tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83544918624469567142024-03-13T03:50:13.570+00:00Fine Fettle Multi-healthcareFine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-61745023377217412812013-03-26T10:20:00.001+00:002013-03-26T10:20:29.269+00:00Doesn't time fly?........ <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Can you believe it? This week beginning 25<sup>th</sup> March is the 12<sup>th</sup> week of 2013. This means we are a quarter of the way through the year! How quickly does time pass?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So now is a good time to reflect and look back at what you have achieved over the first quarter of 2013. Did you set yourself goals, targets or New Years resolutions in January? Have you achieved them? Did you set any? Have you made any plans for the rest of the year? Have you made plans for next year?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It may seem I am asking a lot of questions, but if you don’t ask the questions how do you know the answers? <o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If we make plans we feel more in control, we know the direction we are heading, we know when we have achieved one goal and can move on to the next. We can also make any changes and alterations to our plans if different situations arise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I like to think of myself as a bit of a free spirit, however I have come to the conclusion that to feel free we need some structure in our lives. If you are living life careering from one event to another and feel out of control why not come along and see if we can help at Fine Fettle? Any of the therapists are happy to have a free 15 minute chat and suggest ways we might be able to help.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><br />
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<span lang="EN-US">Did you start 2013 determined to stick to your New Year Resolutions?
Has it all fallen apart after only a few weeks? The statistics show that less
than 10% of those who make resolutions actually stick to them for 6 months with
nearly half giving up by the middle of January with 45% blaming lack of
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<span lang="EN-US">If you have fallen by the wayside but really want to change certain
aspects of your life then maybe you have to revisit the whole commitment thing
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Set Yourself Up for Success<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Your reasons WHY<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">The first place to start is to understand WHY you want to make
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<span lang="EN-US">Too many people go straight for the WHAT (e.g. lose weight) without
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<span lang="EN-US">It’s essential you think about the reasons WHY you want to make
changes and improvements as without this initial process you have no driving
force to keep you on track and propel you to succeed. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Take time to consider this, make sure your reasons are positive and
personal. This shouldn’t be someone else’s goal for you. This has to be your true
reason. So spend time really identifying the key points for wanting change. If
your reason is strong enough it will keep you going especially when the hard
times creep in, attach enough importance to the goal and you’l be more likely
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<b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Your Goals<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US">Once you have the WHY in place you can go on to set your goals
following the <b>SMART</b> rules.</span></div>
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Research shows we are 80% more likely to
achieve our goals if we make them “smart” <o:p></o:p></div>
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What is SMART?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>S</b>pecific - you need to know exactly what you
want to achieve, vague statements will not work. So just putting “I want to
lose weight” or “I want to improve my running” is not specific enough. Instead
something like “I want to lose 1 stone by May 2013” or “I am going to run a 5k
in May 2013 in less than 45 mins” is far more exact.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>M</b>easureable - you need to be able to track your
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<b>A</b>ction based - say what you are going to do,
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<b>R</b>ealistic and relevant - your goal should be challenging
but realistic e.g. you are not going to lose 3 stone in a month. It must be
“do-able”. Putting something unrealistic is just setting yourself up to fail<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>T</b>ime bound -your goals should always include a
time limit. Whatever goal you are setting should always include “by when” do
you want to achieve the result?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Your long term goal is probably your most
important and meaningful but sometimes achieving this can be quite far in the
future. This could mean that you have problems staying motivated and focused.
If you set yourself shorter term goals, they are like stepping stones that will
help you get to the ultimate prize and will help monitor your progress.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: #0400; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">“</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">A goal without a plan is just a wish”<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 10.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">(Antoine de
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<b><u><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Your Action Plan<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div>
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Make these actions positive. By this I mean
don’t have a list of actions which start “I will not .......” this is a
negative and concentrates on what we want to avoid or eliminate. So saying
something like “I will not eat biscuits” will just make you want to eat
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Start each action with an “I will .....e.g.eat
more protein and vegetables”<o:p></o:p></div>
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accountability. Enlist the help of friends, family or colleagues who will help
you and maybe even join you. Choose carefully, you don’t want people around who
are constantly trying to send you off track. We’ve all been around those people
who say “one piece of cake won’t do any harm” or “one more won’t hurt” etc
These are negative influences in your life, they are not your supporters they
are sabotagers -ditch them or make sure you do not mix with them during this
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beautiful journal and use it to record your thoughts and feelings along the way
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In your head it’s just an idea, on paper it’s a
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task think to yourself “can you see yourself doing this in a years time?” If
the answer is NO then reconsider. These should be actions that you can fit in
to your daily life. If they are realsitic you can do them<span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #0400;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appointments, do not allow other things to supercede them, give them priority
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are getting stressed out because you are not achieving everything on your plan
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challenging) <span style="font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif"; mso-ansi-language: #0400;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you are in -YOU are the only one who can get you out. This is the single
greatest skill you can learn, master this and everything else will fall in to
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">S</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">urrey Nutrition
Clinic offers support to help you achieve your health goals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">We offer full 1:1
nutritional consultations at <b>FineFettle</b> and we have now introduced a new 1 hour
“Optimise You Health” session. During this time we can discuss your specific
health or weight loss goals, your current diet and lifestyle and make
recommendations to support you, whether that goal is to increase your energy,
to lose weight, optimise your digestion or maybe to address PMS symptoms. The 1
hour session also includes relevant handouts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">As a special
introductory offer for February and March we are giving a 10% discount to all
new clients who book either an “Optimise Your Health” session or a full
