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Hamstring Strain Injuries: Lessons from Personal Experience and the Latest Research
Discover why hamstring strains are so common in running athletes, including personal insights from elite-level sports physiotherapy. This article explores hamstring injury causes, early symptoms, prevention strategies like Nordic hamstring exercises, and the best rehabilitation practices to recover stronger and reduce reinjury risk.
Understanding the “side strain” in cricket fast bowlers: Your guide to rehabilitation
Cricket Side Strains in Fast Bowlers: Causes, Prevention, and Rehabilitation Cricket, a sport demanding significant physical prowess—especially from fast bowlers—often sees athletes pushing their bodies to the limit. This intensity, while integral to performance, can...
Split Squat vs Squat vs Deadlift: How to tailor your lower body training
The age old question: What's the best gym activity for my sport? Well - the answer should always be "it depends". Even the same athlete playing the same sport will have different requirements at different parts of a season. Generally speaking, there are some common...
Unilateral vs Bilateral Training – Part 2: Performance outcomes
In part 1 of this blog, we discussed the generalities associated with bilateral vs unilateral training. In part two, we discuss the findings of a scientific systematic review and metaanalysis (essentially getting all the papers published in the area and collating the...
Unilateral vs Bilateral Training: Part 1 – Your Comparative Guide
We often get asked what are the benefits of one form of exercise versus another. Sometimes this is as simple as discussing the difference between cardio and weights. Today's article focuses on the difference between a two types of gym based loading programs Bilateral...
Blood Flow Restriction – more than just a gimmick?
Summary: Restriction of blood flow purportedly creates an internal environment of greater stress, thus greater adaptation Importantly, the greater adaptation can occur with less absolute load to damaged or painful tissues Started in healthy population to build muscles...
Peri-Menopause and injury – your guide to the most common issues
Menopause alters hormones and results in physical changes These changes typically result in increased injury risk or activity reduction The most common injuries affect structures such as the plantar fascia, tendons of the hip and shoulder Appropriate exercise and...
FACT OR FICTION FRIDAY || Overuse injuries need rest and are because I’m doing too much
ANSWER: FICTION (Mostly - stay with us here) 🙊 Do you keep getting injured when you get back into your usual training after a period of rest 😤? The first graph shows a 65-day cycle of an Olympic athlete. The red lines indicate when the athlete was injured. Looking at...
FACT OR FICTION FRIDAY || I’m too old to lift weights!
Answer: FICTION 🙊 Progressive strength training in the elderly (>60 years) is efficient, even with higher intensities, to improve bone health, pack on muscle and retain function. And not surprisingly, side effects are rare! Strength training increases muscle strength...
Shoulder Pain
Do you have a “good” shoulder and a “bad” shoulder? Have you been putting up with that grumbly shoulder for weeks, months or even years? Shoulder pain can put a real dampener on your activity levels — but it doesn’t need to....
Fact or Fiction – Preseason Training
Answer - FACT With preseason training just around the corner, this blog is a timely reminder that turning up to preseason training consistently will give athletes the best chance of being able to play most games next year. The EvidenceMurray et al (2017) reported that...
Fact or Fiction – Strength Training
I’ve been doing my exercises for two weeks religiously and I’m no stronger! This will never work! ANSWER: Fiction How Long Does It Actually Take?How long does it take to have strength gains? The answer is actually in two parts. Increasing muscle size (hypertrophy)...
Chronic Groin Pain (Athletic Pubalgia)
GROIN PAIN Groin pain, referred to also as athletic pubalgia, is a common problem for a number of athletes, particularly those who engage in sports that require specific use (or overuse) of lower abdominal muscles and the proximal muscles of the thigh. Predominantly,...
FACT OR FICTION: Is running bad for your knees
We at Praxis think that patient education is the cornerstone of good physiotherapy. We particularly enjoy discussing people's understanding of their injuries or the beliefs around certain activities. As such we are starting "Fact or Fiction Friday's" in which we...
The Single Leg Squat
For those of you who have ever read a research article and thought it was a tough read, i'd like to let you in on a little secret. Doing the research is far worse! If only memes were a thing when I started my Masters of Applied Science thesis, I'd have changed my...
Why lifting is your missing endurance link: A guide for long distance runners (Part 1)
You have the shoes, the GPS watch, training schedule and alarm set for 5am. You are dedicated and that race is right around the corner. Whether it is your first 5km or your 50th marathon, the thrill of crossing the finish line drives us all. Whilst you may know your...