Pilates Equipment: An Overview Of The Theraband
What is a Theraband? A theraband is an elastic type of material which is generally shaped in either a long band or circular band. Therabands come in a wide variety of colours, not to make them look pretty but to display the differing types of resistance they hold. The...
Long Term Management of Lymphoedema
What is Lymphoedema? Lymphoedema is a condition most commonly caused by the removal or damage to your lymph nodes as a part of cancer treatment, resulting in blockage to your lymphatic system, which is part of your immune system. The blockage prevents fluid from...
Pelvic Floor, Core and More: 6-Week Online Course
We are excited to share with you the introduction to our new online pelvic floor programme: 'Pelvic Floor, Core and More'. This is a progressive pelvic floor correcting "programme" designed not only to help you see the improvements in your pelvic floor control but...
What Are The Benefits Of An Online Physio Consultation?
With our nation just over a month into lockdown and with few signs that things will change any time soon, what can you do if you're struggling with pain or discomfort in your body? Well, we've been running online physio consultations for a while now and have asked one...
How To Keep Your Aches & Pains At Bay
Sports massage is a great treatment technique to reduce aches & pains, improve joint mobility and reduce muscular tension which is no doubt on the rise currently! With you, our amazing clients not being able to currently access their regular sports massage at the...
Top 10 Tips To Stay Healthy Throughout This Unsettling Time…
Stay Safe During Covid-19 Stay hydrated! Have a glass of water when you wake, at meal times and keep a water bottle with you throughout the day. Being hydrated wards off lethargy and improves your cognitive function. Eating protein with every meal will help keep you...
One Stop Shop For All Your Lower Back Pain Needs
For those readers who are recurrent sufferers of lower back pain the picture above will be all too familiar! In these current times, your aches, pains & spasms will be creeping more & more into your daily life now that we are less active & mobile, less...
3 Glute Exercises To Incorporate In Isolation
Let’s not forget our glutes!! During our time of social isolation and social distancing, our normal activity routines will be sent into disarray. We might not be as mobile as we were before the lockdown began. We are not running to and from work or racing around town...
6 Exercises To Avoid Neck Pain Whilst Working From Home
Following the governments newly issued advice, we appreciate many of our clients will now be working from home. One of the big issues people find when doing this is they often end up working from laptops which promotes poor posture and can cause neck pain. Please...
Keeping Your Legs Strong Whilst Self-Isolating
We understand it is a worrying time for many of our clients, both for their own health and the health of their families. At Katie Bell we emphasise the importance of keeping active at all ages; however, with the current government advice, this is getting ever more...
Pilates: Core Activation vs. Bracing
Why harder levels don't mean you are going to get better quicker! Pilates is a mind-body exercise technique that emphasises the importance of beginning movement from a central core of stability. The overall aims of pilates are to develop the deep, postural ‘core’...
Pilates Equipment: An Overview Of The Magic Circle
What is the Magic Circle in Pilates? The magic circle is a circular shaped resistance equipment which is a popular addition to matwork pilates classes. The circle is made from a relatively flexible material and is designed to provide a variable amount of resistance,...
Sheffield Half Marathon: How Sports Massage can Help Recovery
When there’s only a few weeks left until race day, it’s the time when our training really starts to pick up as we battle the tough hill sessions, taking 1 step forward and 2 steps back in this blasting wind! It’s important in these final few weeks that we don’t over...
Sheffield Half Marathon: Sports Massage for Running Injuries
How’s your training going? If you’ve read any of my previous blog posts you’ll know that increasing your running mileage brings about the added risk of injury. As a reminder, the key point from our previous blog in terms of injury prevention was to not increase your...
Sheffield Half Marathon: Recovery Methods for Running
For some people, running a half marathon can be a big challenge, especially if you aren’t used to it. After helping my clients with recovery before and after the Sheffield Half Marathon, I thought it would be a good idea to illustrate these different ideas for you...
