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.

We cover the question in the general case, before moving on to talk about the specific case of an elite sprinter with a hamstring injury. Along the way we discuss various rehab modalities such as water sprinting, stationary cycle rehab and electro-stimulation methods. We then briefly talk about a football player with an ankle injury and a tennis player with a shoulder injury.

What’s your opinion of what we’ve said? Let us know in the comments below! We’d love to hear your opinion.

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This week’s question comes from an Athletics coach who e-mailed us asking about Hamstring Injuries – because it is a common problem amongst sprint athletes. His question was: “What are the key biomechanical factors related to hamstring injury?”

In this video (which we’re sorry is a bit shakier than usual for the first few mins!), we talk about the risk factors for Hamstring injuries and then look at the exercises that coaches use in an an effort to reduce the risk of injury.

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At the end of last season, we were contacted by Bob Crooks, Director of Rugby at Cambridge RUFC to discuss setting up a “1st XV Player Development Group” – a multi-layered structure designed to support the rugby coaching with an LTAD strength & conditioning “academy”.

The ‘PDG’ is made up of several groups – some have the potential to be imminent 1st XV players, others are from the 2nd team, some are last year’s colts, and there are some players for whom this is their first experience of senior rugby.

Our role in providing the academy structure is to underpin the club coaches’ technical development with the movement patterns, strength and resilience required to play rugby at the highest level.

Over the course of several seasons, the intention is that players will “graduate” through the levels of the academy, from colts to regular 1st XV games – at each stage developing the required levels of physicality and technical competency.

We’ll shoot another video during pre-season!

The UK Strength & Conditioning Association (UKSCA) is the professional body for Strength & Conditioning in the UK. Their annual conference is a get-together of anyone and everyone who is involved in the field – from scientists through to coaches.

Unfortunately, many people mistakenly think that the conference is all about the chance to meet great minds, to learn from the best and to network amongst your peers.

…In actual fact, we all know it’s really all about something MUCH more important….

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…

Of the endless list of runners and sports people that we’ve helped over the past 5 years, ‘shin splints’ has to be very high in the “list of things that people come to see us about’.

In this video we talk about what shin splints is, and isn’t – we talk about how important a correct diagnosis is, the things that we will consider/help you with if you present with shin splints, and show you some useful things that you can do at home to help; if it turns out (as it does in most cases) that you actually have something called “MTTP”…

Last week, we were very kindly invited by the Parkside Federation (a group of Cambridge schools) to deliver a strength & conditioning seminar for their ‘gifted and talented’ students…

The event was held at the Fenners indoor cricket school in central Cambridge, and saw gifted and talented children from the 3 Federation schools come together to learn multi-sports techniques – followed by a lecture on Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) for the student’s parents.

During the session, the students were split into four groups and moved around different ‘stations’, learning about core stability, agility/ acceleration/ deceleration mechanics, jumping/landing techniques and fundamental movement patterns.

After the session, the children headed back to the school where they were met by their parents, who saw a video of the afternoon’s event and received a lecture by our Performance Director on LTAD. This talk provided an overview of the stages youngsters go through as they develop, how it fits in with their sport and what they should expect as parents.

It was a fantastic session, and it was great to work with such enthusiastic and engaged students and teachers. We look forward to working with the school(s) in the future!

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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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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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!

Core Cambridge provide world-class Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning support for everyone – including you!

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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…

We talk briefly about what it is and how it can be treated and then we demonstrate some simple things that can be done at home or in the gym to help tackle some of these issues.

– do you have a Sports Medicine or Strength & Conditioning question? tweet us @corecambridge and we’ll answer it!

Core Cambridge provide world-class Sports Medicine and Strength & Conditioning services for everyone – including you!

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