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Louise – Went from Chronic back pain to full strength in 8 weeks
Category: Client success stories | Published: 08/12/2011
Louise – Went from Chronic back pain to full strength in 8 weeks
Introduction:
When I Louise started training she had a chronic back problem which had troubled her for over 3 months, during this period she had been to see several therapists with no luck.
Louise’s back would constantly ache and get very sore if she performed any exercise particularly any form of upper body. She was unable to work and was faced with the possibility of losing her job if she did not improve.
Results
Week 1 - After just one she had almost completely got rid of the pain
Week 2 – Pain gone
Week 3 – able to use arms (lightly) with out hurting back
Week 4 – No pain and getting much stronger
Week 6 – Started Kick boxing!
Week 8 – Back to full strength – able to do press ups and much more.
How we did this:
Firstly Louise deserves most of the credit, she was very determined and worked hard to get the results.
Louise injured her back pulling something heavy. This had caused her back to go into shock. It was clear to me that her body was very sensitive and cautious with exercise. This is why any exercise was causing it to lock up, because the body was still in shock.
The first stage was to get her back confident that exercise wasn’t going to hurt her back, also improving the balance and co-ordination of her feet, ankles, knees and hips. Also concentrating on stretching, as her muscles had become tense and the tension was unbalanced.
I was then working on reprogramming faulty muscle patterns. When injured and through bad habits the body will often be using the wrong muscle to perform an action, causing chronic problems.
So we assessed most movements and reprogrammed these muscles were necessary.
We didn’t just concentrate on core stability, each joint has its own stability, so we concentrated on each of these, building a strong and complete core unit.
I was incredibly satisfied with Louise’s results, the fact that she now does Kick boxing shows how strong and confident she now is.
What Louise says:
"It was great training with Duncan in that he observed and understood which muscles were not working within my back and my whole body structure. Up until that point I had spent a few months knowing that there was a muscular-skeletal issue, but not knowing how to stop it from getting worse. It did feel as if my body was a problem that was in control of me, and not that I was in control of my muscles fully. When we started training, Duncan did a full assessment of what was happening in my back and the rest of my body and I immediately had faith that the problem would be solved.
We started the program with gentle exercises, and week by week we upped the tempo. I was given simple exercises for core strength to do at home in between sessions. Every step of the way Duncan gave explanations as to which muscles were being employed, how each exercise would move my fitness forwards and exactly how it worked. Therefore I started to feel more in control of what was happening in my back and gained in confidence rapidly, both consciously and unconsciously.
I now feel back to my previous level of fitness, if not stronger! And as Duncan said, I have now taken up kickboxing, which also bears testament to the fact that I have made a full and efficient recovery."
Duncan Boltt – Cambridge fitness Personal trainer
Christmass gift idea : Personal training vouchers
Category: Sport activities in Cambridge | Published: 28/11/2011
Last year wehad a lot of people contacting us for personal training vouchers as a christmas gift, so this year we can offer 2 options:
Gift packages:
- £160 = 4 x personal training sessions
- £380 = 10 x Personal training sessions
At Cambridge fitness we come to your home, bringing the gym to you & making exercising even easier.
Training can be done individually but also as a couple, we find a lot of people benefit from training together.
Please feel free to contact us for more information.
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Back pain? Move, dont rest!
Category: National health news | Published: 07/11/2011
Move if you have back pain, this is the advice of a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. Patients with acute low back pain who were advised to stay active despite the pain fared better than those who were told to adjust their activity in line with their pain.
The thesis looked at 109 patients with acute severe low back pain. They were randomly advised in one of two ways: "stay active even though it hurts" or "adjust your activity to the pain". They were also asked to keep a diary for seven days and to note how many steps they took each day, to what extent they could carry out their day-to-day activities and how they felt physically. They also completed a form to show whether they felt depressed or not.
In spite of having more pain, the group that was advised to be as active as possible recovered more quickly and did not feel depressed at the end of the follow-up.
"The other category, who had been advised from the very start to adjust their activity to their pain, were less mobile and felt slightly depressed compared to the patients who were active," says Olaya-Contreras, a researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy's Department of Orthopaedics.
She believes that this could be because some people who are depressed and in pain experience the pain more acutely. Another explanation could be that the more acute the pain is perceived to be, the less a person wants or is able to move. This, according to Olaya-Contreras, is in line with previous research.
