Light resisted exercise can be a great addition to any fitness and health program. Everyone can undertake a light weights program and get some benefit. The benefits include: increase muscle strength and balance decrease fat levels and promote body tone improve bone density improve ability in day to day functional activities Getting started Getting […]
Category: Sports Physiotherapy
The Effects of Compression Garments
Manufacturers claim that wearing compression stockings can optimize blood flow, reduce muscle fatigue, reduce muscle soreness, prevent injury, help remove metabolic byproducts, dampen muscle vibration, and thereby increase endurance and improve running performance. The exact mechanisms behind the physiological and biochemical responses of wearing compression garments have yet to be established in relation to […]
Does Stretching Before Exercise Decrease the Risk of Injury?
From recent studies, stretching before or after exercising does not confer protection from muscle soreness. In addition, stretching before exercising does not seem to confer a practically useful reduction in the risk of injury, but the generality of this finding needs testing. However, these studies were conducted on military recruits. Further studies have suggested that […]
Does Shaving Your Legs Enhance Sports Performance?
Only if you’re swimming is there a performance improvement by shaving your body. However, there are 5 “other” reasons why shaving may be beneficial for overall sport performance. 1. Easier Healing of Road Rash One of the reasons for shaving is that it makes the healing of “road rash” (that painful patch of skin that […]
Exercising in the Heat
Vigorous exercise in sport places some people at risk of heat illness. Even in cool weather, heat illness may occur in those exercising at high intensity for more than 45 minutes. Heat illness may also occur with prolonged exposure to hot weather. The risk of heat illness is increased in hot and humid weather because: […]
Stretching – What to do, and what not to do
Do’s – Warm up before completing your stretches, its always harder to stretch cold muscles – Hold stretches for 15 to 30 seconds and repeat 2-3 times – Stretch regularly during the day and in particular after exercise sessions – Stretch only to the point of strain not pain – Applying heat (if appropriate) […]
Management for Chronic Ankle Sprains in Basketball and Netball players
One of the most commonly injured sites in both basketball and netball players is the ankle. Due to the highly agile nature of these sports with quick direction changes, jumping and landing there is a lot of load placed on the ankle and proprioception needed to be able to perform these elements of these sports. […]