Long touted as the sweet spot for health, 10,000 steps a day is a widely promoted fitness goal. It’s even the requisite for many health initiatives, including Singapore’s very own National Steps Challenge (NSC), first introduced by the Health Promotion Board (HPB) in 2015 to encourage citizens to be more physically active. To put things in perspective, 10,000 steps translate.
A non-invasive form of therapy that is drug-free, osteopathy focuses on improving the body’s overall nervous, circulatory and lymphatic systems by strengthening and manipulating the musculoskeletal framework. This involves the application of different techniques when stretching, massaging or manipulating the body’s spinal region and soft tissue. But how does it benefit new mums? For starters, postnatal osteopathic treatments may help.