35 years and still travelling the road

Looking back again over the last 35 years as a therapist, I recall the first day I stepped into the Northern Institute of Massage which at the time was located in Blackpool. The NIM was founded in 1924 when massage was still being used a lot in hospitals. When they stopped using it in favour of electrotherapy (mainly because many more could be treated at a time, not necessarily because it was better) many schools shut down but the Northern as it was called, and another college keep going, keeping the knowledge alive. It was recommended to me by an Osteopath who had a practice across the road from it who also did some teaching at the college. I had dilgently been studying the first lessons of the course before attending the first practical session taken by the imposing figure of Mr Ken Woodward the principal. It was a great time chatting with fellow students and learning this new therapy. Back then masage was still associated with seedy massage parlours which was a travesty for such a very effective form of physical therapy.Some sports teams did use it but still then a lot of ‘physios’ were former players who just dashed on with the bucket and sponge even in first division soccer clubs as they still were then. Fast forward to today and every club has a massage therapist, probably every professional and many amateurs sports teams employ one. There are lots of training schools, lots of different massage modalities to choose from. The first thing we learnt was swedish body massage, and I was able to work P/t in a gym in Blackpool, it was good experience and enabled me to really get to learn the techniques. Clients were few but the ones I had returned regularly. Through contiuned study, I eventually qualifed in Remedial Massage and opend a clinic treating people for musculoskeletal injuries and sports injuries. Not many people then admitted to having massage treatments, often for reasons already stated, now it is very common place. How many people have now not had a massage?

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Why Play Sports?

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For children everywhere, it is easy to become stimulated by the various technology and other things that are around them. For some, it may seem like a struggle to tear your child away from the technology that is so available and ready for them. If you want to make sure that your child is receiving a well-rounded childhood, then there are options that you can consider in order to make sure that they benefit from being young.

With all of the abilities for youth to stay indoors, it is best to begin to show them that being outdoors can be just as beneficial. Playing sports will not only help them to get the activities that there body needs, but will help them to keep the ideal of staying shape in mind when they are older. It is becoming more common for children and youth to grow up overweight or obese, even from the age of five. The problem is becoming so prevalent, that several children are having problems such as type two diabetes and asthma.

No matter what age your child is, they should be getting some type of physical activity every day. It doesn’t need to be anything vigorous, but should be something to get them moving and away from the easier stimulation in front of the television or Internet. If your child is moving for at least thirty minutes a day, it will prevent the problems that children are growing up to have with their health. By having something where the child is being encouraged to move around and is doing it with their peers, it will be easier to build a foundation for good physical health through activity.

If you are interested in your child staying healthy, then making sure that they play sports will give you the ability to become substantial in what they need for their physical health. It will first prevent complications in their current health, beginning with obesity, and going into more severe problems. Making sure that they stay physically healthy will also stay with them for the rest of their lives, making sure that they understand the importance of moving throughout the day.

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23rd January 2021

Have you chosen to stop smoking?

If you have decided that now is a good time to stop the smoking habit, then you’ll be pleased to know that hundreds of thousands of people have already released themselves from the grip of nicotine and you can do it too.

You need to fulfill the commitment you have made with yourself and with those close to you. The first step is to alter your thinking and become and optimist.  You must change your habits, meaning any of the habits that lead you to smoke.

You need to think of all the good reasons to quit, but only those that make sense to you, personally, and think how much better your life would be if you quit smoking, but use specific reasons.  Write down the reasons you started smoking and the reasons you want to quit.  Again, these must be your own reasons!  Do not just use the reasons from anti-smoking ads you see on television or reasons others have used, they will not work unless they are reasons to which you are emotionally attached.  This will give you strength.

If you properly condition yourself mentally then you can certainly realize the commitment you have made to yourself. People are generally scared of the withdrawal effects without giving thought to the long term benefits of quitting. They never think that the pleasure, comfort and enjoyment that they are getting from smoking is short term. These feelings exist at a subconscious level. Studies say that we experience 60,000 thoughts a day, and unfortunately when you are scared of quitting smoking a high percentage of those thoughts can be negative.

So, remember, write it down.  Write down the reasons you want to quit smoking and use those reasons to start to motivate yourself. It’s not an easy task, but many have gone before you so you know it’s possible.

Contact me for a one to one tailored program or if you prefer to do some work yourself first there is a stop smoking pack on my website

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