Category: Health

Fleckney and Kibworth Running Club is offering a nine week ‘Couch to 5k’ course.

Cross Counties Healthcare PCN have been working closely with The Well for the last two years. Our relationship started at the beginning of the first lockdown when many of the vulnerable patients registered at the local GP practices were struggling with issues such as loneliness, isolation, needing help with accessing food, fetching shopping, prescriptions etc. 

All of us surely face problems that vex us from time to time. The standard advice for trying to solve a problem is –

Good News and S.M.A.R.T. Goals

The word philosophy derives from the Greek and means ‘a love of wisdom’. Several decades ago a movement started up in the educational world to encourage schools to teach philosophical thinking to children. The particular method of teaching was based on the ideas of the Greek philosopher Socrates. He believed that philosophy shouldn’t just be the province of intellectuals and academics, but should include ordinary people. The aim in mind was of showing them ways to think practically and critically in order that they should live happier and more fulfilling lives. The movement is called P4C – Philosophy for Children. It has evolved in recent years to include adult groups discussing issues in other settings such as libraries, village halls and even pubs, so that P4C now also means Philosophy in the Community.

In September The Fitness Box, based in the grounds of the Manor, Tur Langton held a massive 24-hour Charity Fitness Challenge.

We finally managed to hold the first meeting of the New Normal Cancer Support Group. It was lovely to see everyone.

I am pleased to announce Glooston Village Hall has recently opened a new Garden and Terrace area.

Osteopaths are trained to diagnose and treat injuries from head to toe in all ages; however the most common injury I see in the clinic is lower back (lumbar spine) injuries. This includes lower backs that may have been injured through sport, gardening, and accidents. For example, road traffic collisions or accidents at work. Or perhaps old injuries that grumble away but are becoming increasingly more problematic. As a result they are limiting activity. Lower back pain is miserable. It affects how much we can physically do, our confidence in being active, and can even cause sleep disruption.

The annual theme for Alcohol Awareness Week 2021 is ‘Alcohol and relationships.'

For those of you who exercise outdoors, be it running, cycling, winter sports such as rugby, even a walk, read on. This article about staying fit in cold weather is definitely for you! I know it is only October, but we have definitely had some temperature drops! Aren’t the colours gorgeous in our beautiful corner of the world this time of year?

For something we just do without thinking every day, how can we turn breathing into a powerful tool? How can we harness the power of breathing.

New powers have been introduced to tackle the use of psychoactive substances and ‘legal highs’ linked to anti-social behaviour. These new powers include tackling the use of nitrous oxide, sometimes known as 'laughing gas’.

As a schoolboy I was often riddled with anxiety whenever a teacher wanted answers from the class. My general fear was that if I volunteered a response I might be wrong, leading to great embarrassment. If I didn’t know the answer for whatever reason. If I’d forgotten or couldn’t work it out, then my apprehension would be even more acute. How well I remember folding my arms, lowering my head and avoiding eye contact with the teacher. Always in the fervent hope that she wouldn’t notice me.