by Lucy Dunleavy | 05/04/22 | Fitness, Health, Posture
To have a strong body means we are better able to withstand stresses and strains put upon it in our day to day activities. A strong body will be able to move better, bend and flex, and be as pain free as possible. A strong body begins with the spine. Our spines are...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 07/11/17 | Health, Posture
A good deep tissue massage can address a variety of muscular pain conditions, however, unless the source of the pain problem is identified, the pain will very likely return. Western medicine is often criticised for it’s approach of simply giving out pills to...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 21/09/17 | Health, Posture
The spine naturally is made up of a series of curves, which are essential to us as shock absorbers. They transform the spine from a straight, inflexible rod to a spring, which is able to bend and flex in response to the stress caused by the impact of walking,...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 08/02/17 | Health
Trigger points are a major cause of pain within our bodies. Many people grimly live with very real pain which has often been misdiagnosed as something else, or had it categorized as imaginary. The knot-like characteristics of trigger points have been written about for...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 16/07/14 | Massage, Posture
Bad posture over a period of time results in trigger points in your muscles which can pull the bones into unnatural twists or curves. An example of this is the dreaded dowager’s hump. A humped back is merely a result of tight chest and neck muscles. An apparent...