Do you have an office job or a hobby that makes you spend a lot of time at the computer? Then it is important to change your posture regularly. Otherwise, you may develop complaints of the arm, neck or shoulder. Such complaints come under the term CANS. Formerly better known as RSI. Recovery from these types of complaints can...
Every year, about 75% of runners suffer an injury. This is quite a number, but there are also many different types of injuries. This makes it more likely that you will have to deal with one. Are you (unfortunately) familiar with having a running injury? Or are you an avid runner and...
Do you have asthma? Then you know that your lungs react very sensitively to stimuli, such as smoke, exhaust fumes, dust mites or pets. It can make you very short of breath or cause you to cough. If this comes on suddenly, it is called an asthma attack. Fortunately, this is not the case for everyone. How bad the asthma is varies from person to person....
As tempting as it may be to snuggle up warm with a blanket on the sofa, it is also important to stay active and fit during the autumn and winter months. The corona virus makes it even more important to keep your resistance as good as possible. By working on your fitness, you will have...
With many people working from home as much as possible, a lot of attention is being paid to proper working posture. But have you ever considered that, on average, you spend about as long at your desk as you do in bed? Time to think about your sleeping posture. Because a good...
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...
On NOS.nl we saw an interesting article about all the 'miracle remedies' being advised online to people with lower back pain. Very often on Google and through Facebook, bite-sized solutions are offered that are often not nearly as effective as the provider would have you believe. Back pain is one of the most common complaints of the...