The Foundations of Fitness: Why Walking Works
Walking is not only one of the most accessible forms of physical activity, but it is also extremely easy to integrate into everyday life. Without the need for specialized equipment or expensive gym memberships, walking is an activity that anyone can start immediately. Whether you’re a young man in your twenties or a person in […]
External Load Manual: A Comprehensive Guide
Introduction The football of 2030 would not be the same as the football of 2020. In recent years, the game has changed. The number and intensity of football actions have evolved. Modern teams tend to execute more counterattacks and experience greater exposure to intense, short accelerations and decelerations, interspersed with high-intensity movements. However, alongside these […]
A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Managing Muscle Contusions in Sports
Muscle contusions are prevalent injuries in sports, often resulting in significant morbidity (morbidity is the state of being symptomatic or unhealthy due to a disease or condition) among athletes. Understanding the presentation, physical examination, diagnostic testing, treatment, and potential complications of these injuries is crucial for effective management and optimal outcomes. Muscle contusions are also […]
Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Female Athletes
It might seem hard to believe, but right now, approximately 300 million women across the planet are experiencing the same thing: a period. The monthly menstrual cycle is a reality that most women on Earth will go through in their lives. Periods typically last anywhere between two and seven days and occur once within a […]
The Four R’s of Recovery: Best Nutrition and Post-Exercise Strategies
Post-exercise recovery is an essential component of sports training, enabling athletes to return to their peak performance as quickly as possible. From a physiological standpoint, recovery involves repairing damaged tissues, reducing inflammation, and restoring energy levels. Recent research, including studies available on PubMed, highlights the importance of an optimal nutritional strategy to maximize these processes. […]
Rehabilitation pillars – General guidelines of the rehabilitation process
We do what we can A few years ago, I attended a Strength and conditioning conference where during a lecture, one S&C coach said: „There is no such thing as injury prevention – only injury reduction “- and that cannot be truer. We can only do so much to help athletes, and we can’t prevent […]
Testing and Talking Instead of Predicting – Injury Prevention in Soccer
Routine, something that most people wake up with and go to bed with, especially athletes. This will be a walk-through of monitoring and data collecting you need to carry out in order to keep your team, athletes and staff coordinated. I am a sports physio, and this will be my share of the knowledge of […]
Exercise – the Missing Piece of Healthcare
„We now live with illness and disabilities from which we used to die”. Sir Cyrile Chantler (2002) In the last couple of years I always asked myself why is that?! Today we live in very odd times where technological improvement has led to an endless supply of information and that should lead to an improvement […]
Recovery, Recovery, Recovery: Monitoring Recovery in Professional Soccer and the Application of Blood Monitoring
Diarmuid Daniels MSc., PhD Researcher, a research scientist with Orreco delves into the science of soccer, describing the crucial importance of recovery and discussing the role of blood biomarker monitoring. Edited by Marc Cleary. The Why (Recovery in Soccer) The physical demands of match play in the professional football have increased substantially in recent years […]
Critical Approach to Screening, a Good Starting Point in the Mindset of Assessing Your Athletes
A year ago, I started studying at a Football Science institute, a masters in football injury reconditioning coach. In one module, professor Jo Clubb began to explain the importance of assessments and what we need to take into account when choosing a test and what are the arguments for and against using screening protocols. I […]