nutritional consultation <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you have a
specific health complaint we do recommend that you seek a full 1:1 nutritional
consultation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><b>Call Fine Fettle
Multi-healthcare on 01372 458984<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">If you would like
to speak to Helen Williams, the Nutrition Consultant then please call Surrey
Nutrition Clinic on 0208 226 5063 or e-mail </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:info@surreynutritionclinic.co.uk"><span style="color: #000099; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">info@surreynutritionclinic.co.uk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> to arrange a
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-26206747950583192622013-02-13T14:34:00.001+00:002013-02-13T14:34:12.036+00:00Initial research suggests hypnotherapy may help in the reduction of hot flushes connected to the menopause <br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Contact: <a href="mailto:terry_goodrich@baylor.edu"><span style="color: blue;">Terry Goodrich,</span></a> Assistant Director of Media Communications, (254) 710-3321<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The mind-body therapy study of 187 women over a five-week period measured both physical symptoms of hot flashes and women's self-reporting of flashes. The women received weekly sessions of hypnosis by clinically trained therapists, and they also practiced self-hypnosis using audio recordings and such visualizations as a snowy path or a cool mountain creek, according to the study, published online in <i>Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society</i> and funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"For women who want to be involved in their own therapy, this is very appealing," Elkins said. "It also has the advantages of cost savings and few or no side effects. Over the long term, the intervention has the potential to reduce health care costs and provide a safe and effective choice for women during menopause."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Other treatment options are hormones -- estrogen or progestin --which are most effective with a range of 90 to 100 percent reduction in hot flashes, but associated with increased risk of breast cancer or heart disease; antidepressants, with a decrease in the range of 45 to 60 percent but with possible side effects such as dry mouth and decreased interest in sex; and herbal remedies, generally found to be of little more benefit than a placebo, Elkins said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"This is one of the largest studies for menopausal intervention that has been done, and certainly for mind-body intervention," Elkins said.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">"Our next steps are to determine if the intervention can be provided by audio and video recordings as well as the long-term cost benefits," he said. "If it can be provided by audio recording, we could achieve a wide usage and potentially help millions of women. Studies also need to be done to see whether this could benefit the immune system and ward off disease."<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Research findings mirrored results of an earlier Baylor study using hypnosis to reduce hot flashes in breast cancer survivors.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Other researchers involved in the study were William Fisher and Aimee Johnson, both doctoral candidates of psychology at Baylor; Janet Carpenter, Ph.D., R.N., a professor in the department of nursing of the University of Indiana; and Timothy Keith, Ph.D., a professor at the University of Texas at Austin.<o:p></o:p></span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">Well this post completes the challenge I set myself at
the end of October 2012 to write a blog a week until Christmas, and here we are
January 2013! In my defence I completed before Christmas but due to technical problems didn't manage to
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">I have surprised myself because I have really enjoyed the
process of blogging. Sometimes I felt pressured for time, however when I
decided I HAD to stop to write it, it didn't take me very long and afterwards I
felt glad that I had written it, realising I was another step closer to
achieving the goal I had set myself. Thinking about it, that's like a lot of
things in life, we are often too busy being busy to stop and do something we
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">'The time to relax is when you don't have time' </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">So I would like to set a challenge for those of you that
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">In 2013 set aside<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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you've wanted to do but felt you didn't have time for. Make it your present to
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">Have a very Happy New Year and why not pop in and see me
in Fine Fettle Thank you for reading my blogs and I hope 2013 brings you
everything you want it to.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Consolas;">PS Have taken up my own challenge and will continue to blog but this time once a month. Would love to hear what challenges you have set yourselves. </span></div>
Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-81797989662882476732012-12-18T14:46:00.000+00:002012-12-18T14:46:02.159+00:00Sue's penultimate blog<strong>Alittle rant........</strong><br />
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Everybody is allowed a little rant every now and then and this is mine........<br />The majority of us take some time out of our busy lives to look after ourselves which I think is a pretty good idea........(you can hear the 'but' coming can't you?, well that's not quite right because I am an NLPer so I use the word 'however').......however it's usually something physical, having our hair cut, seeing an osteopath if our body needs putting back to default, going for a massage, going to the dentist, going to our gp, I could go on. You notice that there is nothing about our minds or emotions, a lot of people seem to think of it as a weakness or a waste of time to take stock of our lives and see if there is anything we want to change or see how close we are to achieving the goals we have set ourselves (if we've set any that is!). I heard someone once say 'Change is an action not a reaction' and this is so true. So why not make 2013 your year to put that right, take some time to audit your life and take care of your mind and emotions? You don't know what you can achieve until you try.<br />
This reminds me of a quote from 'Alice in Wonderland' <br />Alice 'That's impossible.'<br />Mad Hatter 'only if you believe it is'<br />
Ok end of rant, feel better now I've got that off my chest. <br />Why not pop in and see me in Fine Fettle in the New Year and see if hypnotherapy or NLP Coaching can help you make the changes you want?<br />
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Until next time<br />
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Sue<br />
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Sue Ford<br />Clinical Hypnotherapist and NLP CoachFine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-6099676649949070522012-12-12T10:20:00.002+00:002012-12-12T10:20:32.072+00:00<br />
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People would ponder</div>
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'Is it a fish like a cod?'</div>
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'Is it a document of vital importance ?'</div>
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Jack would shake his head with annoyance Until one day a
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Jack looked at the boy and his smile was bright He put
the box down just missing his socks Which were purple and orange with holes in
each toe through these holes his nails would grow He pulled a piece of paper
out of his pocket And then a pencil and his mother's locket And after that a
firework rocket Which if lit may take your eye out of its socket He leaned the
piece of paper on the lid And wrote..My voice I call it Sid 'What's it doing in
the box?' the boy asked I'm looking after it Jack wrote at last Protecting and
caring for it The boy was silent for a bit 'How does it sound?'</div>
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Wrote on the paper and looked around</div>
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'I don't know he's been muzzled'</div>
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'How strange' said the boy</div>
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'To have a voice and never speak</div>
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To have a voice that could never express joy Does it make
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Jack shrugged expressively</div>
