Health is a key to resilience. However, good health can be one of the hardest things to maintain in prison.
This section is dedicated to different aspects of physical and mental health, from exercises and yoga, to strategies for dealing with trauma, providing health inspiration and guidance for people trying to keep healthy inside the challenging setting of prison.
If you’re feeling tense or stressed, your neck and shoulders may start to hurt, because they’re tense too. Use these simple stretches any time you feel tight and uncomfortable, or like you could do with an unwind.
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Going to the gym and doing other hard physical work are great things to do for your body, but they can leave you feeling tight and sore. Put yourself back in balance with this yoga sequence – it will loosen muscles and ease aches.
An information pamphlet discussing the condition.
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A stroke describes death to brain tissue caused by disrupted blood supply.
I am lucky to have not lost anyone close to me from a drug overdose, but I know many people who have. The impact that a fatal overdose can cause is devastating and they are completely avoidable and unnecessary.
Whether you want to get in gear to transform your physique, or maybe just tone up, there is a selection of exercises you can do without any equipment, in your cell or in the exercise yard.
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