Don't let aching joints and pains stop you – here's how I like to to ease them

Annie deadman smiles beside a photo of a woman stretching among autumn leaves.

Traditionally, now is a time for people to pick up the reins of their fitness regime and head into autumn/winter with new goals, challenges and plans.

If you started yours back in August and went for it in a no-holds-barred kind of way, now might be a time when your body is reminding you of a few weaknesses – you may have niggles, aches and tender bits that you could really do without.