I was in my late thirties when I first saw Victoria Wood’s sketch about the menopause; it went straight over my head. I saw a repeat of the show two years into peri-menopausal symptoms and laughed my head off. Victoria Wood’s gag referring...
Sports Massage is a treatment that has a misleading name and is often not well understood. 1. Sports Massage is not just for sporty people. Sports massage is actually a clinical massage that can benefit anyone whether they are active or not. By...
By Jonathan from Balanced Roots Pilates WHAT IS SAVASANA? Savasana/shavasana is a Yoga asana or pose. It is translated as corpse pose as you are doing just that; becoming a corpse. Don’t worry, you’ll keep breathing, but we are switching off all...
This is John Beattie on his way to winning in Norwich at the Lord Mayors 5k road race last month, in just 14.35 mins. I’ve recently had the pleasure or meeting and getting to know John, and I took the opportunity to drench him in questions...
By Matt Brabner, Natural Balance Osteopath. Although the excitement of Wimbledon has prompted me to write this, a key thing to know is that you don’t need to play tennis to experience ‘tennis elbow’… ‘Tennis elbow’ style pain at the outside of...
A question we (the osteopaths here at Natural Balance) are often asked… so here goes… Osteopathy has evolved a great deal since it was established by Andrew Taylor Still in the 1880s. Osteopathy is now a profession that is fully...
by Charlotte Softly – Advanced Clinical Massage Therapist As the final part of my BTEC level 6 training in Advanced Clinical and Sports Massage with Jing Institute, beginning in February I will be carrying out a research project...
By Matt Brabner, Osteopath. – BLUE MONDAY – So, I made it through #bluemonday yesterday. The day in January that is supposed to be the most dour and miserable, as the festive period wears off and financial realities and the dark...
Pedicures for me conjures up images of those tiny little shops on the high street that are all about making your nails pretty for the weekend with a spectacular range of colours from Emo black to saucy red – clearly NOT territory for your...
After some gentle (and not so gentle) encouragement from our resident triathlete Davide, a number of us here at Natural Balance signed up to ‘The Bright 10’ 10-mile run in October. We have been training hard over the last month or so, doing a mix...
If you’ve already experienced an aromatherapy massage you know how amazingly, relaxing it is. It’s not just the slow, soothing massage strokes that are used over your whole body, its the combination of the essential oils that would...
As an acupuncturist, one of the most common questions I am asked at this time of year is “how can acupuncture help me stop…..” The range of requests vary but the most common ones are around smoking and eating or to be more precise, how to stop...
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