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'Do you not have any questions?'the boy asked Jack nodded
vigorously 'Well what's stopping you?' the boy said at last Rubbing his face
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-51078100332514652922012-11-30T11:50:00.000+00:002012-11-30T11:50:28.729+00:00Imagination by Sue FordImagination<br />
Hi, me again....have been thinking about imagination and creativity this week.<br />
Freeing up your imagination and releasing your creativity is like opening a door in your mind and hundreds of exquisite butterflies streaming out filling the air around you with gentle ripples of glorious colour. Feeling the brush of invention caress your cheek as their wings lift them higher the sound of beating wings, a gentle lullaby, taking your dreams ideas and inspirations with them, releasing them into the universe letting them expand and develop. Some soar too quickly and like Icarus they melt and fall. They weren't fully formed, they had no direction, no focus, some faded as they saw how bright their companions were, but some...... glowed brighter until their beauty was awe inspiring and took your breath away and you're glad you released them and didn't keep them hidden away.<br />Then there are one or two that lead you down a different path to places that you didn't know existed. Places that can change ideas, beliefs and your life's goals.<br />
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Do you want to look at changing ideas or your life goals. Do you want to release your creativity? Why not come and have free 15 minute chat to see if hypnotherapy and NLP can help you?<br />
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See you next week<br />
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Sue<br />
Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-24568774985158122312012-11-27T15:46:00.001+00:002012-11-27T15:46:06.454+00:00FINE FETTLE TRAINING COURSES 2013Here we have listed details of our first 2013 training courses:<br />
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<span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16pt;">Tutor: Sue Ford</span><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; language: en-GB; mso-ansi-language: en-GB; mso-arabic-font-family: Arial; mso-armenian-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-currency-font-family: Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial; mso-default-font-family: Arial; mso-greek-font-family: Arial; mso-hebrew-font-family: Arial; mso-latin-font-family: Arial; mso-latinext-font-family: Arial; mso-ligatures: none;"> is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, NLP Life Coach and a Hypnotherapy Trainer working out of Fine Fettle in Bookham and Elite Clinics in Wimbledon. </span><span lang="en-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.75pt;"> </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-weight: bold; language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-cyrillic-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-default-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-greek-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-latin-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-latinext-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-37138882931262642242012-11-27T11:13:00.001+00:002012-11-27T11:13:39.479+00:00CHANGE? By Sue Ford<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-7082636165799849432012-11-15T14:03:00.002+00:002012-11-15T14:03:25.614+00:00Worry Worry Worry by Sue Ford (hypnotherapy/NLP)<br />
Hi<br />
Well here we are week 3 of my blog and it hasn't been too onerous, in fact if I am honest I've quite enjoyed it - I might even consider continuing after Christmas!<br />
Today's blog is about worries.<br />
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Jerry lived in a little flat on his own he was a very anxious person he worried about everything. Someone told him to write a worry down and that would make it disappear - well that was a load of rubbish he now dragged around a carrier bag that was full of bits of paper each with a worry written on! And not one had gone away he knew because he checked every day. As each day passed the bag became heavier and heavier and he became more and more anxious. Friends suggested he read all of the bits of paper and decided which ones to keep, which were important and which we're out of date and could be thrown because they were obsolete. He thought this was a great idea he laboriously went through the carrier bag again piece by piece and managed to get rid of the princely amount of nine and a half (the half one was because the problem was out of date but he knew it would come back at the same time next year, so it was just a worry on the back burner!)<br />
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None of this was helping, he was making himself ill. He had to do something but he didn't know what. One day when he was sitting on a park bench now with 2 carrier bags bursting at the seams resting on the floor by his feet. A large dog ran past and the bags went flying, each one of Jerry's worries took flight. The dog leapt into the air trying to catch the pieces of paper, Jerry leapt into the air trying to catch the pieces of paper, the old lady with her shopping trolley jumped into the air trying to catch the pieces of paper but to no avail. Some pieces of paper had got stuck in the trees some were floating on the pond,others were fluttering down as if it was a paper snow storm. All Jerry's worries were out there in the world out of his control and guess what nothing had happened no major disasters no catastrophes not even one minor disruption. Jerry began to laugh, the large dog barked happily and the old lady with the shopping trolley carried on about her business with a gentle smile on her face. Is this one of those happy ever after fairy tales? No, because Jerry will surely have new worries tomorrow but it is a story of possibility for change and finding coping strategies. Sometimes it's simply worth trying something different.<br />
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Do you feel snowed under with anxieties or overwhelmed with worries, why not see if hypnotherapy or NLP can help?<br />
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See you next week<br />
Sue<br />
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To have a free 15 minute chat with Sue to see if hypnotherapy or NLP may be able to help you, contact us at info@finefettle.org or phone us on 01372 458984<br />
Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-13758502462086812522012-11-08T19:24:00.001+00:002012-11-08T19:24:19.958+00:00A post from a happy Fine Fettle customer......<br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">I’ve had an exhausting day where I’ve read a book about WordPress (thankfully, I am now able to press a word), met some students and met a very like minded person who has an amazing outlook on life. More on her another time, I’m sure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">So on to today’s person. There are obviously people reading this thing, because I’ve had a fair few “I’d better be on there one day” remarks. Maybe, maybe not! Today, it’s someone who has never asked to be on here, and who would never expect to be on here, let alone want to be! It’s a lovely lady called Helen Bullen, who works 25 hours a day on her passion – Fine Fettle Multi Healthcare.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Helen is an Osteopath whose business offers everything from hypnotherapy to sports massage. She first got in touch with me right at the start of the 52 marathon challenge and simply said that if there’s any way she can help, she will. And she did! Advice, guidance, information, treatment, encouragement, laughs, pep talks – the lot! And never has she asked for a penny or an ounce of recognition.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Helen is the type of person who will offer you the world because she truly believes in what she is doing and the things her business has to offer. They’ve recently won a national award and I really believe that’s completely down to their open, honest and personal approach to what they do. There is no salesmanship, they are people who offer you everything you need and not a bit more. They don’t rip you off – they’re way too good for that.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Helen is as nice a person as you could meet. She exudes enthusiasm and appears to be a fantastic boss (I say appears to be, as I’ve never worked for her. Potentially, she might be a psychopath who locks her employees away. Although I doubt it.). She gives up her time for free, as well as her facilities, staff and equipment. You will find her on any given weekend out somewhere offering FREE treatments to people taking part in events for charity. If they are given money, it all goes to charity. She gives back over and over again. And people know that, and as a marketing tool it must pay dividends. Good on them!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: black; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">When I first met Helen, she was ‘just an osteopath’. But having learned more about her, it turns out she’s one of the very best. She’s also something like an ex international volleyball player. Helen often flies to Dublin because she has a fancy job there. She’s something like the academic vice chancellor for magical osteopath skills. She takes an active role in teaching others her skills and as role models go, you couldn’t get better. If you ever have the pleasure of meeting her, try not to be infected by her enthusiasm – I dare you. It’s impossible – she’s more infectious than bird flu and you’ll leave a treatment from her with the desire to go and run a marathon there and then.</span></div>
