by Tim Harwood | Aug 18, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
The side of the body can be an area that has a lot of tight areas. It can be the waist area or the hips and sides of the legs. So this stretch can be used to access all of them: the quadratus lumborum (QL) or the Glute Minimus, the Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL) and into...
by Tim Harwood | Aug 17, 2023 | Exercises
This stretch is a way to open the sides of the body and can feel like a really nice stretch from the hands to the armpit, to the waist, side of the pelvis to the knee. Its a good stretch for the latissimus dorsi muscles (the lats), the Quadratus Lumborus (QL) muscles...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 24, 2023 | Exercises
We often forget to stretch the wrists and forearms, even though we may spend a lot of our days at the computer, or holding things. These stretches can be done sitting at the desk, or standing next to it. There is a video at the bottom of this page taking your through...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 24, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This stretch is a way to open out the front of the shin, which can be an area that can be quite tight as many of us hold our ankles at ninety degrees when we’re walking. If you can’t kneel comfortably with the foot out flat in yoga, this might be a useful...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 24, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This stretch is a way to open out the front of the shin, which can be an area that can be quite tight as many of us hold our ankles at ninety degrees when we’re walking. If you can’t kneel comfortably with the foot out flat in yoga, this might be a useful...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 24, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body, Upper back
The bridge pose, known as Setu bandhasana in sanskrit, is a fairly common pose in yoga, pilates and as a physio given exercise. It can be done in a number of ways, but the way that I use it is to maximise the feeling of mobility within the spine. Also taking your...
