YEAR-ROUND SPORT Previous studies have shown that adolescents participating in sport year-round found a 42% increase risk of sports injury compared with single-season athletes.1,2 AGE…
Youth participation in sport is recognised to benefit physical fitness, mental health, personal wellbeing, and even social integration. What is sports specialisation? Sports specialisation is…
For those wanting to pursue a profession as an elite athlete, it is common knowledge that you should start training at an early age, but…
Knowledge of Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is controversial and incomplete; however, there is enough information out there for patients and parents to make an informed…
“Skoliosis” = Ancient Greek term meaning “a bending” “Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is three-dimensional deformity of the spine.”1 The cause of AIS is unknown. AIS occurs…
Our bodies are continually expending energy to stay alive even WITHOUT exercising. The basic functions that expend energy include: breathing, circulation of blood, digesting or…
Try this: Sit or stand with your head hanging down, eyes looking to the floor, back slumping, with shoulders rounding forward Take a deep breath…
As indicated in the previous article endurance training of the respiratory muscle has been shown to improve sufferers of chronic neck pain and respiratory dysfunction.…
It has been well established that the tightness of the trunk muscles affects optimal chest expansion in inspiration. An ideal posture allows optimal biomechanics, one…
