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Stretching & Flexibility Articles

  1. Stretching and Muscle Growth
    How Stretching Can Explode Your Muscle Growth.
  2. The Static Stretching Renaissance
    When and how to use static stretching for the warm-up.
  3. A Stretching Conversation
    Stretching and flexibility research update.
  4. Golf Stretching
    What Will A Golf Stretching Program Do For Your Game?
  5. Stretching in the Gym
    Learn how, why and when you need to stretch in the gym.
  6. Stretching Principles and Guidelines
    The do's and don'ts of stretching and flexibility training.
  7. Benefits of Flexibility Training
    Learn how stretching and flexibility can help you.
  8. The Truth About Stretching
    Is stretching before exercise really harmful?
  9. Stretching at your Desk or Computer
    Relieve tension and pain with these simple stretching exercises.
  10. Stretching for Injury Rehabilitation
    Speed up Your Recovery with the right type of Stretching.
  11. Good Stretch? Bad Stretch?
    How to decide for yourself.
  12. Stretching and the Warm Up
    Are you confussed?
  13. PNF Stretching
    Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation.
  14. STRETCHING - Scientifically
    The latest scientific studies and research findings.
  15. Warm Up Activities & Stretching Exercises
    Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!
  16. Stretching
    Why Should I?

Strength & Conditioning Articles

  1. Why Endurance Training Lacks Staying Power
    It's STILL about who can go the fastest.
  2. Strength Training Injury
    10 Common Causes and How to Avoid Them.
  3. Athletic Conditioning
    Top Ten Training Tips for Athletic Conditioning Success.
  4. Intensify Your Workouts
    How to Intensify your Workouts.
  5. Interval Training
    The Power of Interval Training.
  6. Power Development for Rugby
    Power development programs that can be applied to rugby and other sports.
  7. Speed Training
    Speed and Power Training for the 40 yard dash.
  8. Pilates
    What's all the hype?
  9. Winter Fitness
    Strength, Stretching and Circuit Training for Winter Skiing Fitness.
  10. Core Stability and Injury Prevention
    ...including sample exercises.
  11. Strength Training
    ...for injury prevention.
  12. Active Rehabilitation
    The final hurdle to a complete recovery!
  13. Sports Massage
    The fitness-related benefits of sports massage.
  14. Plyometrics & Plyometric Exercises
    Plyometric Exercises are great for Injury Prevention & Rehabilitation!
  15. Cross Training
    How cross training workouts can make you a better athlete!
  16. Circuit Training and Circuit Training Routines
    Add circuit training for a well-rounded exercise program.
  17. Preventing Injury IS Improving Performance
    Strength and Conditioning is the key.
  18. Cool Down
    Recover Faster & Avoid Injury!
  19. Overtraining
    Not giving your body the rest it needs may lead to a sports injury disaster!
  20. Prehabilitation
    Prehabilitation to Avoid Rehabilitation!
  21. Warm Up Activities & Stretching Exercises
    Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!
  22. Aerobic Water Exercise & Aquatic Therapy
    A superb form of exercise for injury rehabilitation and maintaining fitness!

Sport Specific Articles

  1. Train Your Clients for Trail Running
    Linking Fitness, Function and Performance.
  2. Cycling Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with cycling injuries for good.
  3. Martial Arts Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with martial arts injuries for good.
  4. The 5 P's of Running Form
    Preparation, Propulsion, Pushoff, Pull-through and Percussion.
  5. Power Development for Rugby
    Power development programs that can be applied to rugby and other sports.
  6. Cricket Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with cricket injuries for good.
  7. Hockey Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with hockey injuries for good.
  8. Softball Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with softball injuries for good.
  9. Speed Training
    Speed and Power Training for the 40 yard dash.
  10. Hamstring Strain in Soccer
    The complete management of a recurrent hamstring muscle strain of a soccer player.
  11. Basketball Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with basketball injuries for good.
  12. Soccer Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with soccer injuries for good.
  13. Baseball Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with baseball injuries for good.
  14. Golf Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with golf injuries for good.
  15. Tennis Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your game and do away with tennis injuries for good.
  16. Running Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with running injuries for good.
  17. Swimming Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with swimming injuries for good.
  18. Golf Stretching
    What Will A Golf Stretching Program Do For Your Game?
  19. Golf Performance
    5 Ways To Improve Your Performance On The Golf Course.
  20. Golf Fitness
    7 Fitness Components to Successful Golf.
  21. Club Head Speed
    What's core got to do with it?
  22. Throwers Elbow
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Throwers Elbow!
  23. Golfers Elbow, Elbow Tendonitis & Elbow Pain
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Golfers Elbow!
  24. Tennis Elbow
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Tennis Elbow!

