Saturday, June 18, 2011 at 8:42PM Do this every week if you can, as it releases calming, feel-good hormones into the body. If you can't afford it, get your partner or friend to give you a foot or shuolder rub.
James Duigan is the founder of Bodyism, a unique nutritional and personal training system, bodyism.com
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 5:16PM Just let me know and I can email one to you for you to put into a card.
Go on, treat your lovely Mum!
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2:45PM I have added some categories to my website and given it a more massage-bias.
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 6:56PM 
Starting to have a few winter sniffles and wondering whether to sweat it out? Well first of all stop - and do the neck test.
This is commonly used in sports medicine and can have a crucial impact not only on how quickly you get over your cold but also how it may impact on the long term health of your heart.
So if you have symptoms above your neck such as a slightly stuffy nose, thick head and you feel like exercising, you can try but start out a slower and lower. If after 10 minutes you still feel okay and you'd like to continue then do so but at a steady pace.
If however you have symptoms below your neck such as achy joints and a chesty cough – it’s best not to exercise and listen to your body as these symptoms can be indicative of a viral infection and some viral infections can attack specifically the heart tissue.
(Copyright Joanna Hall Newsletter)
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at 7:35PM This is a simple upper body toning and core strength exercise you can do with only a chair or bench. Perfect for office workers or in your home workout routine.
It works your abdominals (tummy), latissimus dorsi (the bit that can flab above your bra at the back), teres major (holds your shoulder blade in place) and the triceps (bingo wings), forearms, rhomboids (between the shoulder blades), trapezius (across the top of your shoulders), and rotator cuff (which stabilises the shoulder joint).
Sit on a firm, stable chair with arm rests.
Grip the arm rests and slowly lift your body weight, just keeping balance with your legs – try not to hold any weight on them.
Hold for 2 to 10 seconds and rest. Repeat 10 times.
To progress. Sit on the edge of a chair, bench or table, palms down and grip the sides of the chair. Keep your hands directly below you shoulders. Push down through your palms and begin to lift off the chair Hold yourself starting at 2 and building up to 10 seconds. Rest between, repeat 10 times.
Let me know how you get on!
Julie