Case: A few months back I had a call asking if I could squeeze in an emergency appointment, they had been suffering for two months with pain that week by week was only getting worse. They were sure the catalyst had been doing a few hours gardening and lifting some compost bags, but couldn’t put their finger on what they had done. The GP had XRAY’s of the hip and femur, blood tests and pain killers prescribed, luckily everything came back clear, but this was not the issue. All the pain, discomfort to the leg was not coming from the leg itself, but the back. After testing them it was very clear they were suffering with Femoral nerve impingement and from here, due to a number of factors, he was
A massive turning point in my life was the shock of my 5.30AM alarm where every morning thought to myself “who in their right mind does this”. My passion for fitness started off working with horses where I would wake up and have my clothes on my bed side table, the room was so cold that I would get changed underneath my duvet and sprint to the kettle to make a cup of tea before I promptly started work. I will always remember working for a guy called Donal that would mostly make me run everywhere as he wasn’t a fan of my slow teenage attitude. In a very light hearted way I saw him as a slave driver, until now, where I can only thank him for the valuable lessons I learnt in the short time of w
Sugar sugar sugar…coffee coffee coffee … And relax. You’ve come home from work and collapsed in a heap and proceeded to devour a large spaghetti and garlic bread, a glass of wine, a bag of Cadburys buttons and anything else you’ve found in the bottom of the pantry. You name it, you’ve eaten it - and I’ve been there. It wasn’t that long ago that I felt so run down that when the evening came around, I could barely bring myself to get changed, take off my makeup, brush my teeth and get into bed. So many times I missed my 6AM gym shift because I had slept through 10 alarms (all with horribly screeching tones) and quite frankly, I was getting upset with myself for letting me, and everyone else do
