🦘 Plyometric Training for Runners: How Much Is Just Right? 🦘
How much plyometric work is enough to reap the benefits without risking injury? Let’s dive in!
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Luke Nelson
Nov 122 min read
3 Reasons Runners Should Be Adding Plyometrics to Their Training🏃♀️
Runners, why should you include plyometrics in your program?
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Just a simple ankle sprain? Testing ankle capacity
Just a simple ankle sprain? Ankle sprains are the most recurrent sporting injury. Here are key tests to measure return to function.
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Up the ante on those arches
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Every picture tells a story
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In this blog, we discuss some of the tests used to diagnose hamstring tendinopathy
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Compression sleeves: do they work?
Compression sleeves are frequently worn to promote recovery, prevent injury & improve performance, but do they work?
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Outside of hip pain? It's not always the glutes! 🍑
Whilst many associate ITB pain with pain distally on the outside of the knee, the proximal ITB can also be a source of pain.
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Avoiding the injury-reinjury cycle
Are you sick of recurring injuries? The greatest risk factor for future running injury is.... previous running injury
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Sep 2, 20211 min read
Hamstring tendinopathy: How's your strength?
Strength deficits in the hamstrings are often seen in those with hamstring tendinopathy. In this blog, we discuss strength testing.
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Aug 3, 20211 min read
Single leg sit to stand test: feel the quad burn
Single leg sit to stand test: how many can you do? The sit to stand test is a good assessment for single-leg strength, especially the quads!
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Apr 13, 20212 min read
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫?🤷♀️
A lot of people talk about HOW the foot lands on contact, but from the research we see it’s more important WHERE the foot lands.
Luke Nelson
Apr 11, 20211 min read
ITB pain: Luke on the Peak Endurance Podcast
Luke again featured on the Peak Endurance podcast, this time chatting all things Iliotibial band pain (ITB), with some tips on how to manage
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Is my Achilles tendon going to snap?
I’m just scared that I might rupture a tendon” is a common fear in those suffering with Achilles' tendinopathy, but how common is it?
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"Why is my Achilles tendon so thick?"
This is a question often posed to us by those that are either currently experiencing Achilles tendinopathy, or may have in the past.
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Is it the Achilles tendon?
Here are 2 simple questions that can help confirm if you are dealing with Achilles tendinopathy.
Luke Nelson
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Up & Down: Increased vertical oscillation
Are you a runner that can be heard a mile away pounding the pavement? Chances are, you may possess an increased vertical oscillation.
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