SPEAR’S Secret to the summer reset
School Holidays REST Children’s sporting activities play a crucial role in their overall development. Encouraging children to participate in a variety of sports can help them discover their passions and talents. By exposing children to the joy of sports and the spirit of competition, we nurture the next generation of athletes. However as summer holidays […]
Help! I’ve fallen on the ice!!
Help! I’ve fallen on the ice!! Well it’s that time of year again. With the joy of the winter comes with it the increased ‘admin’ of icy roads and pathways. It’s the one time of year where walking on the gritted road becomes safer than walking on the un-gritted pavements. At SPEAR we see this reflected in […]
Recharge and Unwind: Taking a Break from Work
At SPEAR, our top priority is looking after our patients. Christmas is a time when we all become so busy we forget to look after our mental and physical health. Yet if we don’t look after ourselves we can’t enjoy the festivities. When we are very stressed and busy our bodies physically react to this […]
5 Ways Mental Health Impacts Physical Well-being
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, so we thought we would take the opportunity to talk about mental health. “Physio, do you think this is all in my head” – “absolutely not”; but how does our mental health affect our physical health? The answer is multifactorial, and I will try to explain what we […]
Expert Tips to Prevent Gardening Injuries
How do we best look after our Back and Shoulders? Despite a recent cold spell, things are starting to grow again in the garden. and we are thinking of outside jobs that need done. When we are doing activities that we do not do on a regular basis we need to be mindful of how […]
Hit the Slopes with Confidence: Tips for a Successful Ski Season
The ski and snowboard season is upon us. What have you done to prepare for it? It’s important to start the season off right by getting your body ready in advance. Even if it’s your annual family ski holiday, skiing and snowboarding require a decent level of fitness and strength to participate in safely. Incorporating […]
How to keep your new year resolutions.
At the start of the new year, many of us will be thinking about what we want to achieve, and how we want to grow as people in 2020. These resolutions often take the form of diet and exercise changes, and work towards our “dream body”. At SPEAR Physiotherapy, we tend to see these manifest […]
Summer holidays and an active lifestyle.
In SPEAR clinics, we are seeing an increasing number of teenagers with postural issues and as parents and physiotherapists, we know it is an uphill battle to make an active lifestyle more appealing than the draws of YouTube and the ipad. As a clinic we are interested in helping our patients; and with injury prevention […]
The Fairy Wood trails in Aberdeen and Shire.
Which little child does not enjoy looking for fairies? Imaginative play and immersing themselves in a fantasy world are high on the agenda for SPEAR owner and physiotherapist Karen and her two little girls; they have been on some fairy trails in Aberdeen City and Shire over the last few days and share their experience […]
