What Is Tennis Elbow? Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylalgia, is an overuse injury affecting the tendons that attach to the outside of the elbow. These tendons connect the forearm muscles to the bone and help you extend your wrist and fingers. Despite its name, only about 5% of people with tennis elbow actually play tennis! […]

What Are Shin Splints? Shin splints, also known as medial tibial stress syndrome, are a common overuse injury that causes pain in the front of the lower leg, specifically along the shin bone (tibia). They are often seen in runners, dancers, and athletes who do repeated jumping or high-impact activities. Shin splints can be grouped […]

In netball, players are required to perform a high level of movement competency and have the physical capabilities to cope with the repetitive movement patterns in a game. Its sudden, explosive and repetitive accelerations and decelerations, repetitive landings and changes in direction heightens the risk of an injury occurring. For example: 50% of netball players […]

You have read our article about common soccer injuries.  You also know that prevention is better than cure. How do we do prevention?  The literature currently suggests that injury prevention programs should include the following main elements: Plyometric exercises: Exercises that focus on using fast-twitch fibres by exerting maximum muscular force in short explosive movements. […]

In football, players are required to perform sudden and repetitive accelerations and decelerations, rapid changes of direction, jumping and landing tasks and be involved in contact situations such as tackling. This heightens the chance and risk of an injury occurring.  What does the research say? Research has consistently shown that the most common soccer injuries […]

Football season is heating up fast with local association teams training and preparing for their upcoming season whilst Football NSW youth and senior teams are already a few weeks into their season.   But the real question, is your body ready for this football season??  Well, I have you covered with an injury prevention program.  WHAT […]