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Empowering MumsPregnancy is a miraculous journey, but it can also feel overwhelming as your body undergoes significant changes. Understanding these changes can help you embrace this unique chapter and care for yourself and your baby. One of the biggest changes with pregnancy is the surge in hormone production. Hormones like human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) are essential
Picture yourself starting an exercise routine or going for a walk with your family. Your muscles warm up, your breathing picks up, and, without you really noticing, your body taps into its energy reserves.Moving—and living, in general—is something most people don’t have to think about too much. Have you ever thought of the role of
Is it good? Is it important? Does it work? These are all common questions we get asked at Sycamore. Stretching is known by all but misunderstood by most. Let’s delve into it in this blog. By the end, hopefully, you’ll know enough about stretching to determine whether it’s important for your health goals. There are different
Managing IncontinenceIncontinence, the loss of bladder or bowel control can be a frustrating and isolating experience. Additionally, for men, it can feel especially stigmatised. Whether it is a chronic issue or has come on recently (commonly due to a prostatectomy), it can have significant impacts on a man’s physical, mental and social well-being. This blog
What’s so serious about CVD? According to the World Health Organisation, the top three leading causes of death globally are cardiovascular diseases. While this is a scary statistic, the silver lining is that a lot of risk factors that lead to CVD are modifiable. While there are also non-modifiable risk factors such as age, gender, ethnicity and family history, there
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome can be an elusive one. A frustrating pain that you can’t quite put your finger on, that often doesn’t make any sense, and certainly has an impact on your quality of life. In this blog, we will take a deep dive into chronic pelvic pain syndrome and what it entails.What is
Undergoing your prostate cancer journey is surely a daunting one. With the prospect of cancer, having to undergo a prostatectomy and what the recovery might look like is often an afterthought. Unfortunately, recovery from a prostatectomy is no easy feat and there are some complications that come from having prostate surgery: incontinence and erectile dysfunction.
Our exercise physiologists are looking forward to a break but want you to be able to continue with your routine over the summer– so we’ve compiled a list of at home exercises you can do, wherever you are, whoever you’ve got staying with you and no matter how many glasses of champagne you had at the work Christmas function.
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