For amateur and recreational athletes, trying to work out how best to train all the various aspects of physical performance can be like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube. You try to increase your strength work but that might negate from your fitness. You try to work on your muscular endurance but find that your explosive power might start to dip. This puzzle is still difficult for professional S&C coaches to work out with all their experience and knowledge. There is no perfect balance for all athletes of all sports.
There are a lot more people running at the moment. In this post, William discusses a common issue we see in clinic around the knee and how you can deal with your knee pain
As Physiotherapists, facilitating clients’ recovery, reducing pain and improving overall health and quality of life underpins our practice. For many years, research has been concerned with hands-on therapies, exercise rehabilitation and nutritional factors in the management of injury and pain disorders. Despite all this, sleep, “down time” and mental recovery form the foundations of cellular recovery.
Strength training can be a divisive topic in middle and long distance runners; some will swear by it whereas others are convinced it will only cause injuries. We take a look at this debate in this blog piece
The pain was never severe apart from the 12-24 hours after the two incidents mentioned above. Rather it was the lurking presence of pain in the background of my thoughts that was the biggest problem. Any discomfort I felt in my back when exercising was further proof that something was wrong. In actual fact, it was probably a normal physical sensation you get when exercising. I had learned to associate this sensation with physical damage being done to my back. You might know this as “wear and tear”. That pain you get when going up the stairs must be as a result of the bones rubbing against each other and that means you’re going to get arthritis before the age of 40.
Its very apparent hip problem have not gone away. This year alone there have been a number of high profile cases within GAA circles. Elite athletes who are still young men are getting hip replacements (mostly hip resurfacing- a type of replacement where the ball of the hip is replaced). The higher the intensity in terms of load and competition, the more at risk one is.
In Ireland, close to 1 million people live with arthritis with OA being the most common presentation. Almost everyone will develop OA as they age but it can even affect younger populations in rare cases. OA in itself is not curable but your symptoms can be lessened greatly to allow an improvement in your quality of life. Symptoms may worsen from time to time - sometimes for no obvious reason - but with a suitable approach, you can remain as active as your peers without issues.
Neck pain is a very common complaint and those suffering from it can often end up with symptoms lasting a lot longer than it takes for damaged tissue (bone, ligament, muscle etc) to physically repair and heal. The patient’s anxiety or fear about their neck pain is just as important as the sport they play or the physical requirements of their job.
Daniel Davey is the man who fuels many of Ireland’s elite athletes. A performance nutritionist for Leinster Rugby, Dublin senior footballers and SPARC, he shares his recipes on social media to an audience of over 65,000 eager fans from his FoodFlicker accounts and now, on 20 September this year, Gill Books have published his first cookbook, which shares the nutritional secrets for gaining a competitive edge.
Headache is the symptom of pain anywhere in the region of the head or neck. There are a number of different classification systems for headaches. The most well-recognized is that of the International Headache Society.
There are more than 200 types of headaches and the IHS have laboriously developed a diagnostic classification, the ICHD3, in order to help healthcare practitioners in this field identify and treat the appropriate headache condition.
Shockwave @SPARC South Dublin
Daniel shares his insights into what fuels elite athletes to perform
