Two types of exercise for the price of one. It seems that nowadays one type of exercise just isn’t cutting the mustard, and fitness experts are continually mixing and matching techniques and practices from a variety of sport and exercise activities in order to fully maximise the benefits. Zumba for example, mashes up the most read more »

Being ‘extra bendy’, although usually associated with particularly elegant, supple figures (including Sarah Jessica Parker and Shania Twain), can for some be a painful, debilitating and grossly overlooked illness. Officially termed Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type III, hypermobility is a hereditary disease caused by a genetic mutation. It causes all the moving parts in the body – read more »

Interested in natural remedies but not sure when or where to start? With this week being Herbal Medicine Week there is no time like the present, and why not begin by looking in your own cupboards? The 16th – 24th June 2012 marks Herbal Medicine Week – a week intended to raise awareness of the read more »

Official NHS figures suggest that more people are taking up sport in response to upcoming international sporting events.  There were 388,500 sports-related A&E admissions recorded between February 2011 and February 2012, which is a 15 per cent increase on the 338,200 patients admitted the previous year. Peak times for sports-related admissions were found to be read more »

It may be summer (or at least our version of it), but still hundreds of us will find ourselves plagued with runny noses, sore throats and coughing fits in a bout of the dreaded summer flu. If you’re one of the lucky ones who have managed to avoid the sniffles and hacking so far, follow read more »

Hot flushes, night sweats, troubled sleep … 8 out of 10 women going through menopause suffer from disruptive symptoms and 45% of these find them difficult to deal with. The most effective treatment for symptoms of menopause is hormone replacement therapy; however, that doesn’t come without its risks, including blood clots, stroke, heart attack and read more »

Sitting at a desk all day in front of a computer may seem like it can’t really do much damage, but in actual fact the office chair is a breeding ground for upper back and neck pain. The longer you sit at the desk the more likely you are to slouch. Your shoulders will roll read more »