Welcome To South Dartmoor Clinic Newton Abbot & Ashburton
Thank you to everyone who showed interest and support. I’m pleased to say that I completed the course yesterday and was pleased with the result. I had no idea the run would be so hilly – over 100m of elevation over the 5k course. Looking forward (sort of!) to Dawlish in a fortnight.
A great way to help maintain low back mobility, reduce pain and muscle tension and keep the hips healthy.
Here’s another retro video for desk based people. Good for reducing tension in the neck, mid back and shoulders.
A useful exercise to do at your desk for releasing shoulder and neck tension Also very helpful for shoulder pain and facilitating breathing.
This is a wonderful stretch for gently easing stiffness and tension in the low back delivered from my clinics in TQ12 and TQ13! My mission is for everyone to become their own osteopath!
It also helps to bring space to the vertebral joints (apophyseal joints). When these joints get too jammed together from tight, stiff muscles it leads to too much pressure and load bearing on the joints. This then leads to increased wear and tear (osteoarthritis). The symptoms of this in the low back are pain and stiffness especially in the morning.
Doing these stretches yourself is like a form of self treatment. Much of my work as an osteopath is aimed at achieving what these exercises can do. Sometimes, unfortunately, we need some help from an osteopath to start things moving in the right direction. But hopefully, when the pain and stiffness has been reduced in the the low back, then the patient can build these stretches into their own exercise routine.
Feel free to contact me in Ashburton or Newton Abbot for more information, for treatment or for your own bespoke exercise plan. More exercises can be found on the News page. Have you looked at my Core Stability or Daily Routine videos?
A simple, adaptable exercise for core stability.
Core stability is defined as “the capacity of the muscles of the torso to assist in the maintenance of good posture, balance, etc., especially during movement”. Reading this definition it comes as no surprise how important it is. In fact I believe that just about every movement we do in day to day life involves the core.
A few of the exercises I’ve posted from my Newton Abbot clinic address this and much of my time as an osteopath is helping patients rebuild these areas or treatment often caused by a weakness in their core.
Regaining strength and flexibility will lead to greater confidence which will in turn encourages more movement. Please call me if you’d like help with this in come and see me if you’re in the TQ12 or TQ13 area of Devon.