After sustaining an injury during sports, the first thing on many players’ agenda isn’t just recovering from that injury, but how to do so as fast as possible. While injuries sustained during sports can vary greatly in their location, severity, and how they occurred, there are five things that anyone can do to help optimise their recovery so they can get back on the sports field as fast as possible regardless of their circumstances.
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Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are common in Australia. In fact, Australia has historically held the highest rate of ACL injury in the world. Despite a lot of media attention, ACL injuries are still poorly understood by sportsmen and women as well as everyday Australians who can also suffer an ACL injury from undertaking social and leisure activities.
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Whether you’re trying to stay physically active or just making your way around your workplace, for the 25% of adults that develop knee pain, movement and daily life can quickly become difficult and uncomfortable. So when it comes to getting help for your knee pain, a physiotherapist and an exercise physiologist can both help.
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Allsports Physiotherapist Andrew Shaw has been on a football pitch since he was old enough to lace up a pair of boots, and now has the fortunate opportunity to work with Olympic FC in the National Premier League QLD.
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The term strength training is often linked to workouts or training programs, as a strategy to improve performance in sports, or as a form of injury prevention.
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Hurt yourself and aren’t sure whether you should be applying heat or ice to help your injury best?
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Osteoarthritis and osteoporosis: They sound similar, they both affect your bones, and when you’ve been diagnosed with either, it can be difficult to tell them apart – or understand the relationship between the two. As both conditions impact your ability to stay comfortable, mobile and safe as you age, knowing the key differences between osteoarthritis and osteoporosis can help you make the best choices for your health, having a significant impact on your quality of life.
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Is arthritis making the daily tasks you never had to think twice about increasingly harder? Whether your knees have started to protest the short stroll down to the local shops, or painlessly moving up the stairs is now a distant memory, you aren’t alone.
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Looking to get a head start on full-body toning and fulfilling those summer goals? This is for you.
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