Functional Trainer: Holistic Health Series Part 1

Jan 16 2010 by Jack Walton

Holistic means that we will view things as a whole.  In the case of health and fitness, we will look at the whole individual.  Only when we do this and acknowledge that the human body is a system of systems will we really reach our true potential.  Holistic health can include the Physical, Psychological and Social aspects and involves factors like exercise, movement, nutrition, hydration, emotional, mental, toxicity, stress and many more.

To illustrate this consider an athlete who wants to improve sprinting power.  If they only concentrated on the physical side through weight training and did not acknowledge the influence of good nutrition, recovery and sleep (to name a few), then they would unfortunately never reach their athletic potential.   What about the person who wants to eliminate their back pain?  All the ‘best’ exercises in the world may not help without the significant reduction of stressors in this particular person’s life.

Holistic Health Series
The following weeks of Holistic Health articles are designed to give an overview and delve into how this approach is essential to everybody, whatever their goal.  The series will include:

:: Holistic Approach to Lower Back Pain
:: Holistic Approach to Neck Pain
:: Holistic Approach to Weight Loss
:: Holistic Approach to Athletic Performance
:: Holistic Approach to Injury Management
:: Holistic Approach to Personal Training

Furthermore, if readers have any queries they would like answered then do not hesitate to contact directly using the below details.  Whol-istic principles are the hallmark of good practice.

‘Functional Trainer’ provides Corrective Exercise Coaching, The Bowen Technique and Metabolic Typing ® Nutrition.  www.functionaltrainer.co.uk.  Contact  07792761324  jack@functionaltrainer.co.uk.