Forest Massage Therapy

Looking through my Google account and I came across what Google has written about me and how clients highly respect and value my work:-
I am touched and feel loved 🥰
Thank you to you all my heart goes to you all xx 😘

A big Thank You for my clients today I feel very loved 🥰 for the support and warmth I got today.
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On Wednesday I posted the basic position of how your body curves around in what you do in life.
Another fact to be aware of is the pelvic tilt, yes us therapists go on and on about this one but WHY?!
The pelvic tilt which can posterior tilt or an anterior tilt plays a vital role in your muscles.
Let’s take anterior tilt for example which can make the back be lordotic in turn that makes a
- weak back,
- tight hip flexors,
- a weak core
Weak Glutes (the engine of our bodies)

First picture is an example of how to get a bad back, this first picture is a basic guide of what can happen to our body when we are doing:
- sport,
- office based job,
- imbalances of muscles groups working together
- Employment
- weakness
- over worked muscles

Posture is a huge factor when it comes to my work it leads onto:
- Biomechanics of the lower limb
- range of movement in the hip joint
- passive and active test, strength tests, weakness tests
- foot and ankle assessments
- shoulder assessment
- anatomy trains
- fascia lines
The list goes on and on.
Give you some studies next week of what can be affected eg rotation and hitched up on the pelvis

Back Pain
Now this is a huge subject a lot of people get back pain from a lot of different reasons.
There are a few considerations to consider with back pain.
Specialists will rule out and diagnose what is going on.

A number of reasons for back pain which could be
- Pathology: disease, medicine

- Skeletal frame which include Joints, ligaments, nerves, spine: eg fractures, arthritis, scoliosis, herniated disc etc

- Poor Diet : eg fast food can increase inflammation in the body

- Lack of Exercise
- uneducated exercise

Poor Posture: wear and tear, repetitive strain, heavy lifting, twisting in the body

- specific muscle groups not in the correct sequence whilst training (firing up specific muscle groups to become stronger for longer)

- muscle imbalance

The hills are alive of the sound of me lol 😂

I gave in the heating is on 🌡️♨️

HILL WORK ↗️⤴️🏃‍♀️🚴🏇🚶‍♀️‍➡️
Walking/hiking, cycling, running, horse riding up hills all extremely good for you WHY?!

because they combine strength training and cardiovascular conditioning in one workout.

Strengthens up muscle – Uphill movement forces your legs, glutes, and core to work harder, increases the strength in the muscles quicker than flat work.
2. Improves cardiovascular fitness – Your heart and lungs work harder to pump oxygen, boosting endurance, in return you will breath slower in time and recover quicker with a slower pulse and slower breathing process.

3. Increases calorie burn – Hills demand more energy, so you burn more calories in less time.
4. Enhances running economy – Runners develop more power and efficiency, which improves speed on flat ground. Same goes with running on beaches, it’s harder but it’s more efficient workout.
5. Strengthens joints & tendons – Climbing hills builds stability and reduces the impact on knees compared to downhill running.

🔹 Mental Benefits
- stimulates and motivates your mind to achieve and get up to the top of the hill.
- you outside in the fresh air helps with clearing your mind be as one with yourself take some time for you.

🔹 Injury Prevention
• Uphill running/walking is low impact compared to flat sprints, so it strengthens muscles without as much pounding on joints.

This is why when I see a hill or get told when hiking, riding even cycling that we are going up hills I get excited because of what I have just put above ⬆️