by Verite Reily Collins | Feb 21, 2022 | Exercising
Exercise keeps us healthy – and Social Prescribing could help Social Prescribing is the new buzz-word going the NHS rounds, and your Surgery should have been inundated with advice on how to offer this. Your GP can now “prescribe” exercise and even subsidized Gym...
by Verite Reily Collins | Aug 23, 2020 | Exercising
Fighting for Hydrotherapy NHS canceling hydrotherapy treatment to cut costs What is Hydrotherapy? Hydrotherapy is the use of water in the treatment of different conditions, including arthritis, muscular-skeletal and neurological conditions, lymphoedema,...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 20, 2020 | Exercising
Romans introduced hot baths and central heating to Britain, then left So we shrugged off foreign customs and went back to our old ways. During the following centuries, we generally thought one bath a year was sufficient; except for eccentrics like Queen...
by Verite Reily Collins | Nov 14, 2019 | Exercising
Exercise is cheap – and effective The NHS says exercise helps boost recovery, and unlike many schemes, it needn’t cost anything. Yet another ‘initiative’ is appearing at a local surgery near you: Social Prescribing (SP). Basically this is an...
by Verite Reily Collins | Jul 26, 2017 | Exercising, Lymphoedema
Post Covid-19, hydrotherapy treatment could be the way back to fitness As long as cost-conscious NHS Trusts don’t close hospital pools as an easy way to save money. Hydrotherapy at Casciana Terme, Italy Exercising in hydro pools is beneficial for cancer...
