Do you suffer with back pain and poor flexibility? Is it affecting your sleep, social life, weight and self esteem? Well this guide is going to help you move more freely , sleep better and improve general day to day living.
It is well documented that half the adult population suffer lower back pain at some point in the course of a year. There are many factors that cause lower back pain, for example; carrying loads, sports or just normal activities such as bending and twisting and sitting for too long.
I have found, through working with people with lower back pain, that there is, in many cases, a faulty recruitment of muscles affecting the lower back. Research has also shown this to be true, as a decrease in the use of many core muscles such as the transverses abdominus (deep layer of Abdominals) and the glutes (bottom) and an increase in the activation of other muscles such as hamstrings (back of thigh) and rectus abdominus (top layer of abs) alters the load distribution through the spine and pelvis.
Over twenty years ago, I sustained a back injury during the birth of my first child; the injury was so severe that I had to have physiotherapy to learn how to walk again. After many tears and a lot of money spent on physio and massage, I decided to study exercise for the management of lower back pain. Whilst attending this course I experienced, what I refer to as an “episode” where my back was particularly painful and tender, however, after doing the exercises given, over a couple days my back was a lot better and is now relatively pain free.
'Hi my name is Trevor.
I am 57 Years old and have been training with Gill three times a week for the last year.
I met Gill when I changed from the gym that I had been going to for a number of years, and where I managed to train myself up from 12.5 stone, to very nearly 18 stone not the cleverest thing that I have ever done?.
The main problem was, I had major spinal surgery 17 years ago, and a triple major heart bypass some 7years ago and that makes it very difficult for any trainer to work with me.
That is were I have been very lucky because I had the good fortune to meet my personal trainer Gillian Thomas.
Gill is a very highly qualified personal trainer who is qualified to work with G.P. Referrals that is people that have medical problems and need special care and training.
In the time that I have been training with Gill we have had a lot of good laughs and I am really enjoying the training, it’s not easy but it can be fun and most important I have lost 2+ stones in weight and about 16% in body fat which means that I am building up my muscles and gaining strength and that is what makes it all worthwhile.
This is why if you are looking for a very good personal trainer, I would highly recommend, Gillian Thomas
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank you Gill for all the hard work, time and patience that you have put in to my personal training, although I whinge and moan all the time, I do enjoy it and look forward to my next session.'
All my thanks and best wishes Trevor P.
Be guided through safe and effective workouts that will help improve your movement and quality of life
More work days are lost through back pain than any other ailment. Other than prescribe pain kill
Do you suffer with back pain and are you fed up with it limiting your day to day lifestyle? Would you like to be more active but are worried in case you do more damage? If the answer is yes this FREE Back Care guide is for you!
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Categories: ageing,health,nutrition
Date: 25 Jan 2013
Hi and welcome to my web site. May has arrived so that means it must be getting warmer. Maybe the weather will catch up with the seasons some time this month.
With the lighter mornings and nights you may be tempted to start training out doors, walking, jogging or boot camp. If so always remember to do a longer warm up, When the weather is cold, blood travels away from the exteremities to the centre of the body, so taking longer for muscles to become warm.
Please feel free to have a good look around the rest of the web site, you will find all my Pilates classes listed. You will also find all my small group classes listed These classes have just 6 people in them and are ideal and highly recommended if you have any health issues or if you have never tried pilates before, and at just £42 for the course, are very good value for money.
This web site is ideal if you are new to exercise, have a back problem and have had to become less active and now wish to get things moving again or you may have a back problem and have gained weight and need help.
Download the free back care guide and try the exercises I have had some good feed back. If you have any questions about your back problem, fitness or exercises in the download,then please email me.
I also do 1 to 1 work at my studio
Gill
Losing weight is hard when you suffer with a bad back. It becomes a viscious circle. You put on weight because you are unable to exercise, but you can't exercise because you have a bad back, and the weight is making it worse!! It can affect your self-esteem, ability to be socially active or even affect your confidence to generally take part in day to day activities. Do you have a fitness goal or activity in mind that you would really love to do but you do not have the motivation, direction or confidence to do it alone?
Well I’m here to help you rebuild your confidence and your body so you can become more active and most importantly feel great doing it.
If you live in the Rochdale area and getting active scares you and day to day mobility is becoming a struggle but you want to make that change then I can help you. Whether your goal is to be able to get out of bed in the morning or run your first 5k we can do this together with my personalised back care program that is tailored made to you and your lifestyle. CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS
