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  • Common lower limb injuries in young athletes

    BY: Gcina Gumede Millions of kids across the globe are involved in youth sporting activities. It is a way for them to grow up fit and build friendships. Unfortunately, lower limb injuries are a common thing in sports and young athletes are prone to several sport related injuries. Sport related injuries can halt a young […]

  • Swing Freely: How Hip Mobility Enhances Your Padel Game

    By: Gcina Gumede How well our hips move during a game of padel is something a majority of us do not think about. With Padel growing exponentially around the world it is important to know what factors may be limiting to your games potential and what may put you at risk of injuring yourself. Poor […]

  • Shoulder Stability in Overhead Sports

    Shoulder stability and mobility should have a spot in any well thought-out training program for any athlete. Stability and mobility will help with soft tissue health, as well as allow an athlete to perform at his/her highest potential. Good mobility in the shoulder, thoracic and cervical spine can have a positive impact on athletic performance […]

  • Eccentric Exercises

    Eccentric exercise is the motion of the active muscle while it’s lengthening during a load. It focuses on slowing down the elongation of the muscle process in order to challenge the muscles, which can lead to stronger muscles, faster muscle repair and increasing metabolic rate. Eccentric movement provides a braking mechanism for muscle and tendon groups that are experiencing concentric […]

  • Quarantine home workout

    By Nicole Harran Keeping physically active is a very good way to de-stress and keep the immune system going strong. Staying motivated when trying to exercise from home can be the challenging part and so we will send out some programs this month to help you get to where you need to be. Quarantine Strength […]

  • Staying Healthy during lockdown

    As we are all very aware, 2020 and the start of 2021 has been nothing next to normal and COVID-19 pandemic has tuned a lot of peoples’ worlds upside down. We as BIOKINETICISTS are involved in helping people improve certain aspects of their lives. These areas include: overcoming and preventing injuriesmanaging chronic conditions and illnessmaintaining […]

  • Keep Moving, Keep Healthy and Stay Home

    So we are at the half way point, 11 days into the lockdown and 10 to go! Just because all of our routines have been thrown out the window, it doesn’t mean you should let your health and fitness goals go the same way. This may not be the time to start training for an […]

  • Fitness Testing; VO2Max and More

    By Jennifer Steele Fitness Tests: Fitness tests can be used to measure certain abilities of the human body. Every fitness test has a specific outcome or value that it aims to measure. This outcome then becomes an athletes baseline value. Future tests and results can then be compared with this baseline and it can be […]

  • Cardiovascular Endurance with Injuries

    By Fathima Jeewa One of the most common phrases we often hear is “you need to improve your fitness levels” …But what does that mean?! Cardiovascular endurance is also known as aerobic capacity. This is the body’s ability to sustain submaximal exercise over an extended period of time. This ability depends on the competence of […]

  • Neck Pain

    By Nicole Harran Neck pain is becoming an increasing problem amongst the population. Various factors are contributing towards neck pain which will be discussed and some tips will be provided on how to prevent and deal with it. The Neck: The neck is made up of a series of vertebrae which extend down from the […]

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