Pilates instructor, 27, reveals she has not urinated in more than TWO YEARS | Daily Mail Online

A pilates instructor has not urinated in more than two years after a rare condition caused her bladder muscles to \’clamp shut\’.  Zoe McKenzie, now 27, was fit and healthy until she started having pain while urinating in 2016. Dismissing her symptoms as cystitis, Miss McKenzie, of Colchester, Essex, was soon only passing 300ml of urine a …

Move it for MS: Pilates with Jo Pritchard

This page is part of a series about staying active with MS, where you can find out more about exercise and how it might benefit you. Here we present a Pilates circuit, adapted for people with MS from APPI principles by specialist Neurophysiotherapist Joanne Pritchard. Jo presents and explains the Pilates circuit in her clinic, …

7 Pilates Exercises for Lower Back Pain to Help Relieve Tension

Low back pain is extremely common. Pilates is a good way to relieve pain and tension. Try these 7 Pilates exercises for lower back pain. It’s thought 4 out of 5 of us experience lower back pain at some point in our lives. In fact, such a large number of people need lower back pain …

10 Week Pilates Body Fit ONLINE – VanessaB Health & Pilates

I couldn’t actually walk properly, sit, or stand without intensive pain for 7 weeks. It was awful. Here I was trying to take care of this beautiful baby (thank goodness I have wonderful family and friends who help) and I could barely move. Not in the best shape at all when everyone would say ‘you …

Louise Smith: After mindfulness freed her from antidepressants – meet the woman taking it into schools

\”But something really stuck, because when I left the surgery I Googled mindfulness – at that time it wasn\’t really talked about. There was all this stuff about how mindfulness is better for avoiding relapse, which is what I was struggling with, and for relieving insomnia which really sold it to me.\” That was five …