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-49140100491327274192012-11-08T14:21:00.002+00:002012-11-08T14:21:25.503+00:00Sue's second blog - To write or not to write? ......PROCRASTINATION<br />
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It was being heard across the nation<br />
Peter suffered from procrastination<br />
First he had a dither then he had a pause<br />
Before he knew what hit him he'd broken all the laws<br />
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About time being precious<br />
What a crime it was to waste<br />
he had to search his subconscious<br />
He had to amend this with haste<br />
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Should he go left or should he go right<br />
Maybe put off the decision till Saturday night<br />
He scoured the horizon with his 20:20 vision<br />
No wonder people looked at him with derision<br />
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Two steps forward three steps back<br />
Should he wear a jumper or a plastic mac?<br />
Was it best to walk or fly a plane<br />
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This was getting him nowhere<br />
A case this serious was so rare<br />
If he didn't move every so often<br />
They'd carry him off in a bamboo coffin<br />
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Four steps forward then three in reverse<br />
This hesitation was a curse<br />
Gloria his friend made a suggestion<br />
To get rid of his procrastination<br />
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Why don't you see a hypnotherapist<br />
They could deal with this delaying terrorist<br />
What you need is motivation<br />
But where to start is relaxation<br />
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Although this poem is a light hearted look at procrastination for some people it is really serious and has a huge negative effect on their life. I believe hypnotherapy can help because as it says in the poem 'the place to start is relaxation' and hypnotherapy is able to help people relax and reassess what they are doing and why they are doing it. Sometimes the reasons can be quite surprising.<br />
See you next week<br />
Sue<br />
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To book a free 15 minute chat with Sue contact her on:<br />
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sueford@mail.com or info@finefettle.org<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-12368264880639151212012-11-01T14:10:00.000+00:002012-11-01T14:10:18.239+00:00Sue's FIRST BLOG!!!<br />
My name is Sue and I am one of the hypnotherapists at Fine Fettle. Anyone who has met me knows how passionate I am about what I do, I wax lyrical about hypnosis and nlp to anyone who stands still long enough to listen (I hasten to add I do stop if I see their eyes begin to glaze over - well mostly!)<br />
When I see clients I talk a lot about three things in particular:-<br />
1. Choices<br />
2. Changes<br />
3. Challenges<br />
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The other day I was thinking how much do I use these three things in my life - probably not as much as might be useful! So I have decided to bite the bullet and incorporate them more. Therefore I have set myself a challenge of writing a blog once a week until the end of the year.<br />
I have always wanted to have a go at blogging but you know what it's like...... All the questions start flooding in:-<br />
What shall I write about?<br />
Will people be interested in what I have to say?<br />
Have I got time?<br />
And many more.....<br />
However you can put loads of hurdles in front of something you want to do and put it off and delay it and think about it and discuss it.<br />
The light bulb moment came when I realised 'you don't know unless you try!' Obvious really, but sometimes it's hard to see what 's under your nose.<br />
So..... This is my FIRST BLOG...<br />
I hope you enjoy reading them and I would love any comments back if you feel inclined.<br />
My SECOND BLOG is going to be about the very thing I mentioned here, putting things off, in other words PROCRASTINATION.<br />
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Sue<br />
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Hypnotherapist at Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-24211820400244727642012-10-27T20:26:00.001+01:002012-10-27T20:26:35.104+01:002nd Place....How to appreciate your achievements!!Last weekend was a tense weekend for Fine Fettle MHC and for myself and my Practice Manager Debbie as we fought for two places in the top 3 in the UK and in Guernsey.<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare, as you can read in my last blog, were amazingly short listed to the final three in the CAM UK clinic of the year competition. The awards took place last Sunday. Meanwhile myself and Debbie Frost (my Practice Manager, former team mate and England International) were away in Guernsey playing in the Guernsey Volleyball Open.<br />
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For those that don't know myself or Debbie I need to explain that we both used to play top level volleyball in the UK playing Division 1 (top division) for Ashcombe, Dorking for many years. Debbie is also an ex England player who has many caps and is listed in the volleyball hall of fame for her contribution to England Volleyball. What I do have to add is that we are both now retired from top level volleyball, in fact neither of us have played properly for years.<br />
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Well we travelled out to Guernsey to meet out former team mates for a fun tournament with no pressure on winning games as only three out of the 9 of our team had played in the last year. Well despite all the odds and after a shaky start we actually found out that we still have some of what it takes and by the semi finals we blew the opposition away. The finals loomed but despite a great performance, considering our lack of any match play, we lost but it was a well fought game and we were ecstatic to have got so far. A money prize and trophies were gratefully received.<br />
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Meanwhile, Eddie my partner had travelled to Earls Court for the presentation of the clinic awards and again we just lost in the final. I have to admit I was gutted to come a runner up but as this week has passed I have realised what an achievement it was to be runner up in the UK clinic awards. An amazing achievement as we have only been open 2 1/2 years. To be the 2nd best clinic in the country really isn't that bad!!<br />
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So coming second twice was actually amazing and I need to appreciate what we have done. Initially, being so competitive I was down that we had not won either but after some reflection and hearing the congratulations from our patients and friends I have realised that 2nd isn't that bad..............<br />
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If you have not visited us yet at Fine Fettle then do pop in to see us. We are a friendly bunch and love meeting new people and telling them what we do. We also have our trophy and certificate up in reception!!<br />
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Chief runner up.......Helen Bullen - Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare!!! Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-72661804263185017912012-10-16T11:49:00.000+01:002012-10-16T11:49:26.235+01:00FINE FETTLE SHORT LISTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS HEALTHCARE AWARDaWow, Wow, Wow...................<br />
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Way back in early September I (Helen Bullen) decided to enter Fine Fettle in the CAM (Complementary Natural and Integrated Healthcare) Clinic Awards. Anyone who knows me will know that I live and breath Fine Fettle and we so strive to be the best clinic there is.<br />
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I actually didn't tell anyone at Fine Fettle I had entered us, as being such a large competition and nationwide I wasn't sure we would be recognised. I duly sent off all our details within the set number of words and secretly crossed my fingers...Well today it all paid off. Early today we got a call, much to the surprise of reception, from the CAM expo organisers to ask us to attend their awards ceremony on Sunday 21st of October 2012 as we had been short listed to the final three for the<br />
