Category: Injury management
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The road to recovery
When embarking on the journey to recover from pain and/or an injury, we often see the road to recovery as being a straight line of progress with time. Unfortunately, the reality for the vast majority of people is that this road has a few bumps and turns in it despite the overall pattern of recovery…
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Should I use ice or heat?
Injury management has changed substantially over the years. Some people may remember the acronym RICE which stands for: In more recent years, thanks to further research into injury management methods this recommendation has changed to a new acronym – POLICE: One of the main drivers for change were questions around loading and also the application…
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Load – the problem and the solution
Injuries and injury management all come down to load. The injury process itself is always characterised by too much load. Sometimes this is too much load all at once, for example where an object impacts with a part of your body and causes trauma. However in many instances it is inappropriate load that builds up…