Swimming Injuries in Competitive and Leisure populations

Swimming is an excellent low-impact way to build cardiovascular fitness, strength and mobility. Alongside these benefits, swimming carries a meaningful risk of overuse injury due to highly repetitive movements, high training volumes and technical demands – particularly at the shoulder, knee and lower back12_15. Most swimming injuries develop gradually rather than from a single traumatic […]

Blood Flow Restriction Training What is Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training? Blood Flow restriction Training is a technique that uses a cuff to partially occlude blood flow to the working muscles of a limb. The reduced oxygen flow to the muscles results in a number of physiological adaptations which increase muscle size and strength. Why […]

The Emsella Chair

Have you heard of the Emsella Chair? It looks like this: Rather than invest in one for your own home, the idea is that you drop into your nearest clinic for a sequence of six half hour sessions. If you can afford it that is. Both men and women with pelvic floor weakness are said […]