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...
Recent research has shown that the Netherlands is a leader in the treatment of intermittent claudication, also known as ‘window-shop legs’. Both nationally and internationally, the advice is not to undergo surgery, but to first undergo six months of specialised walking therapy with a physiotherapist. The physiotherapists at FRISKFYSIO also specialise in treating intermittent claudication. Curious to find out what the condition involves…
What position do you sleep in? Do you wake up refreshed and ready for bed, or do you sometimes suffer from a stiff neck or back when getting up? If so, it makes sense to check your sleeping posture. After all, incorrect posture can lead to various physical complaints. Do you have...
Does your day always start with pain and stiffness in your joints? If so, you may well have osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a common joint condition which, unfortunately, does not go away. But of course, that doesn’t mean we can’t help you with the stiffness and pain! FRISKFYSIO Physiotherapy is happy to help you manage your symptoms…
Breathing is an activity we engage in every day very unconsciously. It is so normal that we never really think about it. But how do you know if your breathing is good? Did you know that stress can affect your breathing? It may cause you to breathe in the wrong way. We...
On the last day of February, people around the world take a moment to reflect on RSI, or Repetitive Strain Injury. As this day usually falls on 28 February but is sometimes 29 February, it is the only ‘non-repetitive’ day of the year. This makes it the ideal day to raise awareness of this condition. Here at FRISKFYSIO, we believe it is important…
