The Problem With professionalism in sport and competitive sport scholarships on the rise, overuse injuries in adolescents are becoming more and more …
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Managing Injuries in Adolescents
The Role of the Scapular in Shoulder Pain
For most of us, when we think of the shoulder and problems with the shoulder, we tend to think mainly of the ball and socket joint and the rotator cuff muscles. …
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Shoulder Instability
Shoulder instability is a term which describes a pathological increase in transalatory movement of the humeral head (ball in the socket) which interferes with …
Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis
What is it? Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis (or SCFE) is a hip issue affecting older children and younger teenagers. It is a fracture of the growth plate …
Lower back strengthening: should you be doing deadlifts and squats?
Lower back pain is one of the most common complaints we see in clinic. Research tell us that up to 90% of the population will suffer from it over their lifetime …
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Stretches for Workstation Stiffness
Recurrent Calf Injuries
The best predictor of future injury is past injury. Let that sink in a minute, yes, there are many other contributing factors. But research tells us that …
Tips for setting up a home work station
Working from home often means working from the kitchen table or on a laptop. Spending prolonged periods of time working with this set up often places undue …
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Staying Active at Home
With so many people stuck at home during the COVID pandemic, here are a few simple tips for staying fit and healthy during this trying time. …
Minimising RISK in runners
As runners, at one stage or another we have all been at this point. You are either increasing your running load after that lazier than normal Christmas …