BARBICAN LIFE
Health and the City Enjoy your health
Barbican neighbours share their recommendations for instructors and therapists because when exercise seems dull, personal training of some sort can be the most efficient way to get it done and enjoy it. Stephanie Ross experiences some of the treatments and exercises available.
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hris Myers, Complete Health & Wellbeing Clinic Director and Physio says that many people could avoid injury by varying their fitness activities more. Jez Robinson, Trainer at Virgin Active Barbican says that a new exercise programme is only really effective for three weeks. Chris, Jez and Bert Stemarthe (Drake’s Gym) all strongly emphasize the importance of rest when exhausted – more beneficial all round than struggling on.
Activate Plus Training
arlier this year Personal Trainer Niron Noel set up the Activate Plus studio, 1st floor Templeton House, 33-34 Chiswell Street EC1Y 4SF. His aim is to “put th
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language of somatic movement this is sensory motor amnesia – the brain and nervous system have caused and maintained tension but forgotten how to stop it.
e personal back into
personal training” and provide “a pleasant fitness environment (right next to the Barbican) with plenty of natural ligh
recommends him. She trained with him at Holmes Place, then Virgin and moved with him to Templeton House. She enjoys his varied exercise sessions and cheerful, uplifting character.
Pre-London, Niron was Head of Fitness & Activities at the La Source resort in his native Grenada. I spent an enjoyable core stability hour with him. Contact: M 07835 918 368 T: 0207 628 5514 E: activateplusstudio@
gmail.com www.activateplustraining. com
Clerkenwellbeing 178 Goswell Road, EC1V 7DT Align Somatics: Are we aware of how we hold ourselves, sit, walk or move? Skills, barely conscious, learned long ago. Gradually established habits go unnoticed. Why are so few people balanced and graceful? What is proper alignment? Why is it so elusive?
An injured or stressed muscle tries to protect itself by contracting, but over time persistent tight muscles worsen problems, causing chronic pain. In the
Is it possible to release chronic pain ourselves? Longtime Yoga Teacher, Thai Massage Therapist and renowned Somatic Movement Educator, Tanya Fitzpatrick, says yes, often it is. With a selection of specifically prescribed daily exercises, we can achieve sensory motor awareness to relax the muscle tension by re-educating the brain, nervous system and muscles. This isn’t really a new concept. Philosopher Thomas Hanna (1928-90) spent years researching the links between physical and psychological wellbeing. Yet in our era of neuroscientific advances, somatic movement is fast gaining wider interest and clinical success. Tanya Fitzpatrick treats patients in Harley Street and at Clerkenwellbeing – the recently relocated multi-disciplinary complementary health and wellbeing studios near us in Goswell Road. Chronic back, shoulder and neck pain are among the most common problems. As you stand and walk, at the first meeting, it is immediately obvious to her how you hold muscles tightly. She further examines you on the couch and helps with corrective exercises – emailed later so you don’t forget. Typically a person would have between three and five individual sessions and, if needed, attend Clerkenwellbeing small group sessions to continue improving the ability to release tension and move with ease. To find out more about Tanya Fitzpatrick and Clerkenwellbeing see
www.clerkenwellbeing.
co.uk Tel: 0207 490 4042.
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The CityPoint Club 1 Ropemaker Street, EC2Y 9AW h
specialist referrals for investigations/ consultations; well man/woman screening; sexual & reproductive health treatment, advice and screening; travel advice and vaccination clinic. Fitness Manager, Liz Fowler, highlights the new GP exercise referral scheme: “There is increasing clinical evidence of the role of exercise in the management and treatment of long term chronic conditions - heart disease, diabetes, arthritis and high blood pressure as well as more specific conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and Multiple Sclerosis. However, access to the appropriate, supervised exercise referral schemes, advice and monitoring can often be limited and confusing. Led by GPs Dr Jenny Darkwah and Dr Teresa de Souza, this GP Exercise Referral and Advisory service, together with the expertise of the physiotherapists at Complete Health and a team of 15 fully qualified Fitness Professionals at The CityPoint Club, integrates skills, knowledge and experience to provide an exercise referral and advisory service second to none”. For more information on the Exercise Referral Scheme or Referral Memberships please contact Liz Fowler:
Liz.Fowler@
thecitypointclub.co.uk For GP appointments and enquiries please call 020 7482 3875, email info@complete-health-
wellbeing.co.uk or visit
www.complete-
physio.co.uk/clinics/moorgate
Classbase C e Complete Health & W ellbeing
Clinic’s new private GP service offers appointments; prescriptions;
EC1, Golden Lane Community Centre, Great Arthur House, EC1Y 0RN
lassbase is recommended by Sarah Hudson “for th
class sizes so th e friendly
instructors and members; small e instructor can give personal
attention; excellent Pilates and Body Pump instructors – the latter, Jonny, also co-owns the business and is very attentive to customer care. There is flexibility to changing classes to meet customer needs and the studio is large and
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Stephanie Ross Photo by Ravi Juneja
www.headphoto.co.uk
Tanya Fitzpatrick with client
Niron Noel with client
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