Spain
Fitness, good health, energy and mobility are all things we take for granted in our youth, but as time passes and the number on the front of the birthday cards gets bigger, keeping fit becomes much more of a chore - miss a weeks training and it takes three weeks to catch up.
If all you want is to stay agile and flexible, Toning Tables are a great alternative to the gym.
If all you want is to stay agile and flexible, Toning Tables are a great alternative to the gym.
The ‘Shape & Tone’ centre in Los Alcazares have a full range of toning tables, operated by professional qualified staff. Although a large number of their clients use the tables to ‘wobble off’ extra inches, we managed to speak to two ladies who go there for the health benefits.
Lee Monks is a 69 year old from Valle del Sol. Lee has had Pagets disease of the spine since her teens, she also suffers from Spondalosis and was diagnosed with Osteo Arthritis in her late thirties and had to walk with the aid of a stick.
Twice weekly sessions on the tables for the last year have transformed her ability to enjoy life to the full again. The stick has gone, allowing her to actively enjoy a stroll on the promenade when she likes, without the pain, and she has noticed a vast improvement in muscle tone and size. The biggest benefit of all, though, is the increase in joint mobility.
The correct ‘Pilates’ breathing method taught to use whilst exercising can also help Asthma sufferers. Lee has found the tables to be more beneficial to her than drugs or even aquatherapy.
Caroline Foster is 58, and has a tendency towards Osteo Arthritis, due to an accident 40 years ago.
She has been using the tables for the last 2 years, and although she admits they are not a ‘cure-all’, they are a great aid to maintaining a good level of fitness and mobility.
One bad winter, Caroline had to have thirteen Chiro sessions back in the UK, as there were no tables, and no Chiropractics, in Spain at that time. Now Shape & Tone can also offer a visiting Chiropractor, by appointment.
Both Chiro and the toning tables are non-invasive treatments.
Lee Monks is a 69 year old from Valle del Sol. Lee has had Pagets disease of the spine since her teens, she also suffers from Spondalosis and was diagnosed with Osteo Arthritis in her late thirties and had to walk with the aid of a stick.
Twice weekly sessions on the tables for the last year have transformed her ability to enjoy life to the full again. The stick has gone, allowing her to actively enjoy a stroll on the promenade when she likes, without the pain, and she has noticed a vast improvement in muscle tone and size. The biggest benefit of all, though, is the increase in joint mobility.
The correct ‘Pilates’ breathing method taught to use whilst exercising can also help Asthma sufferers. Lee has found the tables to be more beneficial to her than drugs or even aquatherapy.
Caroline Foster is 58, and has a tendency towards Osteo Arthritis, due to an accident 40 years ago.
She has been using the tables for the last 2 years, and although she admits they are not a ‘cure-
One bad winter, Caroline had to have thirteen Chiro sessions back in the UK, as there were no tables, and no Chiropractics, in Spain at that time. Now Shape & Tone can also offer a visiting Chiropractor, by appointment.
Both Chiro and the toning tables are non-
