We all know that smoking is not good for your health. However, how does smoking actually affect your body? This month is Stoptober! For us as physiotherapists, a reason to point out to you why being a smoker does a lot of positive things to your body if you decide to quit. Did...
Going into the new year healthy? Often enough, it happens that gyms are overcrowded in January, and then only in January. Good intentions are too often not easily achievable. So for this reason, we recommend taking an approach you can stick to. So try not to be too strict on...
FriskFysio has been working with the The McKenzie Method for quite some time. But what exactly is this? The McKenzie Method is a method for examination and treatment of spinal and limb pain. It was developed by Robin McKenzie from New Zealand and has been used worldwide for more than 30 years. The McKenzie Method...
The new health insurance policies have been announced. It is now possible to switch health insurance for 2020. A calculation by Zorgwijzer shows that the health insurance policies have become slightly more expensive but the differences between them are still considerable! For instance, the difference between the cheapest and most expensive health insurance on an annual basis is as much as...
When you have a (sports) injury, you are often balking and want to know where it went wrong and what you can do about it to prevent it in the future. Many cases involve the strain on the body. So you are asking more of your body that what it can handle (capacity). Endurance vs load...
Research by Jonothan Tsehaie, affiliated with the Xpert Clinic and Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, shows that treating patients with osteoarthritis of the thumb using hand therapy and splints results in less pain and improved hand function. Nowadays, (too) many different treatment techniques are used for osteoarthritis of the thumb....
Have you already booked a summer holiday? You are certainly not the only one. Together with you, millions of other Dutch people will head out into the wide world in the coming weeks! Many people prefer to leave exercise and being active at home and focus mainly on delicious food, cocktails and lazing on the beach. Now...
That exercise has a positive effect on health should be obvious by now. However, how much exercise is needed and in what way, opinions still differ. In the United States, new guidelines for exercise were also published in the journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association).... at the end of 2018.
Exercise is healthy we all know, but how much exercise do you really need? RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) sets exercise guidelines and then measures how many Dutch people comply with these exercise guidelines. The most recent data on exercise and sitting can be found at www.volksgezondheidenzorg.info The exercise guidelines are about the amount of physical activity needed....