Core LDN founder and p Core LDN founder and physiotherapist Claire Mills fuses physio with Pilates – but how can it support weary City office workers’ strained joints and mental health? With our ever-increasing usage of digital devices, our posture has inevitably suffered as a result. As we bend over our screens at work – and in turn, start to resemble ‘corporate prawns’ – could it be that our stance is impacting more than simply our height, and actually affecting our overall health? Physiotherapist Claire Mills founded Core LDN to fuse the teachings of physio with Pilates methods to ultimately get the best results. With many of her clients coming to her with a range of body and health concerns, Claire identifies how bad posture can often be the root cause, and how to improve it through supportive movement such as Pilates.
Claire explains: “A lot of the back, neck and shoulder pain I see is related in some way to poor posture.” She adds: “We found that lots of people’s posture worsened during the pandemic due to increased time spent sitting and not moving, and many people are still struggling with makeshift working-from-home set-ups. “But simply sitting more and spending large chunks of the day looking at screens are also contributing factors.
” Not only can a poor posture impact your upper body, but it can also impact other areas. From a neuromuscular point of view, everything functions better when you’ve got good alignment through the spine because .