We walk 8000-10000 steps a day, many people up to 20000. Yet we don’t have walking classes or check ups despite us all being human and having asymmetry/injuries/stress load. Walking is something we want to be able to do with ease well into old age. We also need to walk

Did you know most episiotomies are performed with right handed sissors? This means most women’s scars are on the right side. This can affect the strength and mobility of the right hip and pelvis. They are usually at a sideways angle into the transverse perineal muscle and bulbocavernosus muscles with help

Hip extension… I often see people lack this in their gait. They even may be able to do it passively in yoga poses but when it comes to synchronising it within their walking or running they have lost that control. If you can’t access it, you will take it from

Calves are referred to as our second hearts. They are beautifully designed to help you walk but they are also vital venus pumps from the legs to the heart. Ankle mobility and strength are determine the quality of their function. In order for them to function effectively we need to

The hormone progesterone sky rockets before menstruation. Progesterone is well know to increases breathing rate. If you are already breathing a bit too fast, due to anxiety or bad breathing habits this will push you into hyperventilation, which is why studies show women’s Carbon Dioxide (CO2) levels drop 25% at

Colds, sniffles, hay fever, allergies, blocked noses? Have your tried mouth taping? It is helpful to find your way back to nasal breathing at night. (It will unblock your nose, the more you do this and its very cheap and easy). The more we use our nose breath the more

Orthotics have their place in treatment of certain conditions or rare extreme structural issues. But ultimately they give temporary relief at the expense of long term dysfunction. They are often given to reduce pronation. However pronation is a natural part of the gait function. It’s beautifully designed as a shock

I find this stunning – evolutionary wonder. Women’s L3 (a lower back vertebrae) is a wedge shape, when men’s are not. Designed for pregnancy weight. As the baby weight shifts the center of mass forward this causes a lot of shear on the back muscles so to help it allows

Having spent years learning biomechanics, the amount of awe I have for the design of the feet, this to me is a form of self abuse. We balk in horror at the pictures of Chinese foot binding, but this is still a milder version of it. The toes, particularly the

We all know the feeling of waking up in the middle of the night with extremely dry mouth and thirst and needing to down a pint of water. Mouth breathing plays a huge part in this, during the day and night. Your body is about 60 percent water. Lose even

A quick (terrible) sketch of a man who recently came to see me, to help him visualise his pattern. He had a knee surgery 20 years ago – can you tell which knee? The one he’s avoiding (left side). Pain is in the right hip now, because it’s exhausted, it