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The body is constantly adapting to its environment and changing accordingly. This ‘environment’ takes the form of physical, emotional & nutritional stress.

Physical stress comes from fitness training,playing sport, from the workplace (e.g. long hours sat hunched over a desk) or a lifetime of resisting the forces of gravity.

Emotional stress can cause the body to tense up and promote negative postural changes. Nutritional stress comes from deficiencies in the diet having an affect on the condition of soft tissues.

Wherever the stress comes from the body adapts itself by changing the state of the soft tissues. It shortens, tightens, stiffens muscles which in turn affects the joints, tightens tendons, alters posture and the way the body moves. This in turn can lead to dysfunction, pain and altered movement patterns.

A Body MOT will look at your static & dynamic posture, flexibility and the way your muscles are working. Palpating (feeling) the muscles & tendons will identify any tissue changes that could eventually lead to problems. A full report will be sent to you with an exercise/ stretching plan that will help with any issues highlighted.