Training Articles - Injury Prevention

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Conditioning	Ergogenic Aids	Endurance	Evaluation
Injury Prevention	Nutrition	Physiology	Psychology
Planning	Skill Development	Strength	Speed

Articles - Injury Prevention

Here's a good rehab program to help an injured athlete stay fit
Advice on how to help an injured athlete maintain a reasonable level of fitness
How to treat damaged soft tissues with Rice
How the body reacts to injury and advice on treating soft tissue injuries
Lower leg injuries - how to stay trouble free
Research shows exactly how the muscles in the ankle and lower part of the leg function during running, and provides clues about how to keep the areas between your knees and your feet injury free

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How to recognise and minimise over training in your athletes
The signs and symptoms of over training and provides a method to monitor athletes for the onset of over training
A common-sense guide to minimising the risks of getting hurt
A look at how an appropriate warm up and flexibility work will help minimise injury
How carbohydrate can help to protect against muscle damage
An explanation of the causes of muscle fatigue and a carbohydrate loading protocol to support training and competition
If you coach children, you have to take particular care to avoid repetitive stress
The problems that a young athlete experiences when their body cannot cope with the stress associated with a repetitive movement
Have you ever been stitched up?
A review of the causes and cures for stitch
10 practical guidelines that will help you avoid getting injured
Some advice as to how to avoid injury
Would you like to take control of sports injuries?
How coaches and athletes can be proactive in the prevention of sports injuries
Is heel pain stopping you from training?
The signs, symptoms and treatment of plantar fasciitis (heel pain)
Low back pain
The physiology and anatomy of the spine and some of the reasons for low back pain
Concussion in gymnastics
The signs and symptoms and treatment of concussion
Shoulder care for throwing athletes
An overview of how the shoulder joint functions and how proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) training can play a significant role in both injury prevention and improved performance
Joint Problems
The range of treatments for one of the most common problems faced by strength training athletes - joint pain
Serious back training for rugby players
The possible reasons for lower back problems and advice as to how you can look after your back
Back to basics
How to look after your back with consideration to posture and stretching exercises
Biomechanical consideration following injury - a return to sport
An overview of the various stages of the injury healing process so that you may maximise the effects of your rehabilitation and help prevent a reoccurrence of the injury
Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury
The four key stages of an effective and complete warm up
Is your body adequately coping with the training load?
Why not giving your body the rest it needs may lead to a sports injury disaster!
The psychological side of injury
An explanation of the emotional stages an athlete goes through when injured
Aerobic Water Exercise & Aquatic Therapy - Part 1
Why water aerobics, or aquatic exercises, are a superb form of exercise for injury rehabilitation and maintaining fitness
Aerobic Water Exercise & Aquatic Therapy - Part 2
Some of the more practical ways to use aquatic therapy and deep water exercises
Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Achilles Injury - Part 1
An overview of the causes of Achilles tendon injuries
Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Achilles Injury - Part 2
An overview of the treatment of Achilles tendon injuries
Prevention and Treatment Strategies for Achilles Injury - Part 3
An overview of the rehabilitation process from an Achilles tendon injury
Stretching - why should I?
Why it is crucial that stretching becomes part of your training programme
A pain in the shin
Seven tips that might help prevent you experiencing shin splints
Good stretch or bad stretch?
How to determine if a stretch is suitable for you or not
What is the most common injury athlete's experience and how do I combat it?
One of the most common sites of injury, regardless of the sport, is the lower back region.
21 Injury prevention tips
How to be proactive in preventing injury
Here are 10 practical guidelines that will help an athlete avoid getting injured
The compulsive streak in an athlete's character, which drives them to practice hour after hour, day after day, is their worst enemy when it comes to handling injuries
Is it sensible to exercise when you are ill?
Advice on what to do when you do not feel 100%
Try this eccentric method of getting rid of muscle soreness
Advice on how to prevent muscle soreness
Groin pain and groin pull injury
A guide for the identification and prevention of groin injuries
Hamstring injury treatment and hamstring stretching exercises
Why hamstring injuries are so common and what you can do to prevent them
Injury prevention for tennis and other racket sports
Guidance on key injury prevention exercises for tennis and other racket sports
Preventing heel injury
The cause of plantar fasciitis and the preventative actions that you can take
Hamstring Injury Rehabilitation
How you can assist an athlete in the recover from a hamstring injury.
Preseason Injury Prevention Strategy
A new injury prevention strategy that coaches and athletes can easily implement to prevent preseason training injuries
Treatments for Back Pain
A review of what are known as traditional treatments vs. complementary or alternative treatments for back pain
Treatment for soft tissue injuries
A guide to cutting your recovery time from injury by days, if not weeks!
First Aid for Sports Injuries - The Critical First 3 Minutes
Advice on the actions to take in those first few critical moments following an injury
Preventing heel injury
The cause of plantar fasciitis and the preventative actions that you can take
Ankle injuries and complicated ankle injuries
An overview of the importance of the structures and functions of the ankle, damage that can occur through common ankle injury, the importance of proper diagnostic techniques, the proper use of initial treatments and how functional rehabilitation increases ankle mobility
Pain in the Shin
The signs and symptoms of shin splints, the preventative action you can take to reduce the chances of experiencing the injury and how to treat shin splints
Muscle Cramp and Spasm
The causes, prevention and treatment for muscle cramps and spasms
Golfers Elbow, Elbow Tendonitis and Elbow Pain
A guide to the treatment and prevention of golfer's elbow
Pulled muscles, scar tissue and re-injury
How scar tissue affects recovery and re-injury of pulled muscles
Cool down - recover faster and avoid injury
Why it is important to undertake a cool down program after training and competition
Carpal tunnel syndrome
The causes, symptoms and treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome

Literature Reviews - Injury Prevention

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