An important lesson I have taken away from my spinal surgeon here in Hong Kong, which, I hasten to add none of my rheumatologists have ever have told me, is the importance of Vitamin D for ankylosing spondylitis. Particularly in my case as I am in the minority of sufferers who are gene- HLA-B27 *negative*. Dr. Yip who had his entire schooling in the UK explained how the latitude of
“The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing” Walt Disney
I saw this quote today and thought it’s important to pick up because in this online age, as I have blogged about before, we are even more style over substance. We talk about our “goals” and advertisers continue to bombard us with “aspirational” images to sell us their products we didn’t think we needed until we felt
Did you know that as many as 50% of women and 25% of men over the age of 50 will fracture a bone due to osteoporosis? May is #osteoporpsisawarenessmonth so before we get to the end I just had to draw our attention to these quite shocking figures! 🦴👀🦴
As a Pilates teacher I work with several clients who have been diagnosed with varying degrees of
When it comes to diet and exercise plans we hear a lot of buzz words and talk about “calculating your macros” but do we really know what we are putting in to our bodies and why? Particularly when it comes to the micro-nutrients, aka vitamins and minerals! Obviously, these are essential for the functionality and health of