20/07/2015
Activating the right muscles during any sort of arm movement is key, and sometimes the right muscles need to be reminded that they need to recruit automatically, at the right time. Therefore, retra...
read more
16/07/2015
1. Poor shoulder biomechanics
The shoulder is potentially one of the most unstable joints of the body, with very little bony stability or containment. There is a fine ...
read more
17/06/2015
How many of us go the gym or perform a sport that puts our body under a load of stresses? A lot of us do this, and because our body has been so cleverly built it can withstand most of the stresses we...
read more
13/05/2015
Plantar Fasciitis
What is the Plantar Fascia?
read more
06/05/2015
ITB Syndrome or Runners’ Knee (Not just runners)
The iliotibial band (ITB) is a lateral thickening of the tensor fascia lata. It is a dense fibrous connective tissue running from the te...
read more
01/05/2015
The Ballet Dancers’ Ankle
Ballet dancers are a unique type of athlete whose art is harmonious and physically scrupulous. The anti-anatomic positions used ...
read more
20/04/2015
Functional Training Can Make You Strong
Functional training is used for fitness and strength training, however, it is also often used to retrain patients with compensations from pr...
read more
13/04/2015
Athletic Back Pain
An athlete’s lower spine (lumbar spine) may usually perform demanding and extreme tasks without problems. The highly mobile lumbar spine and its associated muscles a...
read more
06/04/2015
Piriformis syndrome is a peripheral neuritis of the sciatic nerve caused by an abnormal condition of the piriformis muscle. This syndrome often goes unnoticed as it tends to present similarly...
read more
03/04/2015
Hamstring Strains in Runners
Professional sprinters show a high incidence of hamstring strains. In fact, research has reported that the majority of hamstring stra...
read more
25/03/2015
Common Technical Errors in Runners - Why Analyse Gait?
Many runners run without considering the potential negative effects that running may have on the skel...
read more
23/03/2015
Best Strengthening Exercises for Runners
Although runners are generally strong and have high cardiovascular and muscular endurance, it is common that runners present with specific muscl...
read more