Whether you're working from home or sitting for long stretches, movement is more important than ever, for both our physical and mental health. Chartered physiotherapist Aoife Hannon shares the benefits of and best ways to add low-impact exercise into our daily lives.
For Aoife, her favourite form of exercise is Pilates, as it is low-impact and easy to do from home. She recently founded The Pilates Programme to share her methods with others and spread the word that movement, however you choose to implement it, can help transform the way you feel – which is especially important at a time when we’re spending long periods sitting at our desks indoors.My goal is to inspire and motivate the women who come to The Pilates Programme .
Working as a physiotherapist opened my eyes to the fact that our lifestyles feed into so many diseases, injuries and chronic pain. Our bodies are designed for movement. It’s simply not good for our health to spend long periods sitting at a desk. We need to make the effort to prioritise physical movement and break up the time we spend sitting throughout the day.