With summer around the corner, it won’t be long until you can rejoin your teammates and fill your days with cricket, soccer, tennis and all your favourite summer sports. As a result, we’ve been fielding plenty of questions about the most effective ways to improve sports performance, and do so fast.
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Why Do We Feel Pain When We’re Injured?
From a young age, we all learn how pain occurs naturally in response to injury. Most of the time, it makes sense that something would hurt, such as when we roll out onto our ankles or trip down stairs. At other times pain can be more mysterious.
Read moreUnderstanding ACL Injuries
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.
Read moreKnee Pain: A Physiotherapist and an Exercise Physiologist can Both Help
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.
Read moreIn the Clinic… with Andrew Shaw
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.
Read moreHow Strength Training Helps You Recover Faster
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.
Read moreHeat Or Ice? Which Is Better For My Injury?
Hurt yourself and aren’t sure whether you should be applying heat or ice to help your injury best?
Read moreHigh Performance Series: Foot & Ankle Injuries
Foot and ankle injuries represent a large proportion of all injuries resulting in time lost to sport. In high level college sport, it is estimated to account for 27% of all injuries, whilst some studies investigating the prevalence of foot and ankle injuries in recreational sport could exceed 35% of all injuries.
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