Hamstring injuries are one of the most common injuries that occur in sports and physical activities. While they can be painful and debilitating, what makes hamstring injuries even more frustrating is their tendency to recur, even after a seemingly successful recovery. There are several reasons why hamstring injury reoccurrence is so high, including: Incomplete or … Continued
Warm Up Exercises for Sprinting 1. Arabesque to hip lock (3 sets of 6 reps each side) 2. Lunge and rotate (3 sets of 6 reps each side) 3. Leg swings (3 sets of 30 secs each side) How we help our athletes run faster: Sprinting is a highly competitive sport that … Continued
Pelvic pain or dysfunction within the pelvic floor muscles is likely to impact you or someone close to you at some point in your life. It is estimated that 1 in 6 men in Australia are currently experiencing pelvic pain and that persistent pelvic pain is prevalent in roughly 15-25% of women. Pelvic pain can … Continued
Hip pain is a common issue suffered by many athletes, especially runners. This is largely due to the hip joint playing such a crucial role in flexibility, stability and power during running. The hip is the body’s second largest weight-bearing joint (after the knee) and functions as a ball and socket joint. The “ball-like” head … Continued
Are you constantly experiencing running-related injuries? Running issues predominantly present in the lower limbs due to the repetitive nature of the activity. Here are three exercises I commonly prescribes to encourage efficient movement when running with the ultimate aim to avoid overloading of the lower limbs to help reduce the risk of pain and injury. Sunset … Continued
Check out our Podiatric Biomechanist Pep Karalus completing a running assessment to identify three dysfunctional movement patterns that may be contributing to this clients persistent left knee pain. Reduced right hip extension The first dysfunctional movement pattern in this clients running that I can identify pretty quickly is his lack of right hip extension.. As … Continued
Injuries can be incredibly diverse in their nature, intensity and impact both physically and emotionally. They can range from causing havoc on everyday activities such as putting on your socks, or impacting your 5km running time. In the majority of cases, we’re told to rest to help the injury settle down. But how can you rest … Continued
Kia ora Melbourne, my name is Nick. The intention of this blog is to educate you about posture, and for the sake of a bit of fun I am going to relate it to surfing and cycling. Now this might seem like an unusual pairing of sport to talk about posture with, but let me … Continued
At Kinematics, we work with runners of all levels of ability to improve their running technique. As running is used in most sports at varying levels, it is important to make sure we are utilising all of our body’s ability to run efficiently to give ourselves the best chance of performing well and preventing injury. … Continued
Load management Monitoring and managing your load through the initial weeks of training post-lockdown is vitally important. We must remember that whilst many of us have been training throughout lockdown, our load profile may have changed. Typically, this will look like an increase in volume and decrease in amount of load resulting in an increase … Continued