands or arms. As always - if in doubt - check it