We all know that doing exercise is good for our physical and mental health. Some people use workouts as their way of relaxing and destressing and therefore manage to keep up their motivation and exercise regularly. However, for others, the … Read more
How can I manage my fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is characterised by chronic pain, difficulty in focusing and recalling memories. There are a lot of misconceptions surrounding it, many of which surround how one can manage the condition. The below are some basic tips that can help.
Mental
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Fitness 101 for Busy Bodies
When our schedule becomes too busy, working out tends to be put on the back burner. It becomes too difficult to continue our consistent exercise routine because everything else seems to be just more important. However, keeping a regular exercise … Read more
Why is Exercise Good for the Brain?
When we think about the benefits of exercising, we tend to focus on it giving us more energy, losing, or maintaining weight, building stronger muscles, and having better sleep. While, these are all valid and beneficial reasons, we rarely think … Read more
All You Need To Know: Dietitians
1. What is a Dietitian?
As its most basic definition, a dietitian supports people with food and nutrition so that they can live healthier and better well-being.
2. What Do They Do?
Dietitians try to improve their health and prevent … Read more
How to deal with diabetes-related stress?
Diabetes is a metabolic disorder caused by ineffective production or utilization of the hormone insulin. The physical and psychological costs of diabetes can be high. Besides disease-specific symptoms, diabetes can lead to considerable physical, emotional, and social stress. Let’s try … Read more
All You Need to Know: Physiotherapy
1. What is Physiotherapy?
Physiotherapy helps people to regain their mobility and functional abilities first, and then to move more easily when they experience an injury or illness that affects physical activity.
2. What Do Physiotherapists Do?
Physiotherapists, thanks to … Read more
Living with IBS: the stigma of living in an unpredictable body
Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a common gastrointestinal disorder affecting 1 out of 10 humans worldwide. It is a poorly understood syndrome, consisting of plenty of medically unexplained symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, and changes in bowel habits (constipation, nausea, … Read more
Is it worth hiring a personal trainer?
Personal training is getting more and more popular, with gym goers opting for this
personalised service. Plenty of gyms even provide this service as part of their brochure
now. Some say hiring one was the best decision they made when … Read more
Your guts affect your brain, but how?
“The gut is the second brain”, “the brain-gut connection”. Have you come across these terms? Possibly yes and… quite a lot. This relationship has gained a lot of focus in the last few years. You can find such … Read more