"I think that if you're suffering with acute low back pain you should try to remain as active as possible and go about your daily business as well as you can. If you don't keep moving, it's easy to get locked into a downward spiral, as inactivity combined with pain can, in a worst case scenario, turn into long-term disability and an inability to work that, in turn, can lead to depressed mood and more pain."
Olaya-Contreras therefore feels that the health service should introduce a routine investigation to determine the underlying psycho-social causes of patients' back problems. This could measure the degree of perceived depression as well as anxiety and fear of movement.
"The results of the investigation and associated discussion could lead to patients taking a more active role and taking responsibility for their treatment," says Olaya-Contreras. "I also believe that it can help patients to focus more on the positive resources they themselves have to handle the pain and master various physical movements even though it hurts."
The thesis has been successfully defended.
BACK PROBLEMS: Low back pain affects up to 80% of people of working age at some time in their lives, though most will get better. Low back pain can be recurring, and some people will continue to suffer with some degree of pain. In 85-90% of cases the pain cannot be attributed to a specific illness or injury.
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The Varsity Match
Category: Sport activities in Cambridge | Published: 02/11/2011
The Varsity match is a great sporting event, played between Cambridge and Oxford university.
Annually watched by around 30,000 spectators, and televised, the 2011 Nomura Varsity Match will be the 130th time two of the oldest clubs in world rugby meet. Cambridge currently lead the series 61-54, with 15 draws.
When:
Thursday the 8th of December at 2pm
Where:
Twickenham
Fortified corn flakes? fortified with iron filings
Category: National health news | Published: 02/11/2011
Just came accross this, I reccomend avoiding fortified foods and ceriels. The iron they often use is not in a digestable food from a food source but is in fact Iron filings. Check out the following video, you shouldn't be able to move your food with a magnet. They even extract the iron fillings.Contact details
Cambridge Half marathon 2012
Category: Sport activities in Cambridge | Published: 19/10/2011
Event details
- The cambridge half marathon is the first half marathon to take place in Cambridge for 17 years.
- It takes place on the Sunday the 11th of march 2012 - 11/03/2012
- Its 13.1 miles
Click the link below to apply. The sooner the beter as places are going fast and it looks like a great event.
A half marathon is a great challenge, I personally have run in a few half marathons and really enjoy them.
If your looking for someone to help you trainin or would like some tips on training please just ask as we would be pleased to help.
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www.onestepbeyond.org.uk/news/cambridge-half-marathon/cambridge-half-marathon-entries-open/
Sugar stacks - How much sugar is in your food?
Category: National health news | Published: 19/10/2011
Came accross this website, I think its a great ilustration of how much sugar is in each food. It's important to remember that foods contain varried amounts of fibre which will slow down digestion so it isn't a simple as food = Sugar but its still a great illustration.
Im amazed by the cereal, Cherios was even beter than special K.
Let us know what you think?
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pt@cambridgefitness.co.uk
Denmark introduces a \\\"Fat TAX\\\"
Category: National health news | Published: 19/10/2011
Denmark has introduced what is believed to be the world's first tax on foods containing saturated fat.
The Danish government is applying a surcharge to foods with more than 2.3 per cent saturated fats, in a bid to combat obesity and heart disease.
The new tax will be levied on food such as butter, milk, cheese, pizza, oils and meat. It means customers will be paying about $3 more per kilogram of saturated fats in a product.
Prices rose Saturday in many grocery stores as the tax came into force, while some customers cleared out shelves earlier in the week to stock up on fatty favourites.
Food industry managers have complained that the tax will be a bureaucratic nightmare.
in 2004, Denmark declared war on trans fats, making it illegal for any food to have more than two per cent of the artery-clogging oils. Austria has a similar law. In July 2010, Denmark imposed a tax on sugary junk food.
Both Canada and the UK are now debating weather to introduce this.
About 10 per cent of Danes are considered obese. Britain is the fattest nation in Europe; one third of children and nearly two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese.
More than one in every four Canadian adults and almost one in 11 children are obese, with a body mass index of more than 30, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
to read the full article click the link below:
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www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2011/10/02/denmark-fat-tax.html
Welcome to our blog!
Category: N/A | Published: 01/10/2011
Welcome to the Cambridge Fitness blog!
We'll be writing lots of articles over the next few months all about fitness to help you so stay tuned!
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