When Is It OK To Run Through Pain?
Whether you are a beginner or a serious runner, after a long run you are likely to feel some aches and tenderness in your muscles. While this is normal, if the pain is persistent it shouldn’t always be disregarded completely as avoiding the pain can lead to a more serious injury. So when is it ok to run through the pain?
Basic Running Mistakes To Avoid
Many runners, especially those new to running, often get so excited about their running that they do too much, too fast, too soon. This often results in common overuse running injuries.
Feeling Self-Conscious About Running In Public?
First things first – You are not alone. Fear of running in public or feeling self-conscious while exercising prevents a lot of people from even beginning a running routine. You may be worried that you’ll look slow, silly, too fat, and too old to other runners or people on the street.Like anything else, the first time is usually the hardest, so don’t be concerned about what others think!
Why Should I Walk During My Runs?
Runners can incorporate walking into their runs by walking for the warm-up and cool down portions of your run or by using the walk/run method we have outlined.Whatever your reason for getting started with the run/walk method, when you’re first getting started with running, it’s helpful to follow a schedule.
Dynamic Warm Up And Warm Down
Most of us are aware that warming up and cooling down go hand in hand with exercise and physical activity. However, what it actually does and how it should be done isn’t always clear. A good warm-up will increase the elasticity of muscles and tendons, encourage blood flow to the periphery of the body and increase body temperature and heart rate in preparation for activity.
Most Common Hurling Injuries
When you decide to play any sport, you’re willing to risk getting injured. While there is an inherent risk of injury in every sport, the kinds of injuries and the likelihood of sustaining them varies greatly from sport to sport. Unfortunately, Irish sports are often overlooked by the broader medical community, so today we’re going to look at some of the most common injuries in one of Ireland’s oldest and roughest sports: hurling.
5 Tips on Preventing ”Tech Neck”
The very fact that you are reading this means that you could be at risk of developing “tech neck”. As the name implies, tech neck is a term used to describe pain in the neck that results from overuse of technology. With screens becoming increasingly omnipresent in our everyday lives, we are all at risk of developing tech neck, so here are steps you can take to prevent it.
Shockwave Therapy
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy, ESWT, or simply “shockwave therapy” for short is the use of shockwaves to treat inflammations of the tendons around our joints. Although it is a relatively unknown therapy in the public eye, shockwave therapy has proven to be a popular choice among many athletes, as well as people with chronic pain.
Your Back, Sitting and the Technological Age
Our increasingly sedentary lifestyle is having negative effects on our physical health. This blog will examine these effects, and offer advice on how to counteract them.
Falls Prevention- Tips to Prevent Falls
Falling can cause serious damage when we get older, and our bodies take longer to heal any injuries sustained. Prevention is the best strategy to keep yourself pain-free and safe, so below are some of the top tips to prevent yourself from falling.
Physiotherapy and Headaches: What Can We Do?
The first step in effectively treating any headache is to correctly identify the type of headache you are experiencing, followed by its root cause. A physiotherapist can help you identify both of these things, and work with you to lay out a range of treatment options and work towards reducing the level and frequency of this pain.
How Does Ultrasound Therapy Work?
For the last 80 years, ultrasound therapy has been used as a non-invasive procedure to treat a wide variety of ailments. In this blog, discover how ultrasound therapy works and its benefits along with its risks.
Stretching Exercises for the Lower Limb
As we will see in this blog, even saying things like ‘stretching your calf muscles’ can be an oversimplification. Today we’re going to identify the main muscle regions in the lower limbs, and provide instructions on how to stretch them.
How to Prevent Falls in Over 65s
If you fear for the health and safety of a loved one or friend, then it’s vital to make them aware of the potential risks of falling and ways in which they can help themselves prevent falling and any type of negative consequence it may carry.
Strain- How to Prevent it?
Strains are one of the most common types of injuries people sustain. There are various degrees of strains, and they can affect more or less any part of our body. This blog will give a broad overview of what strains are, what causes them, their implications, and how to prevent and heal them.
Osgood-Schlatter Disease
Osgood-Schlatter disease is the inflammation of the Tibial Tubercle, which is where the Patellar Tendon connects to the kneecap, running down to the shinbone. The primary cause of the condition is sudden growth spurts, which is further exacerbated by physical activity (not necessarily excessive activity, it must be noted)
Preventing Neck Pain While Studying
When studying, your mind is focused on many different things: exams, projects, deadlines, scheduling, remembering what you need to learn, and actually learning it. It’s easy to allow studying to take control of your time and focus, and although it must be done, this can cause us to forget about our wellbeing. Diet and sleep are the most famously hard-hit areas during study time, but one area that is overlooked all too often is the strain we put on our necks.
What Is A Good Time For A 5k?
Running 5K doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone, so it’s difficult to say what a good run time is. For some people a good run time is that they finished the 5K at all, whereas other more experienced runners may be itching to beat their previous personal best.