People with MS can potentially benefit from the Exercise Referral Programme run by Places Leisure in leisure centres across the borough of Wokingham. The scheme aims to support people living with long term health conditions, such as MS, to increase their physical activity and improve health and wellbeing. You have to be referred to the […]
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Sometimes you might not be able to come to the Centre for exercise. Or maybe you would like to do an exercise session in the evenings or at the weekend when it suits you. Our physiotherapy team have recorded a series of videos available free online at any time via our website. There are lots
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Are you living with limited mobility caused by MS? Could you take a 15 minute anonymous survey to help shape the future of exercise for people with MS? We have been approached by a PhD researcher, Melika Rostamkhani, at Sheffield Hallam University. She is currently conducting a study exploring exercise barriers, facilitators, and perspectives among
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Thank you to everyone who completed our recent physiotherapy survey. We are very grateful to you for taking the time to do so. We are looking through the results and will update everyone in due course.
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We want to know the difference exercise at the Centre makes so we are asking all our members who attend exercise in person or online to complete a feedback survey. If you have attended physiotherapy, Pilates, yoga or Tai Chi in the last year, you should have received an email from Pip with a link to
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Our physiotherapy team will be running a 12 week in person balance course starting in June. Balance training involves tailored exercises which can help to improve stability, reduce falls, and enhance mobility. At the start of the 12 week programme attendees will complete a basic balance assessment and this will be repeated at the end.
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We want to know the difference exercise at the Centre makes so we are asking all our members who attend exercise in person or online to complete a feedback survey. If you have attended physiotherapy, Pilates, yoga or Tai Chi in the last year, please keep an eye out for an email from Pip with a
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Our physiotherapy team are pleased to announce a new Indoor Cycling class running for 8 weeks from Monday 10 March. The class will take place at 4pm for 40-45 minutes in the Zoom Room upstairs and will involve cycling to music, adapted to the Motomed bikes (the ones which are used in the gym.) The
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We are running a new six week stretching class in person at the Centre starting 26 February. The class will be taken by our physiotherapist, Melanie. Stretching has many benefits for people with MS, including helping with flexibility in joints and muscles, decreasing stress, increasing blood flow and improving posture. The class will consist of
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The Centre may be closed over Christmas but don’t forget we have various exercise videos on our website which you can view for free at any time if you want to keep moving during the holidays. These include Seated Yoga, Floor Mobility, Relaxation and many more. Perfect for when you need a bit of ‘me-time’
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