It’s November. There’s only four weeks until summer and only four weeks until the ‘silly season’ officially commences. Reality is kicking in. How do you go about getting that summer body you say you’ll get every year? It seems everywhere you go, everyone is currently on, or just about to start, a ‘Challenge’. Coined…
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Surfing is a sport that you can enjoy for a lifetime. It’s fun, exciting, and even cathartic at times. No matter what your skill level, you’ll get a great workout surfing. What is the best training exercise for surfing? There’s not one single exercise that could be considered the “best” for surfing. However, once you…
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A good night’s sleep is invaluable. Here, we show you some ways you can achieve it. Sleep has a very important role to play when it comes to our mental and physical health. It provides our body with the chance to repair and rejuvenate, undergoing tissue repair, memory processing, hormonal release and detoxing. Therefore, a lack of sleep has been linked to several…
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The 3 Best Stretches for Triathlon A triathlon comprises of three events: swimming, cycling and running. And a quick transition from one sport to another is also very demanding on the athlete’s body. Muscles used in Triathlon The competition level of a triathlon is so intense that there is very little of the body that…
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There is a lot we do not know about tendinopathy, but there are some undeniable truths that both physicians and patients should know. 1) Tendinopathy does not improve with rest – the pain may settle but returning to activity is often painful again because rest does nothing to increase the tolerance of the tendon to…
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Check your bindings Slow falls can be very damaging if we don’t have enough momentum to release the bindings during a fall. Make sure you get your bindings check professionally before you ski. Bindings can seize up due to infrequent use or may have altered with shared use of the skis. Beware of fatigue Many…
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Why is slow and careful rehab so important? When tendon tissue is first harvested for a graft, as soon as the tissue is harvested it loses its blood supply. The cells within the tissue, responsible for constantly repairing the fibres of the tissue, thus die and the graft becomes little more than a biological scaffold,…
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