Caroline Hooper. Chartered Physiotherapist

26/10/2025

Have you heard of “exercise snacks”? These are short sessions of moderate to intense exercise lasting under 5 minutes that can be easily interspersed into our day . Examples could be going fast up / down stairs, jogging on the spot, squats, lifting some weights…

This study looking at other studies showed that exercise snacks as little as twice a day resulted in meaningful improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness in adults and in muscular endurance in older adults.

Have you had an exercise snack today? If not get up & have a go, it’s easy.

Authors: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez, Marcos Quintana-Cepedal, Boris Cheval, Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani, Irene Crespo, Hugo Olmedillas Why is this study important? Physical inactivity is one of the most pressing global health challenges of the 21st century. According to the World Health Organization (...

24/10/2025

Did you know that in the uk alone 30-50% of us has lived with pain for 3 months or more ?

This fabulous hot off the press collaboration between pain scientists, clinicians and most importantly people living with pain is well worth watching and sharing with others

A recording of our livestream event on 15 October 2025.Pain Education for the Nation is for anyone living with or supporting someone with pain. In this webin...

18/10/2025

On I am resharing this invaluable article by Dr Vonda Wright

“Fifty-one percent of humans are born with ovaries. As the ovarian production of estrogen diminishes in midlife and ultimately stops, it is estimated that more than 47 million women worldwide enter the menopause transition annually. More than 70% will experience musculoskeletal symptoms and 25% will be disabled by them through the transition from perimenopause to postmenopause….”

The good news there is help available, appropriate activity/ exercise modification being an important component of this 💪

Fifty-one percent of humans are born with ovaries. As the ovarian production of estrogen diminishes in midlife and ultimately stops, it is estimated that more than 47 million women worldwide enter ...

17/10/2025

I find this concept very helpful and use it with my patients and class participants. I helps give a guide on levels of exercise intensity suitable for people with pain.

13/10/2025

If you want to exercise at home & don’t have a set of weights here are some great ways of using household items in place of weights for strength training from .

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPvRyTYDGLE/?igsh=MTQ4NDJtM2t6dWg4eQ==

06/10/2025

“Millions of Britons struggle with musculoskeletal conditions. Now, a study has found two one-hour classes a week in a gym, led by a rehabilitation specialist, have a huge impact and there are calls for the NHS to make physical activity a standard part of treatment”

👉 https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/05/two-hours-exercise-week-reduces-joint-pain-gp-nhs?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social_img&utm_source=Facebook =1759735160

I can’t offer these for free, but my low cost classes aimed at all age groups fit this spec exactly

If you would like to attend a taster class face to face (Verwood) or via zoom please pop me a message.

🔗to Caroline Hooper. Chartered Physiotherapist website here https://www.caroline-hooper-physiotherapist.uk/services-1

Study looks at how workouts can help those with hip, knee and back pain – and benefit UK economy to tune of £34bn

22/09/2025

Why is exercise so important if you have pain?

In my classes we are focussing on how to dose our exercise and physical activity if we have pain versus exercise to get fitter.

This is a great simple summary from Dr Deepak Ravindrum, Consultant in Pain Management.

06/09/2025

I preordered and have started reading the book “Unbreakable” by Dr Vonda Wright.

It is aimed at women to help us age well through lifestyle and activity. Having said that much of the information is appropriate for men too.

I will be sharing some tips here and in more detail by fine tuning our exercise programs and progression in my weekly fitness classes

03/09/2025

What an inspirational lady 🏋️‍♀️

01/09/2025

September is . Do you have an ongoing painful condition?
This FREE online event will be a really helpful support for you.

Flippin’ Pain presents ‘Pain Education for the Nation’! Our biggest and (possibly) the world’s largest ever pain education event, set to mark European Pain Awareness Day 2025 on the 15th of October!

07/07/2025

Are you concerned that exercise may cause arthritis or worsen it ?

This paper reveals that “systematic reviews demonstrate that exercise therapy does not seem to harm cartilage structure or quality”.

This adds to existing evidence that also shows that exercise including running actually often improves function, pain and reduces inflammation for people with knee arthritis compared to being sedentary or extremely high impact/ twisting sports

05/07/2025

Have you heard of Powerpenia?

Strength training is now well promoted - we see lots of information about the importance of being strong at all ages, together with the cosmetic effects of looking “ripped” etc - but what about power?

We naturally lose muscle strength & bulk from or 30s, but the loss of power (muscle strength and speed) is more profound. This is called powerpenia (simply meaning loss of power). Many more injuries occur due to lack of power than strength so it’s important that we work on both, but many so called “experts” can give us conflicting, confusing and sometimes unachievable advice.

I keep things simple, science based and achievable for all so we can focus on strength and power, among other important aspects of fitness in my classes.

This article gives a bit of sciency information on powerpenia:

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