Does Sports Massage Have To Hurt To Help?
Sports massage is a form of massage which utilises specific techniques to help obtain maximum performance and physical conditioning with a reduced likelihood of injury or pain. Many sporting and non-sporting people have regular sports massage due to the vast array of...
Sheffield Half Marathon – Exciting News!
On this Sunday, the 2nd February... we are exactly 8 weeks away from the Sheffield Half Marathon 2020! And we have exciting news regarding this event from KB Physio & Wellness! We will be producing a countdown to the event leading up to race day, whereby blogs...
Here’s Why Pilates Should Be One Of Your New Year’s Resolutions
With the festivities of Christmas now over, and most likely a few extra pounds gained, it’s time for a lot of us to start considering our resolutions and goals for 2020. If this is you, then we would love to suggest that you consider including at least one Pilates...
What Can We Learn From The Origins Of Pilates?
Christmas is approaching... and so are the remaining few pilates classes in 2019. So, as we stiffly endure our 2 week break from Pilates throughout the Christmas period, this blog aims to get you through with some interesting reading about Pilates and the history...
8 Exercises To Keep You Moving During A Long Flight
Long haul flights can make many people experience joint stiffness and pain. Here are 8 physio-approved exercises to keep you moving during your long haul flight. Ankle circles: Circle your ankles 10 times to the left and repeat to the right Knee hugs: Hug your knees...
How your lifestyle choices impact your musculoskeletal health
Your musculoskeletal health refers to structures in the body relating to muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and bones. The health of these structures is influenced by a wide variety of factors, which are broadly classified as either internal or external. Internal...
6 Tips to Manage your Osteoarthritis over the Christmas period
Osteoarthritis is a condition most predominant in those aged over 45 where the smooth cartilage on joint surfaces gets worn away over time and therefore causes pain. For many people it is part of the ageing process – some people may have severe osteoarthritis and be...
What is Osteoporosis and How can I Help Myself?
What is Osteoporosis? Osteoporosis is a condition where there is a reduction in bone density resulting in an increased risk of bone fractures. It is most common in post-menopausal women aged 45+, however it can be experienced in men or younger people too. 3 million...
Plantar Fasciitis: Treatment & Management Principles
After encountering several clients in the clinic this week who suffered from plantar fasciitis, we thought it best to write a blog to identify the key information & management principles around this condition, to facilitate sufferers’ rehabilitation back to...
Tension Headaches: How To Effectively Manage
A common problem we as sports massage therapists & physiotherapists see are tension-type headaches. Accordingly, we thought this blog would be a good opportunity to shed some light onto this complaint as it is generally poorly understood, with the aim of helping...
5 Reasons Why Weightlifting Will Improve Your Tennis Game
Since our attention is drawn away from the China Open after Andy Murray’s defeat to Dominic Thiem in the Quarter Finals, we probably need an uplifting blog post about tennis and how you can improve your game. Specifically, this post will identify 5 reasons why...
The Treatment & Prevention Of Shin Splints
With the Sheffield city 10K race taking place last weekend, we thought a blog on a common running injury was needed! Running is a great form of exercise and we can give nothing but encouragement if you are considering taking up running as a hobby. Running gives...
Nutrition In The Workplace: Is Your Work Environment Healthy?
Health – (as defined by The World Health Organisation) “State of complete physical, mental, and social well being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." How do we ensure our places of work are not just absent of diseases and infirmity, but are also...
5 Tips For A Healthy Autumn from Katie Bell
Autumn is here and the trees are about to show why it's okay to let things go! With this change in seasons comes shorter days and cooler weather. Thankfully, we don’t need to curl up and hibernate just yet! Autumn is a wonderful time to set new intentions for self...
Top Tips For Your Pre Football Match Routine
As we draw nearer to the winter months and enter the full blast of football season, this blog highlights our top tips for injury prevention and optimal performance. We’ll keep these top tips scientific but without boring you with the jargon. Naturally, we’ve also got...