10 Tips to Encourage your Children to Exercise More
Over 50% of all children
in UK don’t get sufficient exercise and with obesity on the rise should we do more to encourage our kids to be more active?
TVs, computers and games consoles play a major role in many family households these days so it is often difficult to persuade your children to exercise when they feel they have everything they need on the sofa or in their rooms. Along with a healthy balanced diet, regular exercise can not only help prevent obesity but can be great for the physical and mental wellbeing of your children. Teaching them how to enjoy exercise at a young age is not just important for the now but can help condition them to be healthy and active throughout adulthood. The government recommends that children get a minimum of one hour exercise a day.
If you feel your kids could be more active but don’t know how to go about it then you may want to try some of the following:
- Find and exercise or sport that suits the individual child, something they enjoy and could excel at and is right for their age group and fitness level.
- Join in with them, children learn by example
- Be encouraging and positive when they are doing it
- Invite their friends to join in too if it is appropriate
- Give them a routine with their exercise, i.e swimming every Wednesday afternoon, football every Saturday, a family walk every Sunday etc.
- Keep the exercise fun and engaging for them
- Make sure they feel and are safe whatever they are doing
- Get them equipment or toys to use whilst doing their exercising
- Don’t overdo it. They will get fed up if you try to push them too hard
- Restrict TV time and maybe use it as a reward after exercise
If you are worried about the health of your child and would like to talk to one of our therapists please call us on 02085498000
Next week in The Centre we have:
Monday 2nd September
Food and allergy testing with Cathy Foley
nutrition advice with Cathy Foley
Hypnotherapy with Emily Harbrecht
NLP with Emily Harbrecht
Slimming massage Better than Lipo with Hayat el Hamri
Acupuncture with Miguel Freitas
Chinese herbal medicine with Miguel Freitas
Moxa with Miguel Freitas
Tuesday 3rd
Acupuncture (including IVF, fertility and pregnancy oriented) with Victoria Busk
Reflexology with Victoria Busk
Sports massage with Jambaal Jeng
Back and neck pain therapy with Jambaal Jeng
Visceral manipulation with Jambaal Jeng
Myofascial release with Jambaal Jeng
Swedish massage with Hilary Insall
Remedial massage with Hillary Insall
Lymphatic drainage with Hilary Insall
Wednesday 4th
Colonic hydrotherapy with David Taylor
Acupuncture (including IVF, fertility and pregnancy oriented) with Victoria Busk
Reflexology with Victoria Busk
Homeopathy with Shauna Estrada
Counselling with Claire Deane
CBT with Claire Deane
Body Talk System with Yvette Smith
Osteopathy with Gillian Lonsdale
Naturopathy with Gillian Lonsdale
Sports Massage with Kelly Shirley
soft tissue remedial therapy (on holiday) with Kelly Shirley
Thursday 5th
Colonic hydrotherapy with Mandy Jones
Deep tissue massage with Serge Tampakakis
Raynor massage with Serge Tampakakis
Kinesio taping with Serge Tampakakis
Sports massage with Jambaal Jeng
Back and neck pain therapy with Jambaal Jeng
Visceral manipulation with Jambaal Jeng
Deep tissue massage with Melanie Howlett
Holistic and advanced clinical massage with Melanie Howlett
Myofascial release with Melanie Howlett
Advanced sports stretching with Melanie Howlett
Reiki with Melanie Howlett
Friday 6th
Sports massage with Jambaal Jeng
Back and neck pain therapy with Jambaal Jeng
Visceral manipulation with Jambaal Jeng
Myofascial release with Jambaal Jeng
Hypnotherapy with Urmila Lewis
Clinical NLP with Urmila Lewis
Acupuncture (including IVF, fertility and pregnancy oriented) with Victoria Busk
Reflexology with Victoria Busk
Saturday 7th
Colonic Hydrotherapy with Enrida Kelly
Physiotherapy with Ravi Shanker
Counselling with Phil Hartland
Cognitive, behavioural, psychodynamic therapy with Martyn Bignold
Slimming massage Better than Lipo with Hayat el Hamri
Chiropractics with Robert Lloyd
Bowen Therapy with Daniel Dollin
Acupuncture with Daniel Dollin
Reflexology with Daniel Dollin
Aormatherapy with Cindy Mollineau
Reflexology with Cindy Mollineau
Bamboo massage with Cindy Mollineau
Sunday 8th
Therapeutic Massage with Helen Rennie
Art Therapy with Helen Rennie
Aromatherapy with Helen Rennie
Counselling with Helen Rennie
Crystal Healing with Helen Rennie
If you would like to know more about any of our therapies please conatct us on 0208549800 or 07436 070 832
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