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THE FINAL THREE - this is an incredible achievement for us and we will be proud what ever the outcome. The award is to be judged by a group of industry professionals and will be presented at camexpo, the industry's most presitgious event, which takes place at Earls Court on Sunday 21st of October.<br />
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I will add, however that so far Fine Fettle has come runner up in the Leatherhead Chamber of Commerce Business of the year awards 2010 and I was runner up in Business Personality awards 2010 and we came 3rd in the Leatherhead Chamber Customer Care awards in 2011. SO PLEASE - COULD WE JUST WIN ONE!!! This one also has a £500 reward for coming first!!<br />
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The next problem is the awards are this Sunday. Well after 4 years of not playing volleyball very much it is just this weekend that I happen to be playing in the Guernsey Volleyball Open with all my old team mates. We won this tournament for about 10 years in a row and although we are all ageing I think a double win on Sunday would be fantastic!! (I can hear my mates laughing now...I probably wont be walking on Sunday let alone getting to the final!!) Just as an aside the Guernsey Open final is always worth getting into. I have had many years of being on Guernsey TV coming out of a smoke filled corridor to strobbing lights on court to be presented to the crowd!! Those were the days!! Can the old girl make a come back!!???<br />
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So what to do about Sunday???? Well luckily I have some fantastic therapists at Fine Fettle and 3 of them hope to get up to Earls Court for the awards. Team Fine Fettle are a fantastic group of therapist who all put in 100% into the clinic. They are the people that make Fine Fettle the fantastic multi-healthcare centre and I truly THANK them all for working with me and for providing such excellent care for all our clients.<br />
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Will blog again soon with the result but we are already ecstatic that we are short listed to the final 3 from so many other clinics nationwide. WELL DONE TO THE FETTLER TEAM!!<br />
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<i>Helen</i><br />
Owner and Senior Osteopath<br />
BSc (Hons) Ost Med, MSMA<br />
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A knee injury on day 1 made the first 3 stages rather testing, but crashing at 20mph on day 5 made the rest of the trip even more of a challenge. (a note to all cyclists, always wear a helmet. My helmet did it's job, it cracked, my head didn't!) Getting up at 5.30 from a cold, wet tent, with gravel rash on my knee, hip, shoulder and hands wasn't fun. But that, and cycling 100+ miles in a day was an easy thing to do when compared with the operations and treatments that my friend and thousands of others go through. That thought spurred me on and kept my pedals turning until the finish line at John O'Groats.</span><br />
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</span>Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-48701456464632623312012-08-09T18:56:00.003+01:002012-08-09T18:56:35.742+01:00Injury - will the Osteopath be able to take her own advice!!Hi All<br />
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Well the Olympics are here and I have been building my preparation for the game for the last 4 years and blow me if I get injured just before the start!!!<br />
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I may jest in my building for the Olympics but I thought I should put pen to paper to report on my injury and how as even an amateur 'jogger' it has been one of the hardest things to get my head around over the last 3 weeks. <br />
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About 3 weeks ago,..well actually 23 days and 4 hours...not that I am counting, I returned from a hilly run over Norbury park to suddenly feel my left calf tear at the musculo-tendinous junction. Now, I pride myself in being pretty tough and have kept going in both running events and volleyball matches with injuries but this was different. The pain was so acute I was stopped in my tracks - literally! Luckily my daughter was with me and the car was not far.<br />
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Over the next 3 days I rested completely, I iced and strapped the area...all good on the 'taking my own advice' ....so far! The calf responded well and I decided in my joggers wisdom rather than my Osteopathic wisdom that it would be fine to have a little jog out to "test" the leg as by now I thought it couldn't have been that bad after all. So I am sure you have guessed but it was not good, in fact so bad that this time I was stranded on Bookham common and had to physically limp my way back to the car and struggled to drive myself home.<br />
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Limping I arrived at work and booked straight in for treatment and was "told off" by members of my team at Fine Fettle for even thinking I was fit to go back out running. Treatment done I then took a whole 7 days off (yes I was advised to take more) However 7 days was not enough to stop me limping so my Osteopathic wisdom advised more rest and eccentric work to the area. By now I was mentally in pieces as running is my love and to have it taken away for even a short time torture!!<br />
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So over these 7 days the Olympic started and although I love the winning bits I have to say my heart goes out to those that don't achieve what they had set out to do and especially those that get injured. The odd thing about being an Osteopath with a heavy interest in sport is that you actually are really interested in the injuries, you want the camera to be on the athlete so you can see what the manual therapist does. I am often found shouting obscenities when the "magic water" tipped on an area cures the problem and the athlete writhing in pain is suddenly cured!!! That said it made me reflect on my feeling of being injured. I love running (yes to close friends I know I whinge about it too) and when I can't run I am lost. I use running to relax to see the country side and to get that great feeling of improvement and achieving goals. As most people know I used to play National League Volleyball and that was my passion and running was just a way to keep fit for that but now I've retired running is my "fix".<br />
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The GB team has done fantastically in these Olympics but spare a thought for those that didn't get to where they wanted and especially those athletes that got injured. Only yesterday GB Decathlon Daniel Awde was out of the games after injuring his knee. Not long before his injury he had run a PB of 10.71 in the 100m. How must that feel after 4 years (or more) of life changing training and pure hard work? I just can't imagine what they are going through after the years of anticipation and hard work and it certainly puts my little calf strain into perspective. I still remember Derek Redmond in 1992 when he tore his hamstring during the 400m semi final and insisted on completing the lap - what guts and courage and how emotional we all were watching his father jump past security to help him continue! <br />
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So back to my injury, now in perspective when compared with others, I decided against advice to give it another go strapped in green levotape!! (yes like the athletes at the Olympics) Running however was still not an option as I found out on Monday and I again decided enough was enough I wanted to get back out for a run. This time I decided in my wisdom that I would get a lift up the hill to Bockets farm and gently run home. This would have been about a mile - perfect ...BUT I decided after 2 minutes that it felt great so I added on a 2 mile loop. WHEN WILL I TAKE MY OWN ADVICE? So after 1 mile I was reduced to tears and doing an odd run and walk style to get home. Although there were tears they were from realisation that I had to stop running for longer than a week, in fact the realisation that perhaps 6 weeks of rehab may be more advisable. <br />
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So ice pack back on and active rest prescribed I started to think how would I advise a patient..... 10 years qualified and another 4 years before that training and it took me all that time to do the right thing? I suppose it just makes me human and I have to say I very rarely tell athletes to completely stop training if I can avoid it as I know that feeling.<br />
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I have now joined the local gym as I may not be able to do ballistic type work with my calf yet but I can still exercise if I do the right thing. <br />
