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We recently had a rugby player visit the clinic complaining of leg pain. The area of pain turned out to be a massive bruise from a couple of days earlier when another player had landed on him. We first assessed him to see whether the muscle was torn,
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With the recent onslaught of rugby in the media and doctors trying to ban tackling in school rugby, now seems a good time to discuss the reason for all of this. Concussion. Head injury can occur in many sports and the targeting of rugby seems a li
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Working with young athletes, I've seen loads of these! In one week with elite academy footballers we had three; one Osgood Schlatters, one Severs and one Sinding Larson-Johansson. All three of these injuries occur as muscle and tendon length and exte
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Occlusion training or Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) uses elastic wraps, tourniquets or cuffs to reduce blood flow to the muscle group you are training. This type of training has been shown to have significant benefits to both strength and hypertrophy
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All too often when I ask about peoples rehab programmes or exercises I get the same responses. It seems to be that the therapy industry when it comes to rehabilitation has an obsession with 3 sets of 10 reps. WHY? This prescription may be appropriate
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