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Sports injuries are not unusual, but avoiding them, especially the most common sports injuries, means more time to compete. Read these articles for tips on sports injury prevention and core stability exercises that can help reduce the risk of knee injuries, shoulder injuries, ankle injuries, rotator cuff injuries and other recurring plagues in the sporting world… To browse our library of free sports training articles, browse using the categories on the left or use the search box.

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Bench Press: is it a dangerous workout exercise?

Bench pressing is more likely to injure than improve performance

Rotator cuff strengthening - treating and preventing shoulder injury

The treatment and prevention of shoulder injuries

Achilles Tendon: muscle structure and injury rehabilitation

Achilles Tendonitis: treatment and prevention

Plantar Fasciitis: the causes and treatment methods for foot injuries

Foot pain, don’t let it affect your performance

Running Injuries: recovery training

Leap of faith- from injury to training

Injury prevention – the running mechanics behind achieving an injury free season

Injury prevention – taking a robust approach to running

Overtraining – do it right or pay the price!

Pushing the boundaries in training is essential for any athlete seeking maximum performance. But as James Marshall explains, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it

Understanding Biomechanics for Core Stability Training

Reduce your risk of Injury in Core Stability Training

Poor Biomechanics Can Compromise Cycling Technique

Are your Biomechanics causing you Knee Pain?

Football Training Drills for Improving Energy Systems During Pre-season

Football Tips and Exercises to Make You Ready for the New Season

Preventing Injury: Risk factors for rugby players

Previous rugby injuries predict in-season problems for rugby players

Ankle injuries are more common than hamstring tears in footballers

Ankle injuries can be tackled by proprioception training

Sports injuries: detecting early injury-induced muscle damage

Detection of muscle injury in sport

What should athletes do when concussion strikes?

Knockout blow

Head injuries in Football

No long-term risk from concussion in football

Head Injuries in Skating

Injuries in synchronised skating

Prevent Ankle Injuries

A simple way to predict ankle risk

Health and Fitness: Heart Disease

How much exercise protects against heart disease?

Prescribed drug can cause damage after eccentric exercise

Antidepressants may cause muscle damage…

Hamstring injuries: A Study

Hamstring injury solution?

Heat Stroke in the cold?

Cool weather heat stroke risk

Injury Treatment: How to deal with concussion

Knockout blow – what should athletes do when concussion strikes?

Preventing Osteoarthritis

Does sport set us up for arthritis in later life? And can anything be done?

Back pain caused by bad posture

Slouching isn’t just an attitude – it will damage your sport and your health

Football Player Injuries - Are they becoming more frequent?

Football injuries - are they really on the rise?

Caffeine reduces muscle soreness

Caffeine and leg muscle pain

Sports Injury: Distance Running

Bleeding risk for ultra runners

Reduce Muscle Fatigue with Probiotic Supplements

Probiotics combat fatigue problems in athletes

The Risks of Overtraining

Intense training - can you have too much of a good thing?

Children, Exercise, and Injury

How sport leads to concussion in children

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Facts

New findings on ACL injuries in soccer

Joint Manipulation: Is it safe?

Joint manipulation for injuries - is it worth the risk?

Sports Nutrition: Antioxidants

Antioxidant protection for athletes: is it time to ditch the pills?

Cycling Injury: Choose The Right Bike To Avoid Injury

How Choosing The Right Bike Can Help Avoid Injury

Managing Pain in Athletes

What are the best ways to cope with sports pain? And how do different people react to the same injury?

Caring For Your Spine

Core strengthening to keep your spine in good shape

Supplements: Glucosamine

Does glucosamine really work?

Sports News: Injury Treatment Evidence?

Injury research and clinical practice

Sports News: Aquatic Plyometrics

The Benefits of Aquatic Plyometrics

Injury Recovery and Conditioning

Want to know the key to training success? Plenty of R&R

Stretching, Performance and Injury Prevention

Pre-exercise stretching - is it time to tear up the old rule book?

Running Injury Prevention

Injury Prevention and Stretching Advice for Runners

snowboarding | skiing

Snowboarding & skiing

Bronchoconstriction: Airway problems in ski-mountaineers..

Bronchoconstriction: Airway problems in ski-mountaineers...

Homeopathy in sport

Homeopathy In Sport : Can less really be more when it comes to treating sports injuries?

stress & overtraining

Stress & Overtraining : Strategies to ward off overtraining by dealing with stress from all sources

sports injury pain

Sports Injury Pain : Pain and brain - a revolutionary approach to chronic injury

biopsychosocial pain

Biopsychosocial Pain : Pain and brain - the biopsychosocial method of chronic injury rehabilitation

deep water running

Deep Water Running : Getting into deep water - why it can be good for fitness

pain relief medication

Pain Relief Medication: What all athletes need to know about pain relief medication

air pollution sports

Air Pollution Sports: the real problem that faced the organisers of the 2004 Olympics

rotator cuff rehabilitation

Rotator cuff rehabilitation: how to shake off shoulder injury

acetabular labrum tears

Acetabular labrum tears - a right pain in the groin

nsaids

NSAIDS: Contraction-induced muscle injury - why NSAIDS don't help

hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy: Don't pour cold water over hydrotherapy

Orthotics - Therapy for the Prevention and Treatment of Sports Injuries

Faulty Biomechanics lead to Overuse Injuries

cold injuries

Cold injuries: How to protect your performance as well as your health against the chill winds of winter

hamstring strains

Hamstring strains

orthotic therapy

Orthotic therapy: when self-help and sports therapies don't go nearly far enough

knee injuries women

Women's knee injuries

sudden cardiac death

Sudden cardiac death: how can clubs pick out those at risk ?

hamstring strains

Hamstring strains: the most common injuries in football

football injury prevention

Football injury prevention

asthma risk | athletes

Asthma - Lower asthma risk for amateur athletes

inspiratory stridor

Inspiratory stridor - How do you deal with 'asthma' when the drugs don't work?

gymnasts menstruation

Delayed menstruation in rhythmic gymnasts

blood pressure | exercise

Good news about exercise and blood pressure

fatigue

Persistent fatigue and recurrent infections

wrestlers weight

Rapid weight loss in young wrestlers

exercise related death

Exercise related death - Disturbing findings on exercise-related death

london marathon

London marathon: Lies, damned lies and statistics: what we know about the incidence of injury, illness and death in the London Marathon

marathon injuries

Marathon injuries: Injury risks for marathon 'virgins'

Female Athletes: Menstrual dysfunction can effect health as well as sports performance

Menstrual dysfunction - the 'Energy Drain' for Female Athletes

Female Athletes: Menstrual dysfunction can effect health as well as sports performance

Menstrual dysfunction - the 'Energy Drain' for Female Athletes

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