
Myofascial Release Therapy and Plantar Fasciitis
In a recent post I wrote about the condition of Plantar Fasciitis and how my husband was going to try Myofascial Release Therapy for some respite from the painful symptoms of the condition. Following the initial consultation, Mark attended the recommended five...

Plantar Fasciitis – What Is It?
Plantar Fasciitis is apparently one of the most common causes of heel pain. It is most common in middle-aged people. Plantar Fasciitis is one of those conditions that you are unlikely to have heard of. However, if you are sufferer, you will realise immediately that...

My First NHS Mammogram
At the age of 50 you will be invited for your first NHS Breast Cancer Screening in the UK. My appointment dropped through the letterbox within days of turning 50. Very impressive. Having now had the NHS Mammogram, I thought it may be useful to shed a little light...

How to Check Your National Insurance Contributions Record
Hot on the heels of my last post about my Personal Pension Review, I have as I said I would, checked my National Insurance Contributions history. I have also taken the opportunity to check my State Pension Forecast. In for a penny and all that!! I have to say that...

Is it Time for a Personal Pension Review?
Pensions can be a topic that can make us want to run for the hills, can't they?! A Personal Pension Review? Stop it now, I hear you say! So, when did you last have one? Hopefully you have been a bit more on the ball than I have with my Pension review. The last...

Joining the Exclusive 50 Club
I am delighted to announce that I am now a proud member of the Exclusive 50 Club. As I mentioned in my previous post (Platform 50) this is a well attended club and I am in very good company. It seems that everyone is 50, even if they are not 50. Random is always...

Platform 50 (Pulling In)
Platform 50. Pulling in. You may be reading this as I'm pulling in or indeed after I've safely arrived at the platform. Either way it's a journey. Not in a woo woo 'journey' way but as in going from one place to another. Or one age to another. But...