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Stretch it! The benefits of stretching as part of your exercise routine
Come listen to Ciarán Aherne’s practical advice on stretching and flexibility at his talk on Saturday May 12th at 12 noon and reduce chances of injury during your exercise routine – handouts available at the talk illustrating easy daily stretches!
As you age, your muscles tighten and range of motion in the joints can be minimised. This can put a damper on active lifestyles and even hinder day-to-day, normal motions. Tasks that used to be simple, such as zipping up a dress or reaching for a can off of the top shelf, now become extremely difficult. A regular stretching programme can help lengthen your muscles and make daily living activities easier.
Everyone can learn to stretch, regardless of age or flexibility. Stretching should be a part of your daily routine, whether you exercise or not. We have included some useful tips below to help you prepare more effectively for your exercise sessions, and how beneficial stretching can be even if you don’t get around to doing much exercise!
Our resident physical therapist Ciarán Aherne will talk you through the benefits of stretching and provide effective stretching techniques for you in your relevant exercise, from running to aerobic training, from … Read More
Posted in Pilates and Fitness
Stretch it! The benefits of stretching as part of your exercise routine
As you age, your muscles tighten and range of motion in the joints can be minimized. This can put a damper on active lifestyles and even hinder day-to-day, normal motions. Tasks that used to be simple, such as zipping up a dress or reaching for a can off of the top shelf, now become extremely difficult. A regular stretching program can help lengthen your muscles and make daily living activities easier.
Everyone can learn to stretch, regardless of age or flexibility. Stretching should be a part of your daily routine, whether you exercise or not. We have included some useful tips below to help you prepare more effectively for your exercise sessions, and how beneficial stretching can be even if you don’t get around to doing much exercise!
Our resident physical therapist Ciaran Aherne will talk you through the benefits of stretching and provide effective stretching techniques for you in your relevant exercise, from running to aerobic training, from yoga to pilates.
Come listen to Ciaran’s practical advice on stretching and flexibility at his talk on Saturday March 3rd at 12 noon and reduce chances of injury during your exercise routine – handouts available at the talk illustrating easy … Read More
Posted in Pilates and Fitness
Important changes to unlimited passes
Thank you so much those of you who gave us feedback about the unlimited passes. We have listened to you and would now like to introduce the new changes.
The main objective is to increase your enjoyment of the studio and make classes more accessible to everyone who wants to participate. The incidence of those not showing up or cancelling at the last count, has now reached a critical level so this now must be addressed to ensure people get the classes they wish to take. Roughly 5 per class are now not showing up.
So based on your feedback the following changes will be implemented by Wednesday 28th of September which gives us a couple of weeks to get used to them:
- You can now book a month ahead, no matter when your automatic payment comes out. Before this was limited to within your window of visa payments.
- The cancellation window has changed from 24 to 4 hours.
- Cancellations after that time will be considered a “late cancellation”. Classes can be cancelled via your account online, or if you have no access via the text service 086 229 4678. (please note this is dedicated for cancellation only,
Posted in General, Unlimited members
Are your abdominal muscles separated?
Whilst your baby or babies grew in your abdomen, the muscles at the front of your belly were pushed out and pulled apart. About 3 months after the birth of your baby, the muscles should have returned back together.
At the elbowroom clinic we come in contact with hundreds of postnatal women every year availing of classes and clinic services. A growing issue we have become aware of over the last 24 months is that of diastasis or postnatal abdominal muscle separation.
This is not a new phenomenon. One study shows 39% of women’s abdomen’s will typically not recover fully with other studies indicating up to 65% of women will suffer from diastasis post giving birth. Furthermore, the gap can worsen if women do sit-up type exercises or use a baby sling.
“It was only when at The elbowroom that during my mum and baby yoga class the teacher tested my stomach muscles. I was alarmed to feel a three finger gap between my muscles,” said one client. “I was experiencing back pain and seeing a bulge appearing on my tummy when doing sit ups.
In response, over the past 24 months we have developed a full treatment protocol with … Read More
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