Choosing the Right Exercise When You Are Stressed One of the most common things I hear is, “I know exercise helps my stress, I just don’t know what I should be doing”. That confusion alone can be stressful. Here is the simple rule I give to all my clients. Match the intensity of your movement to the intensity of your…
What Stress Does to Your Body and Why Movement Changes Everything When you are stressed, your body shifts into a state designed for short bursts of danger. Heart rate increases. Breathing becomes shallow. Muscles tighten. Digestion slows down. This is useful if you need to react quickly. It is not useful if it becomes your default setting. Chronic stress keeps…
Stress Is Not the Enemy, But How We Deal with it Matters If I asked you how stressed you feel on a scale of one to ten, most people would pause, laugh, and then say something like “honestly… about an eight”. Stress has become so normal that we barely question it anymore. Work stress, family stress, financial stress, social stress.…
Chloe usually writes the blogs here at Astral Fitness, but has decided to rest her weary fingers and let Jen takeover for the month of April, this is the final week of the takeover and Chloe will be back writing for you next month. Have suggestions of what you’d like to read? Pop Chloe an email to [email protected] and let…
Jen is continuing her takeover of the Astral Fitness Blogs this month, letting Chloe rest her weary fingers for a little while. It is apt that Jen is with you this month, as it was two years ago this month that Chloe first introduced you to Jen and she started shadowing her during some of your appointments. This week Jen…
Chloe usually writes the blogs here at Astral Fitness, but has decided to rest her weary fingers and let Jen takeover for the month of April. An Update with Jen As part of our profession, we have an obligation to keep up to date, relevant and educated. Chloe and I are both full members of the Sports Therapy Association (STA),…
Chloe usually writes the blogs here at Astral Fitness, but has decided to rest her weary fingers and let Jen takeover for the month of April. A Catch Up with Jen In the treatment room at Astral Fitness there is a calendar with a daily saying, thought, or quote. As I turn over to the new day, read the lines,…
You are having a few days of low pain, or pain free movement with your back, or any part of your body that is bothering you, so what to do to make the most of these days? Start slow and easy. The biggest mistake with your back is to rush straight back to a normal workout, or a hard and…
How about saying; ‘Strong Backs Run in the Family’. It might be a complete lie, if you’re reading this, it may be because you truly have believed that your weak back runs in your family, but it is a very quick way to undo some of your brains expectations about your back. When you begin to believe that your back…
When you think your weak back runs in the family, it is likely you have been conditioned to think that way by your family. Now, I don’t mean that in brain-washing-cult kind of way, but more in that you hear how your loved ones talk about their pain, and that is how your brain talks to itself about the same…