What is Sports Therapy?

Sports Therapy is a profession dealing with body movement and physical health. In other countries such as Canada and USA, they are known as Physical Therapists. What do Sports Therapists study? As undergraduates, sports therapists study a wide range of science related subjects including Anatomy, physiology, microbiology, and biomechanics. They also study a number of….

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Marathon Running – Importance of Stretching

Marathon Running – Importance of Stretching. For Marathon Running, stretching can be useful for two different reasons. First of all, you can use stretching to address specific muscle restrictions which are identified as being contributory to a specific injury. Tight or shortened muscles are commonly associated with overuse injuries. The shortening may be at the….

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Benefits of Sports Massage for Marathon Runners

Benefits of Sports Massage for Marathon Runners: It helps to decrease the recovery time between training sessions especially after longer runs Helps to identify areas of tightness by compensations when training It decreases the likelihood of injuries due to the repetitive nature of running Helps to maintain flexibility and pliability of muscles allowing them to….

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Back Pain Cycling

Back pain – cycling. Research studies have shown that back pain in cycling is something that affects up to 70% of cyclists , together with neck pain. This is hardly surprising as cyclists regularly spend hours in the saddle. The cycling action involves the repetitive bending of alternating hips and knees, whilst maintaining a fixed….

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How Massage can Help with Headaches

Massage therapy helps to relieve headaches by easing muscle tension, relieving muscle spasms, releasing shortened muscles and relaxing tension held in the muscles of the head, shoulders, and neck. When muscle tension eases, there is less pressure on the nerves and blood vessels that supply them. Oxygen-rich blood circulation improves, which also relieves pain. Massage….

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Ski Exercises

For anyone planning to ski in this new year, here are some ski exercises that are recommended to give you the best control on the slopes. 1. Standing on a slant board your knees and hips need to be bent at a 45 degree angle. Try and stand for as long as possible until your quads….

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Marathon Running

For Marathon Running, stretching can be useful for two different reasons. First of all, you can use stretching to address specific muscle restrictions which are identified as being contributory to a specific injury. Tight or shortened muscles are commonly associated with overuse injuries. The shortening may be at the same site as the injury or….

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Still looking at going skiing in 2022/23?

This last year and a half has brought an unprecedented upheaval to everyone’s lives. Not ONE single person can claim that they have been unaffected by the pandemic. A couple of serious consequences of this has been the effects on everyone’s health and wellbeing with the closure of leisure facilities and cessation of sports at….

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Golf Back Pain

The main cause of Golf Back Pain is the swing. The golf swing has four components: the address position, back swing, down swing and follow through. Golf Back Pain problems can occur during any of these phases, but the common errors tend to be: Too much forward bending at address Too little rotation of the….

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Understanding Injuries and the Healing Process

Understanding Injuries and the Healing Process: Injuries are very common especially in sports. It is crucial they are treated appropriately to avoid causing long term problems. Understanding the healing process will help explain what the body goes through after injury. Whenever an injury has occurred, an inflammatory process will start. This is true whether you….

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