Pregnancy Pilates
Pregnant and want to keep fit and healthy?
Had a baby and want to safely get back into shape?
Stay in shape safely, relax and keep aches and pains away with Pregnancy Pilates from St Judes.
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At St Judes we offer Pilates with a difference; our Pilates Instructors are also Chartered Physiotherapists, additionally qualified to teach Pregnancy Pilates so you know you are in expert hands at this special time.
Our friendly Instructors will teach you specific exercises suitable for both during and after pregnancy.
Sign up for a six week course for £60 paid in advance.
*Clients will require screening prior to attending the course – fee payable: £25.00. This is essential to ensure your programme is suited to you. |
Suitable from 12 weeks of pregnancy. You can restart the class following delivery after your 6 week post-natal check with a GP letter to say that you are ok to exercise.
Start Living – Stop Stressing
With the run up to Christmas upon us it is easy to feel anxious and stressed. Research shows that one in four people in the UK will suffer some kind of mental health problem in the course of a year with much of these problems being stress related.*
Thankfully there are numerous solutions available to help people manage stress levels. Changing your lifestyle combining a balanced diet and physical activity can help you cope with stress. Identifying situations that make you feel stressed and learning way to avoid them will make you feel more in control.
If you think you are stressed or very anxious, talk to your GP who will be able to help you decide on the best way to deal with it.
If you often feel stressed or anxious, it's important to learn how to relax.
At St Judes our expert therapists offer a variety of treatment options to clear your mind and relax your body.
Choose from:
Relaxing body massage
Pilates
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a form of traditional Chinese medicine and involves the insertion of very fine needles at key points in the body. When energy of “Qi” is disturbed or unbalanced, problems can occur and by inserting needles you can help release any blockages in the energy flow. Recent research has shown that acupuncture helps the body to release its natural painkillers and “feel good” hormones, known as endorphins.
Relaxing massage stretches out and relaxes muscles, improves blood supply and give you a general feeling of well being. Massage reduces anxiety and promotes relaxation.
Pilates is a mind body conditioning exercise programme that targets the deep postural muscles of the abdomen and spine to improve overall core stability and posture. Exercises encourage you to think about how you perform everyday movements, improves posture and helps provide relaxation and decreases stress.
Book yours today – late eve and Saturdays too!
*British Heart Foundation, Oct 2011.
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20th October 2011 - Back chat with Moira D’Arcy MCSP, Practice Principal and Chartered Physiotherapist.
As part of National BackCare Awareness Week (17th to 23rd October) St Judes Clinic will be holding a special advice open day for sufferers of back and neck pain.
Back and neck pain can have a huge impact on our everyday lives. It is estimated that almost half (49%) of us have had low back pain in one year and that 4 out of 5 will experience back pain at some stage in our lives*.
Fortunately there are a number of things you can do to lower the chances of developing pain and to improve any existing pain you may have. At St Judes Clinic our team of specialists can treat back and neck pain with physiotherapy techniques, massage, acupuncture, Pilates and podiatry.
Don’t put up with pain - Book your FREE 10 minute appointment today and find out how we can help you with some friendly professional advice.
Tel: 01525 377751 to book – hurry places are limited!
*Palmer KT, Walsh K, BMJ 2000, 320:1577-1578.
For more information on National BackCare Week or BackCare – the national back charity go to: http://www.backcare.org.uk
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On Thursday 8 September, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists (CSP) organised Workout at Work Day (WOWD) to mark World Physical Therapy Day.
Physiotherapists all over the country promoted exercise and wellbeing in the workplace by encouraging staff to get active during their working day.
On hearing about this our Practice Principal and Chartered Physiotherapist, Moira D’Arcy, was keen to get involved. With the help of I Love Leighton Buzzard, the local town business promotion organisation, we decided to create a giant Mexican Wave of shop and business people in Leighton Buzzard High Street. This seemed to be a fun way of making people stop from their working routines and get up and move and getting everyone outside shops and offices in the High Street to make a wave caused quite a stir on an otherwise grey day!
Moira says that movement breaks from work, so that staff are not troubled by the aches and pains that come on as the result of being in one position for too long, are very important. A recent poll by the CSP revealed that 42% of people found simple exercise left them out of puff. Physiotherapists recommend that adults exercise at moderate intensity for 30 minutes, 5 times a week, and that children are physically active for an hour every day.
St Judes Clinic have been helping to treat and prevent injuries from occurring for the last 18 years and we are very keen to promote injury prevention and show people ways of building exercise into their every day lives. To help mark the occasion we offered some special discounts:
•15% off physiotherapy assessments until the 18th September and
•3 workstation assessments at one business premises for the usual price of 2 carried out by our highly qualified Ergonomic Specialist. |
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Moira & some of the St Judes Team practise their wave
For more details on ergonomic workstation assessments please call: 01525 377751 or email: enquiries@stjudeslcinic.com.
