Many runners focus on speed. The main target is to get faster, right? I used to think like this, always hopeful on each training run that my kilometre time would be a few seconds less than before. But as you get older speed becomes more difficult. It was only when I heard about the different […]
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Coming To Running: Getting ready to Run – Assessment (part 2) [Coming to Running at 40, 50, 60, 70 years old] We are thinking about running and avoiding the common pitfall of injury. The risk increases with age. The risk increases with posture and body imbalances, and that’s why we considered an assessment before getting
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[Coming To Running at 40, 50, 60, or 70!] There are big differences between running at 17 and running at 70. At 70 you are most likely slower. More significantly however, at that age you are at high risk of an accident. And if you do become injured recovery will take longer. Much longer. Read
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You won’t be running if you are not mobile or don’t want to exercise. But otherwise, why should you choose running? This is a symmetrical activity. You use one leg at a time, but anything the left leg does the right leg is also bound to do which means the load on the body is
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Anti-blister kit My new anti-blister kit! Keeping feet in good shape is essential for a walking trip long or short. Blisters and foot pain comes from friction. Reduction of friction must be a priority – and is something Compeed and the newer specialist blister plasters do not address. Also a priority is to keep dressings
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That giant among surgeons Mr Sean O’Leary was all ready this morning to attempt to repeat his great success in stabilising the right knee (see story in December 2012). This time the focus was on the left side. As you can see the process starts with an arrow drawn on the ankle below. And finishes
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Pensioner with robot phone friend c 1990 The Amstrad phone was playing up. Voice messages weren’t being recorded, the display screen was flashing without reason, and it hadn’t been used as an email station for years. It was time to find a replacement. Priorities? To record voice messages again. Easy operation for the almost blind.
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Fine weather, all is growing like crazy. Much to catch-up on in the garden:- raking thatch from the lawn, cutting the grass, digging the soil, removing weeds, repairing paths, building work! And then the planting can start. Actually, the more you begin the more you have to do. It is impossible to finish, before it
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Consultant Sean O’Leary gave 5 anxious customers an early Christmas present by adding a Saturday morning to his busy operating schedule. Getting a knee-jobs done just before Christmas week meant his lucky patients were excused Christmas shopping. At £640 each for the 20 minute procedure O’Leary boosted his Christmas funds and, despite oversleeping, he himself
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