Category: HEALTH

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Knee Injury Prevention and the Importance of a Correct Warm Up

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The knee plays an incredibly important role within the lower limb. It helps communicate movement between the foot/ankle and the hip. A lot of force is generated through the knee in all sports. There are multiple muscle groups that work to move the knee. This places a greater need to

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Barefoot vs Running Shoes

What has 26 bones, 33 joints and more than a hundred tendons, ligaments and muscles? Your foot! Your feet have literally carried you through life and should not be ignored. Running is a high-impact sport that creates a lot of force from your feet hitting the ground. If you are

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Get the most out of running!

Running is a great form of exercise! It improves your cardiovascular fitness, can be done almost anywhere and really works up a sweat. However, any exercise comes with a risk of injury and running injuries in particular can be serious. Shin splints, runners knee and stress fractures are some, just

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Is it possible to prevent a concussion?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Concussion prevention – is it possible? A concussion describes an injury occurring to the head where trauma has occurred specifically to the brain. It can be defined as a complex pathophysiological process induced by external forces affecting the brain. Following this blow, it’s common that consciousness may be altered.

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Could your headache be associated to your neck alignment?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] “It’s just a headache” – is this something you have heard before, or even said to yourself? Headaches may sound mundane, but they can be incredibly debilitating in your everyday life. Your concentration, focus and work commitments can be affected. This is one of the most common conditions in

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How to progress in the gym

Gym progress is all about working outside of your comfort zone. There are many ways you can do this: increasing repetitions, increasing weights or doing an exercise faster. It is important to also have a goal in mind. This allows you to target the areas you wish to improve and

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The importance of Open vs. Closed Chain Exercises

  Joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments and many other elements are the interconnecting structure that make up the body. If you had a group of people holding hands, and one person pulls to the side, this effects other people in the chain. In regards to the human body, the hip, knee,

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