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Getting on Top of Pain: Topical NSAIDs

Pain is the most significant barrier to sports participation and injury recovery. Therefore, pain management is often the focus of acute ...

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Headaches in Sport

Headaches are not considered a prevalent sports injury—in fact, they are not necessarily sports injuries. However, there are instances wh...

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Understanding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Nella Grilo provides a comprehensive overview of CTE, discussing its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and management, focusing on educating s...

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Lumbar Spine Injuries in Adolescents

Lumbar spine injuries are difficult to manage when the diagnosis is delayed. Clinicians and coaches play a vital role in ensuring that ad...

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No Trojan Horse: Strength Reduces Injury

Strength underpins performance across multiple sporting codes. Equestrian is no different. Christie Wolhuter explains the essential compo...

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Demands of Sport: Show Jumping

Show jumping demands holistic conditioning to prevent injuries, and clinicians must provide effective rehabilitation for injured riders, ...

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Mind Your Head: 2023 Concussion Update

The Concussion in Sport Group has conducted its sixth International Conference. The conference builds upon previous meetings and involved...

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Golf: Getting to Grips with Low Back Pain

Renée Da Silva provides clinicians with suggestions for minimizing low back pain and injury to improve performance and keep athletes swin...

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Strengthen to Succeed: The Power of Land-Based Training for Injury-Prevention Dressage Athletes

Strength training for dressage athletes plays a vital role in injury prevention by improving overall body strength, stability, and joint ...

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The Straw That Broke the Horse’s Back: Is Lower Back Pain Self-limiting in Equestrians?

Equestrian is a sport that combines power and skill from both the riders and the horse. This unique blend of animal physical capacity and ...

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Sports-related concussion: heading football fears

Sports-related concussion continues to grab the headlines in the football industry. The long-term consequences of delayed diagnosis are ...

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The Great Cover Up: does hopping for distance mask lower limb asymmetry?

Single leg hops for distance have become a hallmark of return to sport decision-making following knee injuries. However, the test results ...

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Eyes-up: sensorimotor integration issues post whiplash-associated disorders

Sensorimotor integration is often affected following traumatic head and neck injuries. However, the signs and symptoms are not always ...

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Clearing the confusion – clinical concussion rehabilitation

Concussion research continues to gain the support of sports medicine professionals. However, many remain in the dark regarding the ...

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Brace yourself – neck strength in combat sport.

Concussions are nothing new in the world of contact sports, and for those who participate in combat sports, this is no exception. Joe C...

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Serving up spondyloarthritis: time for a clinical hawkeye

Spondyloarthritis is an uncommon collection of chronic inflammatory systemic disorders. Athletic populations may be at greater risk of ...

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Eurico Marques

Eurico Marques is the editor of Sports Injury Bulletin, a Physiotherapist and former professional footballer with extensive experience in ...

Alicia Filley

Alicia Filley, PT, MS is the former editor and a long-time contributor to Sports Injury Bulletin and its sister publication Peak P...

Chris Mallac

Chris is a highly qualified Physiotherapist and Educator. He’s worked with elite level State and National rugby and football teams in A...

Jason Tee

Jason Tee, PhD is a Certified Strength and Conditioning coach and researcher in athletic performance, focusing on injury reduction and ...

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Rugby’s effect on spine health

Rugby Union - Ireland v France -2021 Ireland's Garry Ringrose is tackled by France's Gael Fickou REUTERS/Brian Lawless

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Back in action: causes and remedies for low back pain in runners

Lots of factors may contribute to back pain in runners. Tracy Ward explores the causes of nagging non-specific low back pain and outlines a ...

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Back pain in ice skaters: How to prevent the downhill spiral

The dramatic increase in technical difficulties in ice skating requires vigorous training. Tracy Ward explores the causes of low back pain ...

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Treating concussion symptoms can be a pain in the neck

2004 Andy Gomarsall of Gloucester receives treatment from a physio after a neck injury Credit: Action Images / Jason O'Brien

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On the basis of sex: gender differences in head stabilization strategies and concussion risk

Lima 2019 - Field Hockey - Women's Gold Medal - Argentina vs Canada - Hockey Field, Lima, Peru - August 9, 2019. Argentina's Rosario L...

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$Lumbar transverse process fracture in sport: rare or underreported?$

Lumbar transverse process fracture in sport: rare or underreported?

Fractures of the lumbar transverse process can occur during a sporting activity and may be more common than thought. Andrew Hamilton ...

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Extension pattern back pain: understanding this overuse injury

Chris Mallac explores the concept of extension pattern back pain in athletes and provides insights for clinicians treating low back ...

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Dance has it all: power, agility, speed, and back pain

Sports professionals often equate dance with the arts rather than sport. However, dancers spend as much time, if not more, in training as ...

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Neck and back injuries

Getting on Top of Pain: Topical NSAIDs

Headaches in Sport

Understanding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Lumbar Spine Injuries in Adolescents

No Trojan Horse: Strength Reduces Injury

Demands of Sport: Show Jumping

Mind Your Head: 2023 Concussion Update

Golf: Getting to Grips with Low Back Pain

Strengthen to Succeed: The Power of Land-Based Training for Injury-Prevention Dressage Athletes

The Straw That Broke the Horse’s Back: Is Lower Back Pain Self-limiting in Equestrians?

Sports-related concussion: heading football fears

The Great Cover Up: does hopping for distance mask lower limb asymmetry?

Eyes-up: sensorimotor integration issues post whiplash-associated disorders

Clearing the confusion – clinical concussion rehabilitation

Brace yourself – neck strength in combat sport.