Hey Everyone, Just a friendly reminder to keep moving!

As physio’s sometimes we can be very picky about how we want you to move, stretch, jump, land or sit. We do this because we are looking at restoring the body’s natural rhythm for movement which can be lost or changed as a result of compensating over time.

From our view of the world, managing movement plays an important role in injury risk management. However, there is one important thing to remember… Any type of movement (as long as its pain free!) is better than no movement at all!

With rapid changes in technology our lives have become vastly more static than previous generations. However, advancements in our understanding of the body all point to one thing; move it or lose it! That means that we need continuous movement in life, throughout life.

Research compared the health outcomes of individuals who were very active when they were young and then stopped completely during middle age were compared to those who never exercised regularly. The health risks for the ones who stopped exercising quickly reverted back to equivalent individuals who had never done exercise. Scary stuff! But, those regularly exercise regardless of when you start automatically start reducing the risk for health issues!
You may have heard this before “We are what we repeatedly do”. This is true for our bodies too, if we sit all day, our bodies get very good at being static and tighten up. However, some aspects of life we cannot change, for example, sedentary type jobs. So, we have to choose to schedule regular stretch breaks (aim for every 30mins). When you take a phone call, could you pace up and down the hallway to use that as a break?

Our bodies gain a multitude of benefits from movement; nutrition is provided to our joints, nerves and muscles are stimulated strengthening their connections with the brain, endorphins can be released and stress release, the list goes on. Rain or shine, hot or cold, find something you enjoy doing and get stuck in!

With that in mind, chuck on some shoes and go see where movement takes you!