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THE GYM (INDUCTION)<br />
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I have to be honest and say I don't really like gyms (even though I am a qualified gym instructor) and I had to drag myself down for my induction. I arrived nice and early to fill in the forms and just before walking into the reception met a past student of mine so had a lovely chat with him. I then turned to reception where I knew the receptionist so another lovely chat and a giggle. I was starting to enjoy this gym lark...I was then passed onto the receptionist who filled in the forms and she was a patient at Fine Fettle so again I had a lovely chat...this training was great I was having a whale of a time!! Why had I avoided the gym for so long?<br />
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I arrived in the gym and stood outside the instructors door waiting when blow me another patient and friend rushed up to greet me, this was great even if the hug was slightly sweaty!! Then the door from a nearby studio opened and ....I knew the instructor...this was fantastic. Perhaps I could just get the runners high from seeing people I knew at the gym!!! ? This training was going to be easy!!!!<br />
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My induction instructor arrived and I suddenly realised he was waiting to start whilst I was having my social fix!! I made my apologies to friends and patients and tried to pretend I was giving him my whole attention. The guy was really good and half way through I thought it was fair to say I was a gym instructor too and had actually worked at the old gym about 10 years ago. This worked well and we whizzed through the induction.<br />
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I arrived home after 20 minutes of induction and idle chit chat!! and felt like I had really trained. Shame I didn't actually do any training. My partner had cooked tea as I was so late home..this gym stuff was really going to be fantastic!!!<br />
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THE GYM (FOR REAL)<br />
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So I had to actually go to the gym to work out. I had instructions from my own Osteopathic Wisdom NOT to go on the treadmills yet and not to do any classes that involved impact through my left leg. EASY I thought until I looked around and I was just longing to get on the treadmill, they had TV and everything and the Boxercise sounded good!! All went well and I trained hard on the cross trainer (with low resistance - Osteopathic Wisdom), the bike and the rowing machine. Weights for my core - which to be honest is non existent and boy did I feel it a few hours later!! Coughing is not an option at the moment.<br />
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One thing that did shock me at the gym was the amount of people lifting weights incorrectly, especially young lads egging each other on to lift really big weights that they had no way of lifting without recruiting the wrong areas and putting their other joints in danger. My advice is to lift weights properly and forget what other people are doing - for example try to isolate the muscle you are training, Don't use momentum to do your biceps curls use a lower weight that allows you to isolate the area and not use your lower back to assist. Osteopaths really don't wish injury on patients and we often advise people on how to train properly to prevent injury.<br />
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SPINNING<br />
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So now I am into this and loving being back to exercise, I hadn't realised I was so addicted!!! I arrived at 6.50 am this morning in my padded shorts for a 45 minute session. How hard could that be? 45 minutes was half a work out surely.....<br />
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My Osteopathic wisdom advised no out of saddle work and to work up the resistance depending on any pain felt. No pain felt so off I went. Hell for leather for the first 35 minutes trying to compete with everyone in the room even the instructor!! I even had thoughts positions to reduce wind resistance and perhaps a sleek helmet to help me go faster but with or without a visor? I still have the competitive streak but hardly worth it as we all on static bikes and lets face it unless I have a bike slightly further forward than others I was never going to come first over the line!! Shame I didn't figure this out until the end. Next time I will gently ease my bike forward before we start. Anyway lots of huffing and puffing and of course I pushed myself to have a higher gear than the next guy but I have to say he looked a little less red and sweaty at the end.<br />
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The lady the other side of me was stunning and how I wished she hadn't sat next to me. I was dripping sweat by the end and she was quietly glowing beside me!! There I was mopping down myself and worse the bike and floor too after the session. On the plus side I did not venture out of my seat which would have put pressure on my achilles - that was the hardest part.<br />
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So what next...well tomorrow is a rest day with some basic eccentric work on my calf but Sunday I am back for spinning. Well I am if I can sit down by then.....<br />
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Will keep you updated and perhaps I may convert to the gym? More likely I will combine the two as my love is running outdoors in the mud sweating as much as I like with hills that are not optional, instead just the way home. Don't think they will every re create that in any gym! Will they?<br />
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Happy training<br />
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PS well done to the GB womens volleyball team in the London 2012 Olympics. These girls held their own at the event without any funding. A massive achievement! Lets hope they get funding for RIO!!!!! I'm going to book my ticket!!<br />
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Here at Fine Fettle we have a
broad range of people using our services – young, old, sporty, the less active,
men and women. This means, particularly
for our manual therapy professionals, we need to have an awareness of some of
the health issues facing particular groups of patients and it is one of the
reasons why we take such a thorough case history when you first come to see us
– we need to make sure (as much as we can) that we are dealing with a condition
which is treatable using manual therapy and there is not some underlying
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Some groups are better than
others at doing various health checks – sorry guys it does tend to be the
ladies who are more aware of what they should be doing on a regular basis. Quite a few of the health issues avoided tend
to have an element of embarrassment which also contributes to certain groups
being less health aware about conditions that can affect them. In particular teenage boys and young men can
be unaware of what they should be doing.
So here goes ....</div>
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<b>Testicular Cancer ...</b> is a
young man’s disease, and yet this age group can have the greatest sense of
invincibility from illness. It affects
around 2,000 men a year in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region>
and is the most common form of cancer in men aged between 15-44 years old. For some reason (as of yet unknown) the
incidence of testicular cancer has more than doubled since 1975. Other factors which can increase the chances
are: a significant risk is an
undescended testis at birth; inherited genetic factors can be significant –
having a father, brother or son who has had testicular cancer can increase the
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The common symptoms are: a lump can be felt in 97% of cases and
approximately 86% of these will be painless; an enlargement of the testicle; a
feeling of heaviness in the scrotum; a dull ache in the abdomen or groin. If you do have any of these symptoms, don’t
just wait and hope that they disappear - go and get checked out by your doctor.
Most lumps are not cancerous but the earlier you find out, the earlier you can
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Regular self-examination will
help you become more aware of the normal feel and size of your testicles so
that any abnormalities can be spotted early on.
It only takes a few minutes to perform and is best performed monthly
after you have had a bath or shower when your scrotum will be warm and relaxed. Support the scrotum in the palm of your hand
and become familiar with the size and weight of each testicle. Examine each
testicle by rolling it between your fingers and thumb. Gently feel for lumps,
swellings, or changes in firmness. Each
testicle has an epididymis that runs behind it which carries sperm to the penis
and can often be mistaken for an abnormal lump.
