Archive for "Injury"

TwitQ: Can you retain speed whilst recovering from injury?

Athletics, Football, Injury, News, Performance, Tennis Jul 15, 2011 No Comments

Each week, we answer Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning questions that are tweeted and/or e-mailed to us.

This week, we were e-mailed the question: “How can you retain speed qualities whilst recovering from serious injury?”. Because this is such a nebulous topic, we figured we’d get Cris (Clinical Director) and Ed (Performance Director) together on a sofa to discuss the various factors.
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TwitQ: ‘Shin Splints’ – what is it? how can you help it?

Injury, News, Running Jun 23, 2011 No Comments

Each week we answer Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning questions that are tweeted and/or e-mailed to us.

This week, the excellent running store Advance Performance (@Advance_P) asked us a question about ‘Shin Splints’ – because it is a common problem amongst runners…
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Client Stories: Scoliosis Daughter

Injury, News, Youth coaching Jun 20, 2011 No Comments

As we said in our previous posts (on back pain and running injuries) – we sat down with a few of our clients and asked them to tell their stories on camera; This client phoned us in a panic because her daughter had just been diagnosed with Scoliosis (a twisted spine). She was looking for corrective exercises and help with her daughter’s core stability. In this video she talks about the lack of available information for treating scoliosis, how the combined physiotherapy and strength & conditioning training has affected her daughter – and her experiences of being a Core Cambridge client!
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Client Stories: Injured Running Mum

Injury, News, Running Jun 10, 2011 No Comments

As I mentioned in the previous post, we recently sat down with a few of our clients and asked them to tell their stories on camera.

This client decided to take up running after the birth of her children, and soon suffered leg pains after just short distances. She visited several practitioners to solve the problem but just couldn’t find a solution. In this video she tells her story and talks about her experiences as a Core Cambridge client – and how, despite the history, we helped her to achieve the ‘best thing I’ve ever done’!
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Client Stories: Persistent Back Pain & Nerve Damage

Injury, News Jun 07, 2011 No Comments

We’ve always said that the best part of life at Core Cambridge is the fact that everybody is always happy to be here – either because they came to us broken and we’ve helped to fix them or because we’re helping them along their path to elite sport.

We sat down with a few of our clients and asked them to tell their stories on camera; This client had been suffering terrible back and leg pain and had all kinds of medical intervention including surgery. In this video he tells his story and talks about his experiences as a Core Cambridge client – and how, despite being told ‘there was nothing that could be done’ he is now happily on a path to being fitter than ever!
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TwitQ: ‘Plantar Fasciitis’ what is it? how can you help it?

Injury, News, Running Jun 02, 2011 No Comments

Each week we answer Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning questions that are tweeted and/or e-mailed to us.

This week, the excellent running store Advance Performance (@Advance_P) asked us a question about ‘Plantar Fasciitis’ – because it is a common problem amongst runners.

so this is our reply…
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TwitQ: Shoulder Problems for Swimmers

Injury, News May 25, 2011 No Comments

twitter user @DanielMartinAdv tweeted us a question about a research abstract that he had found which related to shoulder problems.

…so this is our reply. (Part two below!)
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