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Calling all desk based workers... What is the best way to keep you healthy?
23rd February 2021
In this post I’m going to talk about the common problems faced by office and home workers. I’d also like to ask for your help in developing my course and offer you something in return.
Hi guys, Carl Green Fitness 4 Life Physio here, and I’ve been empowering adults to improve their health, fitness, and pain since 2002. You’ll find loads more information on my website at www.fitness4lifephysio.com but for now let’s talk about working from home and in the office.
Common problems and situation
Okay, so over my years as a physio and a health coach I’ve come across lots of different problems faced by those working from home and in the office. It’s happening more and more these days, our lives are very much governed by technology, and that requires us to sit down a lot of the time. It can be hard to find the time, we can get absorbed in what we’re doing and just lose track of time, and then start to form habits that don’t really help us in terms of our health, in order to get the job done and work hard. I’ve got some experience with this, as before I was a physio and I worked in leisure and sport as a general manager, I also worked as a lecturer in sport and exercise science, and I’ve done two degrees. I’ve spent a lot of time sitting at computers, studying, reading, and those sorts of things, so I know what it’s like. It’s very difficult to motivate and look after yourself in regard to self-care.
So, I’d like to provide some help for you guys to be able to do that in a practical way, addressing potential causes to problems like sitting, snacking, stress management, or difficulty with motivation. I also want to support those of you that maybe don’t know as much about fitness health. There are a lot of mixed messages out there, everyone’s an expert these days in fitness and health, and it’s hard to know who to trust and who not. Hopefully I’ll be someone that you can trust, and come back to my posts or services and hopefully you’ll find all of them useful.
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So if you’d like to help me, please click “GET REWARDED FOR YOUR COURSE IDEAS”. That will take you through to a questionnaire that I’ve developed, a really quick easy questionnaire. Please give me as much information about your ideas and the problems that you’re facing as possible, as that’ll really help me produce something great for you guys. There’s reduced numbers on the course, so I can give people the best experience and interact with you and answer your questions. But for those of you that have helped me, I’d like to give you priority access. I’ll tell you about the course, and you’ll be able to book before I advertise it out wider to everybody else.
Thanks a lot for watching guys, thanks for getting involved and for those of you that go forward to fill in the questionnaire. I look forward to hearing your ideas and I really appreciate your time and effort, it will help a lot of other people.
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Thanks a lot for watching, and I hope to speak to you again soon.
Carl Green, Fitness 4 Life Physio
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⭐ Reviews ⭐
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Carl provided a fantastic sports massage service, saw him twice during a recent visit to Felixstowe, he was flexible around my arrival time, was super organised, punctual and massage was spot on. Would not hesitate to recommend Carl for anyone needing Physio / Sports Massage in the Ipswich / Felixstowe area.
Simon Morris
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Carl is an excellent physio and has a great knowledge base from strength and conditioning to manual therapy. I would definitely recommend Carl for physio treatment.
James Leathers
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After an ankle injury sustained Mountain biking that just would not seem to heal, Carls expertise helped to diagnose what was wrong and get me back to regular training. He prescribed and demonstrated exercises, explained the benefits of each and really helped me to understand the reasons why we were doing them. Progress was seen immediately, and although its still not quite as good as before the injury, i was able to avoid surgery which would of entailed a much longer healing time with no guarenteed results. If you are looking for a friendly and knowledgeable physio look no further!
Jack Noon
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Loving Carl's Zoom stroke exercise class. There are always options available to make the exercises suitable for everyone. Highly recommend his weekly class. Thank you Carl.
Pamela irving
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Carl is the physiotherapist at our Stroke Club. He is cheerful, warm and approachable. He is always thinking of new and fun ways to help us maximise our potential after stroke. His patience, humour and expertise makes him a valuble, well loved member of the team. He is highly recommended!
Nick Trett
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I went to see Carl after tearing my hamstring at rugby . He went above and beyond to help get me back to fitness , initially so I could go away snowboarding then when I returned continuing to get back to full fitness . I would recommend his Knowledgable services to anyone
Ciaran O'farrell
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Loving Carl's Zoom stroke exercise class. There are always options available to make the exercises suitable for everyone. Highly recommend his weekly class. Thank you Carl.
Pamela irving
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I am a part of a stroke group and Carl is giving us training and therapy on zoom. He has a real understaning of what it is like to have a stroke and give us the appropriate exerecsie for our needs. He is a patient and very calm person and always ready to help. Thanks Carl
Brian Sheppard
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Carl helped me when I had inflammation and sharp pain in my Achilles, he diagnosed me straight away and started treating the pain immediately which was a massive relief. Carl gave me specific exercises to work on inbetween sessions which I still include in my workouts today. Carl was very professional and extremely knowledgeable, his treatment room was comfortable and his booking system was easy to use. His service was very personal which I found lacking when visiting other physios . Would highly recommend
Sean Ryan
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I saw Carl when I had Sciatica and was in a lot of pain. He was extremely professional, knowledgeable and helped when the pain was at its worst. He gave me some great after care advice as well which I still use now and am pleased to say I am still pain free. Would highly recommend and would use again myself.
Martin Cumberland
- Carl did my assessment before referring me to a neurologist when he discovered that physical therapy was not the appropriate course of action. Although unable to assist me with an exercise program, he took the time to go through all of my history, did a thorough physical assessment before making any assumptions and compiled a great referral report which sped things up for me afterwards. Professional attitude, knows his stuff and a friendly guy, highly recommend!
Chris Stennett
- I saw Carl when I was suffering from plantar fasciitis. He sorted out a rehabilitation programme, demonstrated excellent understanding of my needs to get back onto the netball court as quickly as possible and explained clearly what exercises would help. He is knowledgeable about many sports and injuries, as well as being available for advice around training and strength and conditioning. I will certainly seek out his advice in the future.
Annabel Bennett
- Carl was my supervisor for a time whilst working in MSK physiotherapy in Suffolk.
He's always put alot of time and effort into teaching and helping me to understand all things physio related and how best to manage tricky patients. Working with Carl has helped to develop my clinical reasoning skills, handling, and confidence and he is a physio that even with my own six years experience, I would still seek out and value his opinion and advice
Lee Platt
- I saw Carl when I had Sciatica and was in a lot of pain. He was extremely professional, knowledgeable and helped when the pain was at its worst. He gave me some great after care advice as well which I still use now and am pleased to say I am still pain free. Would highly recommend and would use again myself.
Martin Cumberland
- I am a part of a stroke group and Carl is giving us training and therapy on zoom. He has a real understaning of what it is like to have a stroke and give us the appropriate exerecsie for our needs. He is a patient and very calm person and always ready to help. Thanks Carl
Brian Sheppard
- I became a client of Carl's earlier this year after suffering a calf injury playing rugby. After the extremely professional assessment; medical history, previous injuries, level of physical activity, current physical stats etc. I was given a detailed but easy to follow plan of rehabilitation. No pressure was put upon me to have any follow up appointments; literally my choice if I felt the need for further treatment. I took the opportunity to book a further treatment straight away. Through the careful management of my injury by Carl, sports massage, specific area exercise and monitoring by him, I was able to resume playing rugby again within an incredibly short time frame that I didn't think would've been possible. I can thoroughly recommend Carl for anything from a small niggle to major injury as you'll be seen by the best.
Stephen Barrett
- Carl has helped me and other Stroke survivors to keep active and gives us the exercises we need to keep us moving. Carl is very good and I would recommend him without hesitation.
Adi Stannard-Smith
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