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Top 5 Most Common Dancing Injuries: Prevention & Treatment
With the popularity of television shows like Strictly Come Dancing and the rise of Zumba classes, more and more people (namely women) are taking to dance. While dancing is excellent for entertainment and fitness, repetitive motions, the demands on certain areas of the body and lack of professional training can lead to injury. Conditions such … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of 5 Common Swimming Injuries
Swimming is a great form of exercise and sports injury rehabilitation for all ages. It is widely recommended for its gentle low stress demands on the body as the water supports your weight while also giving a thorough workout by using most of the body’s major muscle groups. With swimming and fitness it is certainly … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of the 5 Common Motorcross Injuries
Injuries are common in motocross (MX) and off road motorcycle sports. Research has shown that motocross puts the body under extreme stress and the risk of injury is high. Most motocross injuries occur during race events, but since the advent of freestyle motocross (FMX), injuries during tricks and ‘big air’ stunts have become more common. … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of Top 5 Most Common Boxing Injuries
Although many perceive boxing to be quite a brutal and dangerous sport medical evidence has shown that compared to other contact sports boxing is relatively safe. As with all contact sports there are risks of injury with some more common than others depending on the type of sport. With boxing the focus is fist fighting … Read more
Repetitive Strain Injuries
What are Repetitive Strain Injuries? There are many different types of repetitive strain injuries (RSI) and these are categorised by the overuse of certain movements and motions. Commonly RSI occurs as a result of an individual undertaking a task typical to them. Be it associated with their occupation, hobby or sport, a repetitive motion can … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of 5 Most Common Triathlon Injuries
Triathlon is a fast growing endurance sport that combines swimming, cycling and running. It’s a great way of keeping fit, but it’s also a very demanding activity and its competitive nature can lead to injury. Because of the varied formats of triathlon (sprint, Olympic and Ironman) and a lack of standardisation in injury surveillance, there … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of the 5 Most Common Golf Injuries
Golf injuries have been reported to affect 15-20% of golfers each year. Golf injuries are mostly due to overuse, but there are some traumatic injuries that can occur on the golf course. Golf requires explosive power for driving off the tee and fairways. These repeated actions can put stress on the tissues and cause injuries. … Read more
How Your Broken Bones Heal
There are over one million fractures (broken bones) each year in the UK alone. Fractures can occur in people of any age, but two groups of people tend to sustain most fractures – the elderly and the childhood age groups. In children a broken forearm is the most common fracture, with boys sustaining fractures more … Read more
Prevention & Treatment of the 5 Most Common Cricket Injuries
Research into cricket Injuries at elite level In Australia has shown a rate of around 18 injuries in total for a squad of 25 players who play twenty matches in a season. On average, around 9% of cricketers have an injury at any given time, although in fast bowlers over 15% are injured at any … Read more