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Knee Ligament Injuries: Looped Band Bridges
This exercise helps to strengthen and rehab the knee when you have a sprained ligament that is causing weakness and a decrease in use and function. Wrap a looped resistance band around your thighs just above your knees. Engage the core muscles below the belly button by pulling them inwards while you keep breathing. Ensure…
Ankle Injuries in Ultimate Frisbee
Return to Play… Worlds 2012 – Finals As someone who used to play Ultimate and now works a lot with Frisbee players, one of the most common type of injuries we see are with ankles. Whether you mildly roll over on it and play through it to spraining it badly enough requiring crutches and being…
Ankle Sprain: Strengthening Stabilizer Muscles
It’s generally good to get your ankle moving after you’ve sprained it. How much time you wait depends on whether how bad you sprained it with the amount of swelling you have, whether you can weight bear on it or if there’s a fracture involved . If you’re unsure, consult your local Physiotherapist before doing…
Knee Injury Prevention Guideline
Knee and ACL injuries commonly occur in sports such as soccer, ultimate, and rugby. Athletes may require months to even more than a year to recover and to be able to return to play. There is a vast amount of literature describing a number of ways on how to prevent knee and ACL injuries. However,…
3 Ways to Prevent Ankle Injuries
Ankle sprains are the most common injuries in sports. One misstep can damage your joint and land you on the sidelines. Fortunately, people can help prevent ankle injuries with a mobility, stability and strength in three steps. Before we go into the three ways to prevent ankle injuries, we need to understand the anatomy of…
Shoulder Injuries
Beth Rodden; One of the world’s best rock climbers in the world used a lot of physiotherapy to help with her torn labrum in her shoulder from climbing. What is a torn labrum? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenoid_labrum