The question is often asked. “How frequently should I replace my running shoes?”
Worn out running shoes can potentially increase the risk of injury, so it is important to remember all running shoes will wear out eventually. How quickly this happens is determined by your mileage, the surface you run on, body weight and foot type.
Here are some tips about replacing running shoes: Read more
It is a common practice you see, where athletes finish training or an event and immerse themselves in an ice filled bath (cold water immersion) to assist with recovery. Why exactly do they do this and what is the perceived benefit.
Intense exercise leads to microtrauma (small tears) in muscle fibres and resultant soreness which is often referred to as Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). Read more
Stress fractures of the lumbar spine in the young athlete is a common injury you hear of in this population group. Spondylolysis is a condition describing a non displaced stress fracture of the spinal vertebra, in the pars interarticularis of the spinal column. The pars interarticularis is the part of the vertebra between the upper and lower facets of the vertebra. Most cases of spondylolysis occur at the L5 level.
Prolonged siting in deskbound jobs can definitely have ill effects on our health. Not only does it load the spine, but it also is a very passive activity meaning the level of muscle activity drops and the rate of burning calories is somewhat reduced compared to walking around. Of course though in today’s society many of us have deskbound jobs, so here are some suggested ways to counteract the sitting whilst in the workplace.
Feeling tense in your shoulders and neck? Feel like your shoulders are creeping towards your ears? Do you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders? Try these easy exercises to help alleviate tension in your neck.
Each meniscus is divided into three sections the anterior horn, the body, and the posterior horn.
The meniscus is then further classified into thirds , being the outer third, middle third and inner third.
When describing meniscal tears, especially based on MRI findings and/or arthroscopic findings, they will usually make reference to the following descriptions:
LOCATION: The tear may be located in the anterior horn, body or posterior horn of the meniscus and may not be exclusive to one area but cross two or three areas. Tears are most common in the posterior horn.
It will then be classified further into which third the tear is located – the outer third, middle third or inner third. Once again the tear may cross over more than one third. This classification is important as will assist in determining the ability of the tear to heal since the blood supply is critical in the healing process, hence tears in the outer third have the best chance of healing.