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A current review of literature (research) on injuries in the sport of triathlon reveals a rather shocking statistic concerning the percentage of triathletes that are injured (in training) every year. This type of data is collected from the triathletes by means of questionnaire, usually at a triathlon event. While the actual percentages of injured athletes varies from study to study, the trend across all (or most) studies is what is shocking. Continue reading |
Bottom Line:
“ When dealing with endurance athletes, the truth may be hard to say and even harder to hear: All non-traumatic injuries are training-related. All ‘osis’ conditions are caused by overuse. If you didn’t fall off something or get hit by something, you did something wrong in training.” (Boyle, 2010). Continue reading
The effects of aging on training and performance are fairly well-known, and even though each of us is unique in many ways we all have, are currently, or will experience these effects at some point… sooner or later. Continue reading
In the early 20th century, the SI joint was thought to be the main source of low back pain and was the focus of many scientific investigations. In 1934, a published study by Mixter and Barr on rupture of the intervertebral disc quickly changed the direction of these investigations. Over the next four decades, the SIJ was more or less ignored in favor of the disc as the primary cause of back pain.
This resurgence of interest in the SI joint since the 1970s can be traced to the following: Continue reading
Hamstring injuries are very common injuries and healing them can be more difficult than you might think. Continue reading
Aero positions have some risks associated with them. Two common discomforts and injuries riders experience are to the hamstring and erector spinae muscle groups (low back pain).
Chris arrived at my office complaining of L lateral knee pain. Based on the initial palpation I performed, I thought it might be ITB Friction Syndrome, but the first thing I did was test his knee for hyper-mobility/instability. Continue reading
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