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Defibrillator Training

18th December 2023 | Community, Health

Juliet Burgess-Ray, from East Midlands Army Responders, gave a very helpful, hands-on defibrillator training session in Church Langton on 9 October. Local residents attended and were shown how to access the defibrillator, what equipment is inside and how to use it. The session also included using a dummy to practice CPR. All agreed it was a very useful two hours and should be offered more widely. Especially as it is applicable for all types of defibrillator.

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Why wait until the New Year?

18th December 2023 | Health

’New year, new me.' We hear this a lot but is it really true? Why wait until the New Year to start a fitness routine? Why do people get more motivated to invest in their health and fitness just because it’s January -- the truth -- they don’t!

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Look After Your Mind

18th December 2023 | Health

The word fact has links with manufacture, factory and artefact – things that are made by people. There are many aspects to this idea. The most obvious is that facts change as new discoveries are made: look in an old science book to see how many facts are now out of date. I have an old and treasured copy of ‘The Observer’s Book of Astronomy’, written and signed by Patrick Moore, which confidently asserts that Jupiter has 12 moons. As of writing, 95 moons have been discovered – a fact that may well soon become obsolete.

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Kibworth Osteopaths - Nov 2023

20th November 2023 | Health

I get it. Life is busy, and the world seems to spin faster and faster each day. Any spare minutes are precious, so we should use them wisely. However, we absorb these moments and scroll aimlessly through social media or the news. This does not benefit us much mentally or physically. So, I am on a mini-mission to encourage you to recapture your time and use it to serve you inside and out.

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The Fitnessbox Autumn 2023

Health & Fitness for All at The Fitness Box

16th October 2023 | Business, Health

For many of us the summer holidays are done and dusted or close to being so. Summer holidays are great. It's a time to get away and unwind and take that well deserved break. While that is great, it does deprive us of one of our main assets when improving our fitness, consistency.

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