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Preventing Running Injuries This Fall: Tips for a Safe and Enjoyable Season

Reinhardt Chiropractic

To prevent this, incorporating cross-training into your weekly routine is vital. Strengthening these areas helps support your running and prevent injuries. Here’s why: Lower Body Strengthening: Exercises like squats, lunges, and step-ups build strength in your glutes, hamstrings, and quadriceps.

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Reducing Hamstring Injuries is at the Core of a Good Injury Prevention Program

Sports Medicine Research

Injury prevention programs that include core muscle strengthening exercises reduce the risk of hamstring injuries in soccer players. The post Reducing Hamstring Injuries is at the Core of a Good Injury Prevention Program appeared first on Sports Medicine Research.

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Fitness Tips for Lacrosse (Canada’s official summer sport)

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Read the following tips to help improve your performance and prevent injury: Warm-Up: Prepare Your Body for Action Before stepping onto the field, engage in a dynamic warm-up to increase blood flow and prepare your muscles for the intense demands of lacrosse. Few sports can match the lightning speed and formidable intensity of lacrosse.

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Fitness tips for badminton players in Canada

Canadian Chiropractic Association

Here are some tips to help you optimize your performance and prevent injuries: Warm-Up: Prep Your Body for Action Before stepping onto the badminton court, warm up your body to increase blood flow and prepare your muscles for the intense movements involved in the sport.

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Taking up pickleball this summer? Here are a few tips to consider before starting

Canadian Chiropractic Association

However, as with any sport, appropriate preparation and prevention strategies are essential to avoid injuries. Static Stretches: Post-game, opt for static stretches to prevent stiffness. Gentle quad, hamstring, and calf stretches, along with wrist flexor and extensor stretches, are highly recommended.

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4 Simple Steps for Strained Hamstring Rehab

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Anatomy of Running Hamstring strains typically occur during the late swing phase of gait. As the lower leg swings forward, the hamstrings contract eccentrically to slow the lower leg. Since the muscle fibers of the hamstring are lengthening while contracting, this can lead to a strain of the hamstring muscles.

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How to Get a Slipped Disc Back in Place

Reinhardt Chiropractic

Here are some at-home stretching exercises tailored for lumbar spine and cervical spine relief: Cat-Cow Stretch Start on hands and knees in a tabletop position. This stretch targets the hamstrings and lower back. At-Home Stretching In the arsenal of at-home remedies for a slipped disc, stretching emerges as a powerful ally.

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