Project Allotment
Keeping your children active is sometimes easier said than done. I’ve always found that it helps massively if you do things together as a family. You’re setting a great example…
Dancing Through Lockdown
My daughter loves to dance (I too lived to dance when I was her age). Lockdown has been a difficult time for dancers. Long practised-for exams postponed and dance festivals…
Quick Question – Can I exercise with varicose veins?
Varicose veins, a common condition that you might have diagnosed yourself or seen your doctor about. What are varicose veins, why do they happen and how do they link with…
Running Towards the Future
‘How are you?’ seems to be the most common way to open a conversation at the moment. For runners this is often followed by, ‘How’s your running?’ Many people have…
Quick Question – How can I stop coughing?
Last week’s question covered why and how we cough, now let’s consider how to stop coughing. What can you do to ease a cough when your ribs are aching and…
My Lockdown Running
I’ve never been more grateful to love running than right now. Since I began running 12 years ago, it’s always been there for me, through thick and thin, happy and…
Quick Question – Why do we cough?
A cough is one of the major symptoms of Covid-19 and a common feature of any respiratory infection but why do we cough and what actually happens in the body…
Quick Question – What are oxygen sats?
We seem to have developed a range of new vocabulary since the onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic. Suddenly words such as self-isolate, health modelling and social distancing have become…
Active Health Podcast – Tricky Bowels
The common problem of exercised-induced poo. Why does it happen and what can you do about it? You are most certainly NOT alone if you are a sufferer. Listen in…
Active Health Podcast – Exercising With a Cold
I’ve lost count of how many times people have asked me if it’s ok to exercise with a cold. Listen in to Episode 6 of my Active Health Podcast with…