Why not pick up a useful CSP leaflet such as Easy Exercise and Fit for Work from St Judes or alternatively you can download these via this link:
www.csp.org.uk/your-health/healthy-living.
See the Wave online:Here
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Summer Fetes 2011
The St Judes team of Physiotherapists, Podiatrists and other staff have been busy over the last few weeks raising money for local good causes and giving free advice at various summer fetes.
Our first event was the Leighton Buzzard Pre-School Learning Alliance Picnic in the Park. Our Paediatric Physiotherapist kept the little ones busy with a colouring competition - 3 year old Joshua Wood was very excited to receive a selection of pres-school toys!
On July 2nd was the St Mary’s Village fete in Edlesborough and this year the theme was Pirates – and as you can see Practice Principal; Moira D’Arcy, dressed up for the occasion! Kids searched for buried treasure in our lucky dip whilst grown-ups tried to find our hidden prize on the treasure map – the winner won a 45 minutes expert massage by one of our physiotherapists.
Lastly the St Judes team had fun at the Leighton Linslade Carnival. Here the theme was circus so kids had fun hooping a cuddly tiger and 9 year old Joseph Kaye won a cuddly toy. Mums and Dads entered our circus quiz and one lucky winner was able to choose from a 45 minute sports massage or relaxing body massage.
For information on how massage can benefit you why not look at our massage page or article? Go to: http://www.stjudesclinic.com/massage_article_web.pdf |
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Moira dressed as a Pirate at the Edlesborough fete. For further information on any of these summer events click on the links below:
http://www.stmarysvilllagecarnival.com
http://www.llcarnival.co.uk
http://www.pre-school.org.uk |
April news from St Judes
The medi-pedi comes to St Judes. Our Podiatrist, Jack Lidyard, is now offering our new Medi-pedi. This expert pedicure will leave you with younger feeling, rejuvenated feet. Jack is available on Mondays from 4pm – 8pm and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. For more information click on the chiropody page. Give your feet some TLC and book your appointment today!
Mother & Toddler Groups. Our marketing co-ordinator, Sam Stiller, has been out and about visiting mother and toddler groups offering advice and information on the St Judes range of new mum’s treatments including: reflexology, pregnancy massage and Indian head massage. We have especially tailored these treatments for mums to be and new mums, so why not treat yourself or someone special to one of our relaxing and pampering treatments at St Judes?
St Judes is offering a £5 donation per booking to any toddler groups who make a booking as a result of Sam’s visit or who are in receipt of one of our new mum pamper leaflets. If you would like to arrange a group visit please contact Sam on: 01525 377751 or e-mail: admin@:stjudesclinic.com.
April is acupuncture month at St Judes. Acupuncture is a form of Chinese medicine and involves the insertion of very fine needles at key points in the body. Recent research has shown that acupuncture helps the body to release its natural painkillers, known as endorphins. The main use of acupuncture within physiotherapy is to ease symptoms of pain and discomfort. The most common problems that physiotherapists may use acupuncture for are:
- Recent, sports and whiplash injuries.
- To help with long-term chronic pain such as arthritic pain and back and neck pain.
- Treatment of recurrent headaches and migraines.
- To alleviate muscular spasm to help restore correct movement.
- To alleviate other symptoms associated with pain and injury such as poor sleep or stress.
Acupuncture is often combined with traditional physiotherapy treatment techniques for best effect. The physiotherapists here who carry out acupuncture are all members of the Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP).
Speak with one of our friendly physiotherapists to see how this treatment could help you. FREE Ten minute advice chats are always available. Tel: 01525 377751 or e-mail: enquiries@stjudesclinic.com.
New Year News at St Judes
New Chiropodist/Podiatrist. We welcome our newest member of the St Judes Team; Jack Lidyard, who will be treating all aspects of foot care such as: hard skin removal, verrucae, painful bunions and arches and also biomechanics (analysing the hips, knees and feet to see if there are any alignment problems). Jack can also prescribe orthotics (in show devices) to correct any abnormalities. Jack will be at St Judes Clinic on Mondays from 4 to 8pm so there has never been a better time to give those hard working feet some well earned attention! Why not look at Jack’s winter foot tips for healthy feet in the articles section.
New Pilates Class. Having completed her APPI Pilates Instructor’s exams Practice Principal and Physiotherapist, Moira D’Arcy, is now taking lunchtime clinical rehab Pilates classes at Leighton Buzzard Theatre 1-2pm. Pre-registration is necessary so that we can tailor the exercises to your exact needs and abilities. This class is being run in addition to the popular classes run by Sara Edmondson on Thursday evenings.
For more information on any of our services just give us a call on 01525 377751 or email us on: enquiries@stjudesclinic.com. |