General Health & Fitness Articles

  1. Dehydration
    Sweat Loss and Electrolyte Replacement.
  2. Sports Drinks
    Re-Fuel correctly and avoid dehydration.
  3. Pay Attention to Pain and Soreness
    Knowing how to react to pain can help you avoid a serious injury.
  4. Hernia
    Types, Treatment and Prevention.
  5. Diabetes and Exercises
    Prevention, Management and Healthy Eating & Exercise Recommendations for Diabetes.
  6. Metabolism
    The Secret to a Fast Metabolism.
  7. Heart and Lungs
    Introduction to Anti-Aging for Your Heart and Lungs.
  8. Push Ups
    Push-up Variations.
  9. Pilates
    What's all the hype?
  10. Winter Fitness
    Strength, Stretching and Circuit Training for Winter Skiing Fitness.
  11. Core Stability and Injury Prevention
    ...including sample exercises.
  12. Fibromyalgia
    Relief from Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
  13. Bruises and Muscle Contusions
    Can Stretching Speed-Up the Recovery Process?
  14. Stretching and the Warm Up
    Are you confussed?
  15. Over Weight?
    Lose weight and reduce your chance of sports injury!
  16. Sports Massage
    The fitness-related benefits of sports massage.
  17. Minimizing Sore Muscles
    8 tips to reduce the incidence of pain and sore muscles!
  18. The FITT Principle
    ...in relation to injury prevention.
  19. No Pain No Gain???
    How many years have we heard this refrain?
  20. Osteoarthritis
    Eight Tips to Beat Your Osteoarthritis!
  21. Heat Injuries
    Tips for Training & Playing in the Heat.
  22. Cool Down
    Recover Faster & Avoid Injury!
  23. Warm Up Activities & Stretching Exercises
    Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!

General Sports Injury Prevention, Treatment & Rehabilitation Articles

  1. Strength Training Injury
    10 Common Causes and How to Avoid Them.
  2. The Goals of Rehabilitation
    The Inflammation Phase & Repair Phase.
  3. What's a Foam Roller?
    What will a foam roller do for me? And how would I use a foam roller?
  4. Sports Drinks
    Re-Fuel correctly and avoid dehydration.
  5. Pay Attention to Pain and Soreness
    Knowing how to react to pain can help you avoid a serious injury.
  6. Repetitive Strain Injury
    Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention.
  7. Core Stability and Injury Prevention
    ...including sample exercises.
  8. Compartment Syndrome
    Types, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention.
  9. Stress Fractures
    Prevention and Treatment for Stress Fractures.
  10. First Aid for Sports Injuries
    The Critical First 3 Minutes.
  11. Bruises and Muscle Contusions
    Can Stretching Speed-Up the Recovery Process?
  12. Active Rehabilitation
    The final hurdle to a complete recovery!
  13. Pulled Muscles, Scar Tissue and Re-Injury
    How does scar tissue affect recovery and re-injury of pulled muscles and sports injury?
  14. Bursitis
    Prevention & Treatment Strategies for Bursitis.
  15. Care of the Injured Player
    Before the Competition Begins.
  16. Coming Back from a Sports Injury
    Treatment & Recovery Strategies for Common Sports Injuries.
  17. Side Stitches
    Causes, Prevention and Treatment!
  18. Muscle Cramp & Spasm
    Causes, Prevention and Treatment!
  19. Running Injuries
    Runner's Lament: Injuries Are Inevitable.
  20. Diary of a Common Sports Injury
    The exact step-by-step process I personally used to completely heal a common sports injury.
  21. Minimizing Sore Muscles
    8 tips to reduce the incidence of pain and sore muscles!
  22. No Pain No Gain???
    How many years have we heard this refrain?
  23. Preventing Injury IS Improving Performance
    Strength and Conditioning is the key.
  24. Heat Injuries
    Tips for Training & Playing in the Heat.
  25. Overtraining
    Not giving your body the rest it needs may lead to a sports injury disaster!
  26. Prehabilitation
    Prehabilitation to Avoid Rehabilitation!
  27. Treatment for pulled muscles and Sports Injuries
    Three part guide to Cutting Your Recovery Time by Days, if not Weeks!

Sports Injury Articles for the Head, Neck & Trunk

  1. How to Beat Back Pain at the Office
    Learn how to treat, manage and beat back pain in the office or at work.
  2. Hernia
    Types, Treatment and Prevention.
  3. 4 Things Cause Sciatica...
    What's causing yours and which treatment is going to be the most effective for you?
  4. Warm-up for the Spine
    3 simple methods to prepare the spine for exercise.
  5. Core Stability and Injury Prevention
    ...including sample exercises.
  6. Traditional Treatments for Back Pain
    Which Ones Work and Which Ones Don't?
  7. Side Stitches
    Causes, Prevention and Treatment!
  8. Rehabilitation for a Healthy Back
    Rehabilitation guidelines for getting your back, back to its best.

