Category: Sports injuries

What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain

What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain

WHAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT INJURY AND PAIN Free online talk with Dr Caroline Marlow PhD Thursday 21 November 2024 (7-8pm) Join Dr Caroline Marlow PhD (Injury and Pain Psychologist at The Putney Clinic), for this free, informative online talk titled ‘What Everyone Needs to Know about Injury and Pain’ on Thursday 21 November (7-8pm). Anyone can experience injury or pain at any time. Some people heal quickly, whereas, for others, injury or pain […]

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8 key ways to prevent running injuries

8 Key Ways To Prevent Running Injuries

The high rate of running injuries makes focusing on prevention key. If you can prevent injuries, you’ll be able to run more consistently, reach a higher weekly mileage, and do more challenging workouts. In the long run, you will also ultimately be able to race a lot faster and for longer. With this in mind, we have put together 8 key ways to prevent running injuries. 8 Key Ways to Prevent Running Injuries 1. Training […]

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6 Strategies For Avoiding Injuries On The Slopes

There’s no doubt about it, snow sports are fun. Whether you’re hurtling down the side of a mountain at 40 mph, or exploring backcountry terrain; snow sports always involve excitement, adventure and exhilaration. But snow sports are much more funwhen you’re physically fit. There is nothing worse than having to limp in early from the slopes because you’re tired or sore (or even worse, injured). Snow sports are major workouts and if you’re not fully […]

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Focus Triathlon

Following on from our New Year blog about the benefits of exercise, we’re focusing here on three very popular sports where we commonly treat injuries – running, cycling and swimming. In each sport there are optimal biomechanics that will help lead to improved performance and injury prevention. Below we list the most typical injuries and the most common causes: Running Optimal biomechanics Body maintained sagittal direction Minimal vertical displacement of the centre of mass Minimal […]

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Benefits of Swimming versus Injury Risk

Swimming is one of the most popular sports in the world. We swim in the sea, pools, lakes, streams, rivers and even ponds. And while swimming is considered a ‘low-impact’ sport due to the fact that the water supports a large percentage of, more than 84% of regular swimmers suffer from some type of overuse type injury caused by swimming. Why? The main reason is the high repetition number and forceful nature of the shoulder […]

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Running versus Cycling Injuries

Running and cycling are both excellent forms of exercise, but all too often runners and cyclings get sidelined by injury, many of which are overuse injuries and avoidable. Recreational runners and those new to regular running can be prone to increase intensity and distance too quickly and cause overuse injuries. Building up runs gradually and including strength and conditioning work into a training schedule can help avoid a lot of these injuries. Most running related […]

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Rugby Hurts

We are heading towards the Rugby World Cup so focusing some attention on rugby: a fast-moving, high-intensity team sport. It’s played by both men and women at all levels and the benefits of participation are many, ranging not only from a wide variety of fitness and health benefits, but also social and wellbeing benefits. However, as a sport, it also boasts a high injury rate, with as many as 1 in 4 players being injured during […]

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HAMSTRING INJURIES: WHAT ARE THE CHANCES?

Hamstring Injuries: What Are The Chances?

The hamstrings, or as they are sometimes referred to the “hammies”, are the muscles that run down the back of your leg and flex your knee. Unfortunately hamstring injury is extremely common. It affects people across all sports and, more often than not, they are really tricky to deal with. Most people tear a hamstring when performing explosive activities like sprinting, changing direction, rapidly slowing down, and kicking. Your hamstring can also tear from slower speed movements if done in the right way.

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How yoga can help with tennis injuries

How Yoga Can Help With Tennis Injuries

Tennis is a sport that combines strength, endurance and has explosive unpredictable complex patterns. Common injuries often associated with recreational tennis include: rotator cuff tendinopathy, carpal tunnel syndrome, tenosynovitis (inflammation of the tendons) and tennis elbow (ECRB). As well as this, there is a host of other back and knee injuries. In this post, we will look at how yoga can help with tennis injuries. HOW CAN YOGA HELP? The shortening of muscles and lack […]

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Learn More About Tennis Injuries

The tennis season is underway. It’s not just the pros that get injured. Here are a few stats on the most common types of tennis injury, when the injuries occur (training v competition) and how likely they are to recur: If you would like more advice on how to stay injury free, please do get in touch. At the Putney Clinic we have a dedicated sports injury clinic. Email us on info@putneyclinic.co.uk or call 020 8789 3881

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