Putting quarantine to good use

Hi All.  A little post to let you know i have arrived safely back in the UK and am making the most of the quarantine time, both working on Indi-ssentials products ready for sale here in the UK and with the green out door spaces.

Massage is allowed to resume in the UK.  They've finally seen the importance of health and well-being and so post quarantine i will be working on helping those in the UK with their aches and pains.

I'll keep you all updated as to when i will be back to India.  I'm hoping early September, but that is a decision currently out of my hands.

Take care, stay safe, well and healthy both physically and emotionally.

Exercises for lower back pain

One of the key areas i massage and a lot of people have issues with, is the lower back.  Massage can help relieve the tightness in the back and free up over used muscles, but it's through exercising that muscles become strengthened and more stable.  Massage can help to relieve the tightness that comes from strengthening the muscles and help to maintain good lower back strength.

I found this great site with helpful exercises for lower back pain.  All are exercises that we would recommend in Pilates for treating lower back pain.  Importantly they focus on the core muscle groups of the stomach/core muscles, importance of strengthening hamstrings and glutes as these play an important part in your lower back health.  We can strengthen the core but if our glutes are weak then we're going to struggle.  It's important to think of our body as a whole system and an issue in one area will have a knock on effect on the other.

I urge you to check out the website, it's beneficial to all regardless of whether you do or don't have a lower back issue.

https://www.onhealth.com/content/1/exercises_low_back_pain

J.R.T will be closed for several weeks

*Closed from 9th July till September*

J.R.T will be closed from 9th July as i take a work trip back to the UK. I'm hoping and planning to be back by the beginning of September.

Take care for now, stay well, safe, happy and healthy and if you want to book in for a massage you have a week to do so.😊