Let’s dive into the Part 2 – Assessment: (Click here if you didn’t read the Part 1 on: Athletic Development role in the muscle injury prevention) Having identified the domains that…
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Besides mobility (that we’ve covered in our last chapter), another key aspect we’ve identified as playing a role in making the player closer to “injury proof” is making him/her fitter….
Mobility training is considered to be an integral part of most athletic training programmes, with several different approaches and beliefs leading to distinct implementations. These differences may compromise the communication…
Is there a role for supplementation in injury prevention and recovery? – a talk with Gabriel Martins
For our 10th episode, we spoke with Portuguese nutritionist Gabriel Martins, author of the fantastic Fuel the Pedal Podcast and who’s currently working in Spain with cyclists. The following themes…
Throughout our last chapter of “The ABC of Football Medicine®”, we’ve been exploring the assessment of the injury factors regarding muscle injuries in football. This has led us to identify…
Muscle Injuries in Football – Part 2: How do they occur? What are the risk factors? How does the healing process work? Off we go through our journey in the ABC…
As we all know, the Return-to-Play (RTP) is certainly one of the most important stages during a sports’ rehabilitation, but still the one with less guidelines or evidence to…
Introduction Running is an activity present in most of the sports we know (Tongen & Wunderlich, 1994). Every healthy person experienced running in life (Dugan & Bhat, 2005), even…
At Football Medicine® we always welcome the sharing of relevant knowledge to the sports medicine community, reason we challenged the Portuguese physiotherapist Bruno Rodrigues to provide an external collaboration to our…
At Football Medicine®, we clearly understand the importance of the nutrition for footballers and the role it plays in their health, fitness and rehabilitation. Taking that in consideration, and knowing…