Don’t panic if you feel this – it’s normal.</div>
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Fine Fettle will have some
leaflets from Orchid the male cancer charity, available from the end of July –
pop in and pick one up for yourself or if not for you, for somebody you care
about.</div>
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Fine Fettle have been nominated for a "Customer Service" award in the Leatherhead Chamber of Commerce Business Awards. We are delighted to be taking part again in the Leatherhead Chamber Awards and would love to do better than runner-up which we achieved in the Business Personality (me!!) and the Business Awards in 2011. My patients love to tell me I "almost" have a personality!! However, not a bad outcome considering we were only just a year old but coming from a competitive background coming 2nd (even if it was twice) is just not close enough!! So this year we would like to "win" something BUT we need your votes. If you would like to cast a vote please go to:<br />
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</div><div>Our group classes are small groups only with a maximum of 10 clients attending (we like to keep it to 8). This allows the instructor to carefully monitor the group and ensure that the right level is being given to each individual. Our instructors are fantastic and everyone that goes just love Gail and Cheryl. </div><div><br />
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</div><div>Well its that time of year again where the therapists at Fine Fettle head out to provide after care support for runners. Last Sunday saw us at the Surrey Spitfire event run by the brilliant team at Events to Live from Ashtead. The Spitfire is an event which lets a lot of runners who are training for one of the many marathons that are coming up in the next 6-8 weeks go the 20 mile distance. </div><div><br />
</div><div>Luckily despite the forecast the weather held and the majority of the runners achieved their training goals of 20 miles. </div><div><br />
Fine Fettle donate all the takings from the charity events we do to the race charity which on this occasion was the RAF rehabilitation centre at Headley Court in Leatherhead. Team Fine Fettle raised over £330 for the charity - thank you to all the runners who donated money for their massage after the event.<br />
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Funniest part of our day was when the announcer said that runners could go to the "Massage Parlour" . Not quite our ethos at Fine Fettle but it worked we saw a lot of runners!!<br />
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</div><div>This is me on the 6th of April 2010 on our very first day of opening and on the 6th of April this year we will be two years old.<br />
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Time flies when you having fun and I have to honestly say I love my job and I work with some fantastic people. I have also met some great people through work from patients, locals to business associates/friends. <br />
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During the two years the other practitioners have built up good patient lists at Fine Fettle and this has given me the chance to take up a part time position of Academic Vice Principal at the Irish College of Osteopathic Medicine which involves a few visits to Dublin per month and some time away from Fine Fettle working on undergraduate level teaching prep every week. I am still able to treat patients 4 days a week and do my "reception" duties one day a week so I'm still heavily steering the business but nice to get back to my other expertise of lecturing and running undergraduate Osteopathic courses. Variety is the spice of life and it does keep my knowledge of Osteopathy very current. <br />
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Other things I have got involved with over the last two years are the Leatherhead Chamber of Commerce where I am now a Director on the board and just recently I was asked to become a committee member for the Bookham Traders Association which I have accepted. So I actually don't take the advice that I give to my patients, I work very hard, have very little time off to rest but I DO LOVE MY JOB...how many people can say that? <br />
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Thanks to everyone who has supported Fine Fettle over the last two years and we are looking forward to many more and hopefully meeting even more of you.<br />
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Helen<br />
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</div>Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-59210147882284023302011-12-15T17:49:00.000+00:002011-12-15T17:49:39.965+00:00NEW YEAR, NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS AND NEW EVENTS AT FINE FETTLE<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>NEW SMALL GROUP CLASSES ARE COMING TO FINE FETTLE</b></span><br />
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Small group classes, starting 3rd January 2012, Tuesday 1-2pm and Thursday 7-8pm. 6 week course for £60<br />
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Group class , with emphasis on how to train safely, for 15-18 year olds, starting 3rd January 2012, Tuesday 5-6pm. 6 week course for £45.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>BACK IN ACTION - CHRONIC BACK PAIN CLASSES/REHABILITATION</b></span><br />
Rehabilitation circuit class, set up for sufferers of chronic back pain, starting Saturday 7th January 2012. Led by chartered physiotherapist. Gentle sessions, with focus on reduction of pain and recovery. Saturday 10-11am 6 week course £60.<br />
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Small group class, led by chartered physiotherapist in local pool. Ideal for injury recovery or low impact exercise. Starts Tuesday 10th of January 10.15 - 10.45.<br />
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ALL CLASSES MUST BE PREBOOKED. LOCAL LOCATIONS FOR CLASSES NEAR TO FINE FETTLE.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;"><b>IBS SUPPORT CLINIC</b></span><br />
Combination of nutrition, physical therapy and guided relaxation over a period of 4 weeks. FIRST 10 PEOPLE TO BOOK IN FOR THE IBS SUPPORT PROGRAMME BY THE END OF JANUARY 2012 WILL RECEIVE THE FULL PROGRAMME HALF PRICE!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"><b>MAKE 2012 YOUR YEAR FOR HEALTH AND FITNESS</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Merry Christmas from all at Fine Fettle and hoping you all remain in "fine fettle" for 2012.</span><br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare IN Bookham OFFERS FREE BLOOD PRESSURE CHECKS DURING KNOW YOUR NUMBERS! WEEK<br />
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Fine Fettle will be warning the general public that ‘Ignorance isn’t always bliss’ as it urges everyone to get their free blood pressure check during this year’s Know your Numbers! Week (12-18 September).<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare in Bookham, Surrey is among over 1,500 official ‘Pressure Stations’ taking part in the nation’s biggest blood pressure testing event run by UK charity the Blood Pressure Association.<br />
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A shocking 1 in 3 adults has high blood pressure and a third of them have no idea as it has no symptoms. That’s around 5 million people whose lives are actually at risk because they don’t know their numbers.<br />
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Research from the Blood Pressure Association has revealed that almost three quarters of adults do not know their own blood pressure numbers. High blood pressure nearly always has no symptoms and for many people is ‘out of sight and out of mind’, but its effects can be devastating. It’s the UK’s biggest silent killer, being responsible for 60% of strokes and 40% of heart attacks. If it is detected though, it can be successfully managed.<br />
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Fine Fettle and the Blood Pressure Association are warning that ‘Ignorance really isn’t always bliss’. Adults should know their blood pressure numbers in the same way they know their height and weight and the only way to find out what they are is to have a blood pressure check. A quick, painless test can mean the difference between life and death or serious disability.<br />
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Fine Fettle will be offering free blood pressure checks at:<br />
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Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare, Rayleigh House, 32 High Street, Bookham, Surrey on Monday 12th September – 0900-1700<br />
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Thursday 15th September – 0900 - 1300<br />
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Friday 16th September – 1400-1800<br />
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Paul Newman, Chief Executive of the Blood Pressure Association, says, <br />
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“We are delighted Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare is taking part in Know your Numbers! Week 2011. Every organisation that takes part helps to emphasise the importance of knowing your blood pressure numbers and by offering the free checks could really be saving lives.” <br />
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“During this year’s campaign, we’re stressing the fact that ‘Ignorance isn’t always bliss’. High blood pressure is a dangerous condition when not managed and we hope everyone will take advantage of the free blood pressure checks to lower their risk of stroke and heart attack.”<br />
