Physio pilates rehab
Basic core and glute strengthening exercise. Alternate leg lifts, transferring weight from leg to leg engaging glutes whilst pulling down on a taut band. This helps engage the core. With thanks to @bh_beyondhealth
Back to pilates rehab exercises
Strengthening the core, glutes and hamstrings. With thanks to @bh_beyondhealth With even the simplest exercise it’s important for the body to be correctly aligned for the exercise to be targeting the muscles properly.
There’s chips, mushrooms and tomatoes as well! They hadn’t arrived yet
When your healthy eating plan has a night off.
There’s a heatwave coming! Keep hydrated
Drinking 2 litres of water a day is important for a healthy body and hydrated youthful skin too. With thanks to @rory_photo for the photo of me in my garden from last Summer.
Waking up the glutes
When in rehab after a knee ligaments injury and little or no exercise for weeks- it’s best to get the basic core strength muscles activated before launching back into the same advanced levels of exercise as before. Repetitions increase daily. The instructions are in the video voice-over together with my actions. With thanks to Tessa […]
Physio exercise for rehab
When you have a knee injury, unable to exercise as usual, and you’re hyper-mobile, muscles quickly switch off especially the glute, core and hamstrings. It’s starting over again with the most basic fitness exercises. To kick start muscle memory and functionality, tie a stretchy band knotted at the ends over a door frame, and pull […]