The spring and summer months are the months when many people do odd jobs in and around the house. While doing odd jobs, you use muscles you don't normally use and often adopt a position your body is not used to. This can lead to strain on muscles, tendons and joints. One of the most common...
Do you also often feel stiff at the end of the day? Or do you suffer from stiff muscles and stiff joints? Then daily stretching can make all the difference. Here we often think of stretching muscles before or after exercise. Athletes use muscle stretching during warm-up...
Do you enjoy walking, but do you regularly get back pain while hiking? That can spoil the fun of hiking considerably. Fortunately, these complaints are often easy to solve. In this blog, we would like to share with you six tips to prevent back pain while hiking. But first the advantages of hiking on...
Recent research has shown that the Netherlands is a leader in the treatment of Claudication Intermittens, or leg ulcers. Both nationally and internationally, it is advised not to operate, but to first undergo six months of specialised walking therapy with the physiotherapist. The physiotherapists at FriskFysio also specialise in treating etalage legs. Wondering what the condition entails...
We all know that exercise and sports are good for your health. But do you know exactly how much you need to exercise to actually stay healthy? And does age also play a role in the amount of exercise we need? World Health Organization (WHO) sets exercise guidelines for this? You can read all about it in...
At New Year's Eve, while toasting, did you mention your good intentions for 2021? Many good resolutions have to do with a healthy(er) lifestyle. Going to the gym more, eating healthier, quitting smoking. Yet why is it so hard to keep them? The gyms are often packed in January, while...
Housework, something that has to be done daily and is not always fun. From vacuuming, to cleaning the bathroom and from ironing to washing dishes. Something you can't get away from. However, doing housework also has its benefits. In addition to a clean environment, doing housework also gets you moving. You have the...
Do you recognise this? A sore back because you've been lugging around for too long or not lying comfortably? Back pain is a common problem that can have many different causes. It can be easy to blame external factors, but did you know that there can be a link between mental and...
Breathing is the first thing we do the moment we enter the world and the last when we leave it again. It is an important part of our lives because without breathing, we cannot live. Our breathing is an unconscious process that we do thousands of times a day. It ensures...
Today we take a look at human anatomy, highlighting the joints. After all, joints have a very important function. They make sure we can move. From walking to moving your arms. They are an important part of our musculoskeletal system. But what exactly is the function of joints...