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The Smart Ways to Avoid & Manage Football Injuries

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Avoiding & Managing Injury for Football

Want to play more of the sport you love? Then it’s definitely in your interest to make sure that you avoid football injuries wherever possible. The good news is that, through simply knowing what to do and taking a few simple actions, you can dramatically lower your chances of spending time in the treatment room. […]

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Fix Your Football Knee Injury – An Essential Guide

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Footballer's Guide to Dodgy Knees

Of all injuries, the most feared among footballers is knee injuries. No injury is pleasant, but football knee injuries are the particular ones that can bring the whole show crashing down. For players over a certain age (and also a large portion of younger guys too), dodgy knees are a constant worry, and they’re the […]

Filed Under: Fitness Tagged With: ACL, Cartilage, Injury, Knees, Physiotherapist, SAQ training, Wobble Cushions

Ankle Injuries – A Simple Guide to Fixing them

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Ankle injuries and ankle sprains guide to treatment and recovery

Ankle injuries are among the most common injuries in football. In fact, records gathered for all injuries over an 11 year period in the Champions League showed that ankle injuries made up 13% of the total. That’s clearly significant. Of that 13%, just over half were due to lateral ligament ankle sprains. That’s the one […]

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Online Physiotherapy Reviewed – Does it Really Work?

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Online Physiotherapy Review Does it Really Work

I’ve seen the future: the world cup tournament is being played on the moon, and Sepp Blatter has had himself cryogenically frozen until his reputation for corruption blows over and he can return as head of FIFA. No, of course that’s nonsense. But I have recently come across something that I really do believe will […]

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Should I See a Physiotherapist?

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Should I see a phyisotherapist

Bring up the topic of amateur football in a conversation and it always seems that, before long, it turns to talking about injuries. Everyone gets injured at some point, it’s just the risk you run when playing any sport. At the very least it results in discomfort, and at worst it can keep us out […]

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