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Next up in our health related Christmas gift ideas is activity trackers. Any brand of activity tracker is a great way to monitor not only the amount of steps taken per day, but many now have extra features that can also track your heart rate, sleep patterns and overall fitness. They are a great way to make sure your keep moving throughout the day and help to keep you accountable for the amount of exercise/movement you do each day. Here are a few recommendations from our Osteopath Emma.

Any worker may suffer from aches and pains. Work environments, repetitive motions, and postures often lead to injuries. You may be a tradie out on a construction site or a computer worker sitting at a desk. A variety of tasks performed at work can often lead to sore and stiff muscles and joints. Especially for those people who sit at a desk for prolonged periods of their day. For example

• Hunching the shoulders and
• Slouching forwards to look at a computer screen

How to Boost Performance of your Shoulder for Throwing Sports

 CAN YOUR MATTRESS BE CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR PAIN?

We all appreciate and need a good nights' sleep. As Osteopaths, we often see patients with pain associated to an ill-fitting mattress(and pillow).
A good nights' sleep can be restorative and energising! Sleep is crucial to our functioning as a human being. A good mattress will support our body while we sleep. So, the mattress that we choose is important to our well-being!