Sports Injury Articles for the Chest, Shoulders & Arms

  1. Carpel Tunnel Syndrome
    Prevention and Treatment for Carpel Tunnel Syndrome.
  2. Shoulder Pain and Frozen Shoulder
    Prevention & Treatment Strategies for Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis).
  3. Throwers Elbow
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Throwers Elbow!
  4. Golfers Elbow, Elbow Tendonitis & Elbow Pain
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Golfers Elbow!
  5. Tennis Elbow
    A Guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Tennis Elbow!
  6. Rotator Cuff Injuries
    A Guide for the Treatment and Prevention of Shoulder Injuries!

Sports Injury Articles for the Hips, Groin & Thigh

  1. Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Dysfunction
    Relief from, and treatment for, Sacroiliac Joint Pain and Dysfunction.
  2. Stress Fractures
    Prevention and Treatment for Stress Fractures.
  3. Osteitis Pubis
    Inflammation of the cartilage disc in the pubic bone.
  4. Iliopsoas Tendonitis and Iliopsoas Syndrome
    How to fix inflammation or strain of the Iliopsoas muscle.
  5. Piriformis Syndrome
    ...and Effective Piriformis Stretches.
  6. Groin Pain and Groin Pull Injury
    A Guide for the Treatment & Prevention of Groin Injuries!
  7. Knee Pain and Illiotibial Band Syndrome
    A guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Knee Injuries and ITB Syndrome!
  8. Hamstring Injury Treatment
    Why are they so common, & what can you do to prevent them?

Sports Injury Articles for the Knees, Lower Leg & Foot

  1. Morton's Neuroma / Morton's Syndrome
    Anatomy, Causes, Signs, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention.
  2. Osgood Schlatter's Disease
    Prevention, Treatment and Management of Osgood Schlatter's Disease.
  3. Plantar Fasciitis
    Heel and Foot Pain Treatment for Plantar Fasciitis.
  4. Compartment Syndrome
    Types, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention.
  5. Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
    Causes and Remedies including Specific Stretching Exercies.
  6. Stress Fractures
    Prevention and Treatment for Stress Fractures.
  7. Chondromalacia, Knee Pain and Runner's Knee
    Prevention and Treatment for Knee Pain, Chondromalacia and Runner's Knee.
  8. Meniscus Tear & Torn Knee Cartilage
    Prevention & Treatment for Knee Pain, Torn Knee Cartilage and Meniscus Tear.
  9. ACL Injuries & Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rehabilitation
    ACL Injury - Causes, Prevention and Treatment.
  10. Knee Pain & Medial Collateral Ligament Sprain
    Causes, Prevention and Treatment!
  11. Patellar Tendonitis
    Causes, Prevention and Treatment!
  12. Achilles Tendonitis and Achilles Tendon Injury
    Three part article on Prevention & Treatment Strategies for Achilles Injury.
  13. Pronation, Supination
    ...and choosing the right footwear.
  14. Ankle Injuries, Ankle Pain & Sprained Ankle Treatment
    Three part guide for the Prevention and Treatment of Ankle Injuries.
  15. Knee Pain and Illiotibial Band Syndrome
    A guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Knee Injuries and ITB Syndrome!
  16. Shin Splints
    Shin Splints are one of the most common injuries known to athletes.

Top 10 Most Popular Articles

  1. Rotator Cuff Injuries
    A Guide for the Treatment and Prevention of Shoulder Injuries!
  2. Warm Up Activities & Stretching Exercises
    Warm up properly, and reduce the risk of sports injury!
  3. Shin Splints
    Shin Splints are one of the most common injuries known to athletes.
  4. Knee Pain and Illiotibial Band Syndrome
    A guide to the Treatment and Prevention of Knee Injuries and ITB Syndrome!
  5. PNF Stretching
    Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation.
  6. Piriformis Syndrome
    ...and Effective Piriformis Stretches.
  7. Shoulder Pain and Frozen Shoulder
    Prevention & Treatment Strategies for Frozen Shoulder (Adhesive Capsulitis).
  8. Iliopsoas Tendonitis and Iliopsoas Syndrome
    How to fix inflammation or strain of the Iliopsoas muscle.
  9. Ankle Injuries, Ankle Pain & Sprained Ankle Treatment
    Three part guide for the Prevention and Treatment of Ankle Injuries.
  10. Hamstring Injury Treatment
    Why are they so common, & what can you do to prevent them?

New Articles - Just Added to the Archive

  1. Why Endurance Training Lacks Staying Power
    It's STILL about who can go the fastest.
  2. Train Your Clients for Trail Running
    Linking Fitness, Function and Performance.
  3. Cycling Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with cycling injuries for good.
  4. Dehydration
    Sweat Loss and Electrolyte Replacement.
  5. Martial Arts Stretches and Flexibility Exercises
    Improve your performance and do away with martial arts injuries for good.
  6. The Static Stretching Renaissance
    When and how to use static stretching for the warm-up.
  7. A Stretching Conversation
    Stretching and flexibility research update.

 

 
 
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