10 Things you should consider about your work chair Article written by Colin Taylor (Clinical Manager, Chartered Physiotherapist and Ergonomic Assessor at Healthcare Direct) A lot of our people spend the majority of their working day or week spent sitting office chair. If you suffer from back or neck pain…
10 Things you should consider about your work chair Article written by Colin Taylor (Clinical Manager, Chartered Physiotherapist and Ergonomic Assessor at Healthcare Direct) A lot of our people spend the majority of their working day or week spent sitting office chair. If you suffer from back or neck pain…
7 Tips to Keep Your Heart Happy Abbott: Read article at – http://www.abbott.com/newsroom/news/tips-to-keep-your-heart-happy.html?sf20842981=1# Did you know your heart beats about 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood throughout the body each day? That’s a hard-working muscle! Consider these healthy habits to keep your ticker in top condition: 1….
BENEFITS OF STRETCHING Colin Taylor, Clinical Manager, & Annette Shanahan, Clinical Director, Healthcare Direct As you age, muscles become less flexible, losing their elasticity and this results in less mobility in the joints. We notice this first in ‘new’ stiffness, as when rising from sitting, stiffness in our feet and…
CARDI – Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland CARDI launched the report Keeping Active for Better Ageing at The International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics European Region Congress 2015 in Dublin today (Friday 24 April 2015). The research paper examines the factors that encourage more physical activity in…