May 10, 2024 | Sports Injury, Learning
To be effective, training has to be progressive. This means that your body will change (adapt) to the stresses that an exercise places on it (overload). Take as an example an arm curl action in the gym. If you lifted 5kg, that is probably less than... May 10, 2024 | Sports Injury
We all know the situation. Training is going well, and suddenly you trip over a tree root when out running and twist your ankle, or pull something in the gym. The action you take next is important, because it can dictate how long you are away from... May 10, 2024 | Exercise, Learning, Sports Injury
Pain around the kneecap, officially termed patellofemoral pain (PFP) accounts for up to 17% of knee pain seen generally, and up to 40% of knee problems seen in the sporting population (Crossley et al 2016), with up to 7% of adolescents between the ages of 15-19 years... May 10, 2024 | Learning, Exercise, Sports Injury
The term ‘shin splints’ is often used as a blanket description of any persistent pain occurring between the knee and ankle in an athlete. The condition has a number of names including Exercise Induced Leg Pain (EILP), Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome (CECS),... May 10, 2024 | Exercise, Learning, Sports Injury
We have seen (part 1: Hamstring injuries) that the structure and function of the hamstrings is used to guide the rehabilitation process. To be truly effective, Hamstring rehabilitation must be multifactorial, and a number of factors are important. Let’s begin by... May 10, 2024 | Exercise, Learning, Sports Injury
Hamstring injury rate Hamstring injury is common in sport, and these injuries frequently recur. Up to 12% of sports injuries may be to the hamstrings (Ekstrand et al 2011), and it is the most common muscle injury in male footballers (Schuermans et al...
