Richie Evans describes progress with his charity weight loss and fitness programme at Hands-on Health.
Apparently, if my fitness guru is to be believed, I have fans of my blogs out there, and some of them have been asking where on earth I’ve been …
Well folks, there are a couple of [...]
Continue Reading →Richie Evans describes progress with his charity weight loss and fitness programme at Hands-on Health.
And so, after last week was wasted because I was suffering from an appalling virus, this has been the best week yet at Hands-on Health. Laid low, but bizarrely still keen [...]
Continue Reading →Richie Evans describes progress with his charity weight loss and fitness programme at Hands-on Health.
One of the most interesting facets of going on any sort of public health kick, particularly in these boom days of social networking, is that it can be a lot more public than you realise, and in [...]
Continue Reading →An end to arachnophobia – and many other fears and phobias – is in sight for Exmouth sufferers. A quick and simple technique used to treat victims of post trauma stress disorder (PTSD), and proven to be effective for fears and phobias, is now available at Hands-on Health.
Practitioner Marcia [...]
Continue Reading →Summer. The weather’s relatively warm, the evenings are long and it’s time for holidays, gardening, games on the beach, picnics and having fun with the kids. You were planning on spending less time hunched over a computer, slouched in front of the TV, tensed-up in traffic and stressed-out at the supermarket.
So why have [...]
Continue Reading →Hands-on Health ‘had a gig’ on Saturday, when massage therapist Albie McMahon represented the team at the Show of Hands family festival in Abbotsbury’s glorious sub-tropical gardens, near Weymouth.
Show of Hands, the award-winning acoustic roots duo Phil Beer and Steve Knightley, based in Topsham, headline this incredibly popular day-long festival [...]
Continue Reading →We had the builders in again on Friday. They added some very important kit to our exercise studio.
Not big, heavy, power-hungry machines with built in TVs. Not racks of weights, or bikes that don’t go anywhere.
No, the builders fixed a chunky wooden beam to the ceiling, and to that they attached three [...]
Continue Reading →I love these two pictures, because they show how far we’ve come since we first embarked on the Hands-on Health project in August 2010.
We started off with a wreck of a building, in chaos, mess and confusion but with a dream of something calm, peaceful and healthy.
Like all ‘before and after’ [...]
Continue Reading →Today Hands-on Health has opened its doors for the first time, and we all have great plans and ideas for it … not least because we’ve just had an inspiring three days exhibiting in the Exmouth enclosure at the Devon County Show.
Inspiring – not because lots of visitors stopped to talk to the [...]
Continue Reading →What’s happening?
Welcome to Henry Tang
Another massage therapist has joined the team. Henry Tang has a number of specialisms, including pregnancy massage, sports massage and cranio-sacral therapy.
New timetable
We have made some changes to our class timetable. In particular, Vinyasa Flow yoga and Tai Chi times have changed, and the Monday night primary led Ashtanga yoga has been split into two classes, at 18.00 and 19.30 due to demand.
Golf TRX video
Albie McMahon has developed a TRX programme especially for golfers who want to improve their game. Watch the video for a sneak peek!
Evening and weekend appointments
We are now offering evening and weekend massage appointments with Sarah Henderson. Call for details or to book an appointment.
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