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Why Moving Changes as We Get Older (and What We Can Do About It)
Nov 2025
Introduction
As we age, the way we move naturally changes. These shifts can be subtle at first—a slower walking pace, feeling a bit less steady, or noticing that everyday tasks require more effort than they used to. While this is a normal part of getting older, many of the changes we experience aren’t inevitable. By understanding how aging affects our walking, strength, and balance, we can take practical steps to maintain confidence and independence for years to come.
Walking
Walking is one of our most fundamental and functional movements. It plays a vital role in maintaining independence, especially as we get older. With age, walking often becomes less efficient due to changes in balance and proprioception (our awareness of where we are in space). We may walk more slowly, take smaller steps, land more flat-footed, lean forward, and hold our arms stiffly at our sides.
Part of the challenge is that no one ever teaches us how to walk well. As a result, we rarely know how to adapt our technique as our bodies change. Learning a few simple cues can improve your walking now and help preserve function well into the future.
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Walking and Rehabilitation
May 2024
Why Walking Biomechanics Are Important
Walking is one of our most functional, primitive movements. This is why it’s a significant milestone in children’s development, not only because it displays a good level of leg strength, balance, and coordination but also because it opens toddlers up to further learning due to their new mobility. In essence, walking is extremely useful and practical. When we lose confidence in our walking, either through pain, injury, or aging, it can affect multiple facets of our daily lives, thereby impacting our mental and physical well-being. Understanding what makes up good walking biomechanics and putting these into practice can help maintain better health and improve recovery from injuries and illnesses.
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Movement Repatterning for Rehabilitation
Dec 2024
Movement is a fundamental aspect of human life. From walking and running to more complex activities like dancing or playing sports, the way we move defines our interaction with the world. However, years of poor posture, sedentary habits, injuries, or stress can lead to inefficient movement patterns. These inefficiencies often manifest as pain, stiffness, or a lack of coordination.
Enter movement repatterning: a process of retraining the body to move in more efficient, balanced, and sustainable ways. Whether you’re an athlete looking to improve performance or someone seeking relief from chronic discomfort, movement repatterning can transform the way you live in your body.
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How to Stay Motivated and Crush your Goals
April 24
Motivation is the driving force behind our actions. It fuels us to complete our mundane, day-to-day tasks but also sparks our commitment to more challenging goals and ambitions. But how do we stay motivated? Techniques to help maintain motivation are centred around reinforcing why you are committed to your goal and lifestyle in the first place. Still, it is normal to feel shifts in your motivation and when this happens we can use self- discipline to keep consistent with our healthy habits. Self-discipline is the practice of self-control and allows us to complete tasks even when we lack the motivation. Likewise, there are strategies to also help build your self-discipline.
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My Running Challenge
April 24
Starting my career at The Running School in London marked the inception of my dedication to running, both personally and professionally. As I learnt more about efficient running biomechanics and injury prevention, I became committed to refining my own running technique. Over time, I’ve realised that the more I invest in my personal running journey, the better positioned I am to support others in achieving their running objectives. That being said, I would like to share the lessons I learned during my participation in #REDJan – a challenge that entailed running every day throughout January.
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