From the category archives:

Exercise

Beckham by-passes Britain for treatment in Finland

March 15, 2010

Flickr

David Beckham gets injured, and flies to Finland for treatment.
Normally one opts formedical  treatment near to friends or family – so one would have imagined that Bekcham would have been flown straight home to England for treatment to his left Achilles tendon.
Instead, reports say he is being treated in Turku, Finland, at the clinic [...]

Read the full article →

When a focus group thought ‘Royal Marsden’ was the name of a potato

December 28, 2009

Gordon Brown making plans for the NHS

MASSIVE CUTS FORECAST IN NHS
2010 is Election year – and everyone is forecasting massive cuts in NHS Funds.
But – is this such a bad thing?  Or will cuts force the NHS administration to think seriously about where the cuts will fall – and perhaps even devise plans to [...]

Read the full article →

Bikram Yoga Is Not Healthy For Madonna, claims celebrity yoga trainer

November 30, 2009

According to celebrity yoga trainer Subodh Gupta,  you should make sure you are following
the right yoga teaching for you, especially if taking yoga classes after cancer.                                                                                                                                                                   Recently he has claimed there are reasons why the Bikram Yoga style is not healthy – for Madonna or anyone else.
Looking at recent pictures of ‘Madge’, he may have [...]

Read the full article →

Every little helps!

October 17, 2009

She probably kept slim by walking to work   Flickr

LOSING WEIGHT IN THE OFFICE

Anyone who sits at a desk or computer knows that it isn’t very healthy. Or good for your waistline. You certainly don’t get much exercise barricaded behind your PC, boredom and stress lead to all-too-frequent calorie-fests, and by the end of the [...]

Read the full article →

Swimming helps recovery

October 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia

SWIMMING IS GOOD FOR YOU
- agedfrom  1 – 100.  And especially if you want exercise that can be tailored to your needs.
Recently Tessa Jowell (yes – the minister who has been side-lined to head the Olympics) created howls of mirth when she announced that over 60s were going to be given free swimming [...]

Read the full article →

Physio works with exercise

October 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia

PHYSIOTHERAPY
I tend to put Exercise and Physio together.
Both will help enormously in most cases to get you  fit again.                                                                                                           They are both hard physical work!                                                    And often work in tandem.
A number of Chartered Physiotherapists in the UK work in oncology and palliative care.  There are 3 main [...]

Read the full article →

Exercise, Physio and Swimming

August 4, 2009

Don’t worry – he’s a Marine!

GUILT BE GONE!
We’ve all been there – dragged our gym kit into the office with the intention of a post-work workout, only to be lured to the pub by the prospect of a big glass of wine and a chat with our mates.
And how many times have we backed [...]

Read the full article →

Dr. Susan says

June 19, 2008

Excerpt from the June 2008 issue of Beyond a Cure newsletter.

“Get Moving!”
Now that we’ve moved our offices to Santa Monica, I’ve found a new way to add exercise to my day: biking to work from my home in Pacific Palisades. It’s about a 6-mile ride each way, it’s far from flat, and it [...]

Read the full article →