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To find out more about the campaign visit the Know your Numbers! website at www.bpassoc.org.uk/kyn <br />
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If you have a question about high blood pressure and would like to speak to someone over the phone, call the Blood Pressure Association’s Information Line on 0845 241 0989. <br />
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• For more information on Know your Numbers! Week, call 020 8772 4980/4997/4992, or email kyn@bpassoc.org.uk<br />
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• To contact the Blood Pressure Association Press Office, call Claire McLoughlin on 020 8772 4992 or email bpacomms@yahoo.co.uk<br />
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• For further information on Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare to arrange for your reporter to have their blood pressure checked, or for a photo or interview, please contact Helen Bullen at Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare on/at 01372 458984 or info@finefettle.org<br />
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• The Blood Pressure Association is the UK’s leading blood pressure charity working to lower the nation’s blood pressure. The charity provides information and support for people with high blood pressure and raises awareness to prevent the condition. For more information visit the charity’s main website at www.bpassoc.org.uk, or call 020 8772 4994.<br />
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• Fine Fettle Multi-healthcare provides a wide variety of complementary treatments all on one site. Our aim is to provide a one-stop centre where clients can choose or seek advice on a particular therapy for any condition or need. Fine Fettle offers a variety of therapies including: Osteopathy, Sports Massage, Acupuncture, Pilates, Personal Training, Therapeutic Massage, Hypnotherapy, Reflexology, Nutrition, Homeopathy and Counselling.<br />
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Facts about blood pressure from UK charity the Blood Pressure Association:<br />
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• One in three adults in the UK – 16 million – has high blood pressure. A third of these (5 million) don’t know they have the condition.<br />
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• High blood pressure has no obvious signs or symptoms. The only way to find out if you have the condition is to have a blood pressure check.<br />
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• Untreated high blood pressure is the major risk factor for stroke and heart attack. It is also a risk factor for heart and kidney disease and vascular dementia.<br />
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• A healthy blood pressure is a level of 120/80mmHg or less. If readings are consistently at or above 140/90mmHg, high blood pressure is diagnosed, and action should be taken to lower it. <br />
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• You can lower your blood pressure by having a healthier lifestyle, and, if necessary, by taking medication as directed by your doctor.<br />
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The Blood Pressure Association’s ‘Top five tips for a healthy blood pressure’:<br />
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1. Cut down on salt – don’t add it when cooking or at the table and check food labels to make sure you don’t eat more than 6g a day.<br />
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2. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables – at least five different portions every day<br />
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3. Watch your weight – try to reach the right weight for your height.<br />
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4. Exercise regularly – that doesn’t have to mean the gym, how about a regular lunchtime walk? 30 minutes five times a week is ideal, but if you are unsure about taking up exercise and how much, ask your GP..<br />
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5. Drink alcohol in moderation – no more than 3-4 units a day for men and no more than 2-3 units for women (a pint of normal strength beer = 2 units, a medium glass of wine = 2 units).<br />
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So for 4 months I have been running in my Mizuno trainers which have less built up support and firstly I have to say I love them. I find them really comfortable which was a surprise if I am honest after years of built up "comfy" looking trainers. Trying to run on my forefoot has however proved a little more tricky as I can't naturally land that far forward when I run and when tired my left foot starts to do it own thing!! I think my speed is too slow for forefoot, so early on I decided to consider my running as "less heel strike" instead. My stride has shortened and I keep my feet underneath me rather than throwing my feet forward ahead of me and breaking my forward momentum. I have found hills less difficult (nearly wrote much easier there!!) as I feel the shorter stride with feet under the body makes me fall forward increasing my forward momentum. I also find that up hills I really concentrate on my running form so this distracts me from the pain (nearly wrote enjoyment there!!)<br />
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So I am a convert, perhaps not to forefoot running in the pure form but I know that the compression forces that used to be put through my knees have lessened and I have actually found running easier.<br />
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My next challenge is the Badger Half Marathon and to date I have gone up to 9 miles in preparation. I still have 10 weeks so I will gradually train with my own " Less heel strike" foot pattern. Perhaps I will knock off half an hour......realistically I dont intend for a fast (for me) run but rather a pain free run.<br />
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Bring on the hills.<br />
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Will update you all on my training log soon.<br />
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Any stories of your experiences of forefoot please share!Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-81221583564172874872011-05-27T17:52:00.002+01:002011-05-27T17:53:30.278+01:00Fine Fettle Massage Therapist Walks for CharityOne of our massage therapists has been busy of late, using legs instead of hands - to get over the finishing line of the MoonWalk London. 13 miles through the streets of London, during the night of 14th May to the early hours of May 15th, raising money and awareness for breast cancer. Caroline seen here with Katie Adderley and Vanessa Legg, after setting a leisurely pace, sightseeing on the way and indulging in the occasional nutritional midnight snack.<br />
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Caroline (centre of picture) is looking forward now to next initiative of encouraging women golfers, from golf clubs of the surrounding areas, to look after their bodies, as much as their golf equipment, during the busiest and most demanding part of the golfing calendar - the summer. And obviously not forgetting the men, with gift vouchers available for treatments, especially with Father's Day and all those summer birthdays on the horizon.<br />
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Contact Caroline at Fine Fettle on 01373 458984 for information or to book a treatment.Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354491862446956714.post-18673266087490592202011-04-21T12:13:00.000+01:002011-04-21T12:13:12.409+01:00Princess Alice Hospice Virgin London MarathonFor the past 3 years, Usha Christmas has supported the Princess Alice Hospice at the London Marathon; attending their pre-race meetings and providing on the day post event massage to the runners.<br />
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</div>Congratulations to all those 17 wonderful individuals who generously raised £37k for the Princess Alice Hospice by running the Virgin London Marathon 2011.<br />
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Usha Christmas (MSST) is a fully insured Sports Therapy Practitioner and a registered member of the Society of Sports Therapists (SST). <br />
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To book in for treatment with Usha call Fine Fettle on 01372 458984<br />
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All in all a fantastic achievement for the team at Fine Fettle and a perfect way to celebrate our 1st Anniversary of our opening. We were competing against 70 other well established businesses for the awards so absolutely delighted in the final result. <br />
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Helen being still very competitive from her Volleyball days...is now champing at the bit to get the first prize next year!! Second was never an option in her sporting days and nothing has changed.<br />
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Please feel free to pop in and meet both Helen and the therapists at Fine Fettle on our 1st Anniversary celebrations on <strong>Tuesday 26th April from 11-3pm</strong>. We would love to meet you and everyone gets a money off voucher that attends on the day.Fine Fettle Multi-healthcarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15846016052236021954noreply@blogger.com0