With more children taking part in sports like baseball, cricket, and tennis, we’re seeing a rise in elbow injuries among young athletes. While sport is fantastic for fitness and development, growing bodies are more vulnerable to certain types of overuse injuries — and if these aren’t recognised early, they can become more serious and take much […]
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Young athletes often push themselves close to their capacity and frequently suffer a sports injury. It is important to know how best to apply first aid principles to limit any soft tissue damage and help the young athlete get safely back to sport. Over recent years the principles have changed from the R.I.C.E Protocol where it was
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Can I take my child to the physio who helped me? When addressing sports injuries in children and young people, it is crucial to understand that children are not simply mini adults. Their growing bodies require a specialised approach in the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries. Children’s injuries are rarely covered at undergraduate level so many
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MTSS (medial tibial stress syndrome) or ‘shin splints’ is the name often given to exercise-induced pain in the shin bone (the tibia) most likely associated with repetitive stress to the muscles, tendons, and tissues that attach to the shin bone. They are prevalent within an adolescent population, particularly at certain times of the year. It’s
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Do you know the most common cause of low back pain in junior cricketers? At the start of the cricket season, the increased opportunity to play in multiple games and training sessions may prove too tempting for junior cricketers. If children have not done sufficient pace bowling training before the season starts, this sudden increase
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