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Treat's Vicki Taylor writes about vegan friendly cosmetics and make-up, the difficulties of finding a comprehensive range of vegan friendly products and her efforts to ensure as much of her range as possible is vegan friendly and anything that isn't is at the very least animal friendly

Sitting for long periods is a "modern disease", and one that can be surprisingly bad for your health. Treat Osteopath Dale Gallant says "ideally we should move every 10 minutes" and offers three very simple mobility exercises for the upper body that can be performed at your desk.

Treat has a team of practitioners with specialist skills for mum's to be, new mums and babies. Services range from Hypnobirthing, Yoga and Pilates, Antenatal birth preparation and postnatal courses to acupuncture and reflexology for pregnancy.

Molly has created the "Moving for an Easier Birth" class to pass on the "tricks of the trade" she uses to help women have a shorter, less stressful labour. These are gentle safe movements and techniques to help ease your baby into the best position for birth

Midwife Molly O'Brien writes about the reasons for long, difficult labour and the rise in interventions in childbirth. Malposition is one of the commonest causes of long, slow and difficult labour - use of biomechanics and simple exercises can help address malposition and avoid complications in labour.

Cuba is famous for its beautiful classic American cars - but their great lines and beautiful paint jobs are the result of loving care from dedicated mechanics. They need time out and nurture to keep their lines and looks - Kerry Dolan's latest blog makes a light hearted link between keeping a classic car on the road and keeping our own bodies in good shape as we reach "vintage" status

Treat Reflexologist Jane Sheehan writes about the ways in which changing simple every day patterns and behaviors can help improve chances of conception with no other interventions.

Back pain is a common complaint in pregnancy. In her latest blog, Treat Physiotherapist, Yoga teacher and new Mum, Rosie Taylor, explains why, and offers great tips to help mums to be keep pain and discomfort under control.

BMI can be an important factor in fertility. Being over or underweight can affect the hormones controlling women's menstrual cycles and men's sperm health and production. Research from the Netherlands showed that for every BMI unit above 29, the chances of conception fell by 4%.

We often look at our diet and levels of exercise when aiming to lose weight but rarely look at other factors like stress or our work, rest and sleep patterns.