Blog articles to help you learn more about preventing sports injuries.
Depression in athletes is not uncommon. Sport places abnormal stresses on competitors and like a person’s physical attributes, mental health also alters throughout life. Depression in athletes is now less stigmatised in the public arena, with …
As winter creeps up, the prospect of running in cold weather is sometimes far less appealing than staying inside with home comforts. However, exercising in cold weather provides an additional array of health and athletic benefits, …
Including Kettlebell training into your schedule has a number of benefits. Kettlebells are an excellent piece of portable, inexpensive and compact kit that works the whole body. The main exercises for Kettlebells are squats, the …
Overtraining syndrome occurs when you are just doing too much. It is often caused by excessive high-intensity training with insufficient rest periods. This results in feelings of constant tiredness, reduced performance, neural and hormonal changes, …
Weight training after menopause is particularly important. The reduction of hormone levels with age has many effects on women’s health and well-being. When going through menopause, exercise is an effective tool for combatting many of …
Dehydration is excessive loss of water from the body. This can happen for numerous reasons but in sports, failure to take on sufficient fluids will affect your performance. Here we explain how dehydration affects performance …
Carbohydrate is essential in sport as an exercise fuel. How do you know if you are getting enough? Or are you worried too much might lead to weight gain? Here we explain when carbohydrate drinks might be needed and when best to take them. Not all sports training activities need extra carbohydrate intake.
A complete tear or rupture to the Achilles tendon at the back of the lower leg is one of the worst sports injuries you can suffer. Thankfully it is rare, but here are our top tips for avoiding this potentially career ending injury? Who is most at risk from a torn achilles?
Replenishing electrolytes after strenuous exercise is crucial, and magnesium has a particular role in muscular health and recovery. We look at the health benefits of magnesium for sore muscles and how to make sure you are getting enough.
Here are our top 10 tips to prevent shin splints! Medial tibial stress syndrome, more widely known as shin splints, is the most common cause of shin pain. Although shin pain is often caused and …