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Well, it’s actually been around for over 10 years, but the FIFA landmark injury prevention program has had time to grow and is now backed by high level evidence as a gold standard template for running and team based sports. In 2004, FIFA’s Medical Assessment and...
The importance of core stability for Gilmore’s Groin Gilmore’s Groin is a common chronic injury affecting sports that involve kicking. It was named after Jerry Gilmore, who first recognised the specificity of the injury in 1980. It is also known as a sports hernia. Gilmore’s Groin...
Exercise-induced asthma (EIA) occurs in almost all people who suffer from asthma but there are people who suffer from EIA who have never experienced chronic asthma (i.e. there is no actual inflammation in their lungs and they don’t experience asthmatic symptoms when exposed to other...
Ergotec are joining the hundreds of thousands of people who take part in wear it pink to support people affected by breast cancer. Together, by funding cutting-edge research, our aim is to ensure no one dies from breast cancer by 2050. Help us work towards...
Arthritis is a condition which refers to inflammation of a joint in the body and results in pain and swelling of the joint involved. There are various types of arthritis but osteoarthritis is the most prevalent. Osteoarthritis (OA) is also known as degenerative joint disease...
Mommy’s Thumb is an extremely painful condition affecting the thumb and wrist in mostly, but not only, young mothers. It involves the inflammation of the tendons that are responsible for pulling the thumb backwards (similar action to the signage used by hitchhikers). This inflammation causes...
Sever’s Disease (also known as calcaneal apophysitis) is a painful condition found in adolescent kids that results from inflammation of the growth plate of the heel. It usually occurs during a rapid growth spurt in early puberty when the heel bone grows quicker than the...
Cervical dystonia, also called spasmodic torticollis, is a painful condition characterised by involuntary contractions of the neck muscles causing it to rotate to the one side. These spasms can also be, less commonly, in a forward, tilted or backward direction. Cervical dystonia is a rare condition...
Research indicates possible early knee arthritis symptoms could first be felt when walking up and down stairs It is possible that sufferers of knee pain when walking up and down stairs may be displaying the first symptoms of osteoarthritis, a new study at the University of...
People diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) that do regular exercise, find improvement in their mobility, muscular strength, stress management, mood states, fatigue levels and overall fitness. A person with MS may want to avoid exercise due to fatigue, mobility and proprioceptive (balance) problems. However, exercise need...