Walking is healthy. Everyone knows that. But Brisk Walking is even healthier. There are many benefits to it. Because we in our physiotherapy practice regularly get questions from people on how to get and stay in motion easily, we looked into the phenomenon of Brisk Walking, also called powerwalking, fitwalking or sports walking....
Sport and exercise with Parkinson's disease is quite a challenge. Nevertheless, it is very important for people with Parkinson's disease to keep up enough exercise, as it improves mobility and balance. If you have Parkinson's and would like to know how you can still maintain an active and healthy quality of life through sport and exercise,...
High blood pressure: we all know it is bad for us, but no one really seems to know exactly what it does in our bodies and what the symptoms are. High blood pressure increases the risk of heart attack, as well as stroke (CVA). As physiotherapists, we still too often see patients who...
The summer season is ideally suited for taking beautiful long cycling trips. Even if you are not an experienced cyclist, you can easily cover long distances with an electric bike nowadays. However, cycling fun is not so obvious for everyone. In fact, many (inexperienced) cyclists suffer from saddle sores. In order to give all cycling fans a nice and pain-free cycling summer anyway,...
Pregnancy is a special and beautiful moment in a woman's life, but pelvic pain is a common occurrence during pregnancy. What can you do to reduce pelvic pain? We tell you more about this. When do you experience lower back pain and pelvic pain during pregnancy? During pregnancy, the...
The spring and summer months are the months when many people do odd jobs in and around the house. While doing odd jobs, you use muscles you don't normally use and often adopt a position your body is not used to. This can lead to strain on muscles, tendons and joints. One of the most common...
When we think of hypermobility, we quickly think of someone who is incredibly limber. Yet it is possible that people who are hypermobile actually feel stiff and suffer from overworked tendons and muscles more quickly. In that case, we speak of hypermobility syndrome (HMS). In this blog, we tell you more about hypermobility and HMS and read...
Do you also often feel stiff at the end of the day? Or do you suffer from stiff muscles and stiff joints? Then daily stretching can make all the difference. Here we often think of stretching muscles before or after exercise. Athletes use muscle stretching during warm-up...
Do you enjoy walking, but do you regularly get back pain while hiking? That can spoil the fun of hiking considerably. Fortunately, these complaints are often easy to solve. In this blog, we would like to share with you six tips to prevent back pain while hiking. But first the advantages of hiking on...
Just sending that one quick message in bed. Or sitting on your phone all afternoon because everything goes digital these days. Although we all know by now that it is not healthy and we can get neck pain from it, we are all guilty of it. On average, we spend 4 hours a day on our...