The shoulder is the most common cause of musculoskeletal disorders behind lower back and neck pain. ‘Rotator cuff’ is a term that many people may have heard when seeing a clinician in regards to shoulder pain – but would you be able to explain what it is?
The benefits of resistance training are well documented in sports settings. Owing to extensive research on exercise benefits, this form of training not only aids individuals with chronic diseases and disabilities but also serves as a tool for injury prevention and musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
At some point in their life, everyone will experience some degree of lower back pain. For such a well known condition, there is a surprisingly high amount of misinformation online, which often only exacerbates the problem and increases peoples’ stress.
A dementia diagnosis does not mean that the individual can’t live an active and fulfilling life for many years following their diagnosis. Exercise is particularly effective at reducing associated risk factors of dementia
There are a plethora of health and performance benefits that warming up can provide; increasing body temperature, increasing circulation and blood flow to targeted muscles, reducing muscle soreness from previous sessions and increasing your psychological readiness towards the exercise session or sport at hand.
Suffering an injury can be one of the most challenging things an athlete can go through. When competing at an extremely high level, or even at a social level, injuries are unfortunately common.
