At this time of year, some people decide to go on a crash diet in order to ‘make room’ for the Christmas treats that will soon be everywhere.
Recently, a client approached me very sceptically, on the advice of one of his family members for psychotherapy.
With my guidance, my clients lose weight slowly, but steadily, while we are monitoring their body composition.
During the seasons some areas are more problematic than others. The hamstring is unfortunately not one of those and likes to act up all year!
With every aspect of running there’s debate on what’s best and what’s not. And strength training isn’t exempt from that.
For many years we were told that following a low-fat diet was the way to good health and required to maintain a healthy weight.
I had a patient the other day who reported shoulder pain. She went on to say that a friend of hers had said it must be frozen shoulder.
5-a-day is not enough. To step up our consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables, 7 servings is closer to the amount of nutrients we need.
Any intervention that is meant to aid a symptom will have side effects. If it didn’t then there would be no response to the treatment, good or bad.
The severity is mixed, with some people experiencing excruciating pain and other mild pain. Some recover within a few days, while others suffer for a couple of weeks.
