At first glance, stress and back pain seem to have little to do with each other, but appearances can be deceiving. If you regularly suffer from back pain with no obvious medical cause, chances are that stress plays a bigger role than you think. In our hectic society, tensions often build up unconsciously, with physical...
Do you think you have burnout because you are exhausted and incapable of doing anything? Everything, but really everything, takes up too much energy? Do you have both mental and physical symptoms that have been bothering you for months? Then it is important that you sound the alarm now and seek adequate help...
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...
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...
December, the month of treats like gingerbread cookies, chocolate letters and taai taai. Do you have no problem chewing away a peppercorn or cake pop? Then you probably don't have any jaw problems. But do you experience pain when chewing or do your jaw muscles feel stiff? Then physiotherapy can help! We explain what jaw problems are, how they can occur, what you...
Autumn started at the end of September. Time to prepare ourselves properly for the upcoming cold, wet and short days. The very ingredients for an autumn dip. A phenomenon that affects more than half of the Dutch population. If you want to escape an autumn dip, staying active and exercising is very important. In the...
As physiotherapists, we always encourage our patients to keep moving. It is healthy, it is good for the body's mobility and it also contributes to your mental well-being. But healthy eating is just as important to incorporate into your daily routine. Are you curious about how exercise and...
Do you recognise that? Besides a busy working day, incoming messages on WhatsApp and having to meet deadlines, you have to do housework when you get home. Day in and day out, these factors cause building stress. Does this feeling become too much for you? Then you may suffer from tense shoulders and headaches. Then you might...
Hyperventilation... A medical term for breathing too fast. On average, adults breathe ten times a minute. With hyperventilation, this is more than double. When this happens, too much carbon dioxide disappears from your body and too much oxygen is taken in. In acute hyperventilation, you get short of breath, may feel like you are...