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Mastering Sleep Hygiene: Best Practices for a Restful Night
Quality sleep is essential for peak performance, mental clarity and overall wellbeing, yet it’s often overlooked. Poor sleep can lead to fatigue, reduced productivity and long-term health issues. The good news is that adopting good sleep hygiene can significantly...
Prioritise You – The Art of Self-Care
Life can often feel like a whirlwind of responsibilities, deadlines and expectations. But amidst it all, how often do you pause to truly take care of yourself? Your health and wellbeing are the foundation of everything you do, and self-care isn’t a luxury - it’s a...
Guest Article: How To Understand Your Aches And Pains
This month’s blog is by our guest contributor, Joseph Bleetman. Joseph specialises in helping business executives relieve lower back pain through specific biomechanical exercise programmes. As many of you see me to treat lower back issues or tight hips through...
The Difference Between Stretching and Mobility Exercises
I’m frequently asked about stretching and mobility - what are they and how do they differ - so here’s an overview for you. Stretching and mobility exercises are both beneficial for enhancing flexibility and range of motion, but they serve slightly different...
Different Massages for Different Things
There are a wide range of massages available, each of which has a different purpose. Depending on what you want from a massage, will determine which massage you choose. At Body Mechanics we offer holistic, deep tissue, sports and pregnancy massage and we’ve given you...
The Benefits of a Home Massage
I’m biased of course! I think that home massages offer a range of tangible benefits and are a must for self-care! The benefits include: 1. Convenience: One of the primary advantages of home massages is the convenience they offer. You can schedule the massage at a time...
Massage – luxury or necessity?
I frequently hear people talking about whether massage is a luxury or a necessity. In short, it can be both and very much depends on individual circumstances and priorities. For myself personally, massage is a necessity because I suffer from lower back problems and I...
Become A Human Pretzel
The importance of stretching I recently went on a yoga and sound bath retreat day and absolutely loved it! I felt so deeply relaxed, both mentally and physically. I then asked myself the question, ‘why don’t I do this more often?’ I know I’m not alone in this. Many of...
Thumper Massagers – Product Review
Thumper Massagers are ‘at home’ massage tools, which have been created with convenience and accessibility in mind. They are handheld devices which use percussive action to work into muscles and are designed to help loosen any muscle tension and tightness being...
Headaches
Headaches are a common ailment, which will have been experienced by most people at some point. In fact they’re so common that we often don’t give them the proper attention they deserve – we may ‘pop a pill’ or ‘sleep it off’. However, there are different types of...
Sprains and Strains
Sprains and strains are injuries which occur to our body’s soft tissues, such as our muscles, tendons, and the ligaments – our connective tissues. However, there is a difference between the two. Sprains refer to an overstretching or tearing of ligaments which...
Therapy in Focus – Massage
Massage Therapy – For optimal muscular and joint health Massage helps to relieve and manage pain and discomfort, to increase range of movement, to improve posture and to promote overall health and wellbeing. By keeping muscle tone and condition at its best, it allows...
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