In this blog, Coach Jon looks at making injury prevention a permanent part of our daily routine.
Read MoreRunning injuries can affect many triathletes at some point in their triathlon career. In this blog Coach Jon takes a look at some things you can do to reduce your chance of injury from running.
Read MoreCoach Alan follows up on his recent blog article which looked at how to work out if something is a niggle or injury by writing about how might you be able to stay ahead of the curve and prevent these niggles or injuries happening at all.
Read MoreNiggle or injury? Is it such a binary subject? All too often, I have had conversations with ‘broken’ athletes who are at a very low ebb; the conversation has taken a ‘failure’ tone… I’m injured, the athlete says. After ten minutes of conversation, it can come often turn out that the athlete is one of many things that isn’t injured: tired, sore, niggled, stiff, bruised or simply out of their comfort or experience zone. So how do we know when to stop?
Read MoreWhat does it mean to be injured? How do we know if we are injured? What are the signs, and are they always the same? How bad is the injury? How does it make you feel? Does it mean the end of the road for you and your sport? How long will it be before you can train as you did before? Will you ever be able to race again? Will you ever get back to where you were? Can we become better athletes after an injury?
These are all thoughts that swim around in peoples’ heads, sometimes on an endless loop throwing up feelings of fear, anxiety, anger, and frustration because, in many cases, when an injury happens a sort of panic can set in.....how did this happen? Everything was fine yesterday, but now I am in pain - why, what could have caused it? Without a proper understanding of causal factors, it is not uncommon for people to try to ignore it, or to avoid acknowledging it - this will go away, right? Of course, we know that it will not.
So, at what point should we act? What should we do and when? What do we need to know? Here is what Coach Tracy Cook would advise.
Read MoreAccurate data on injury prevalence in triathlon is lacking; however, we know that 80-85% of injuries in triathlon are overuse injuries. Here coach Jon takes a look at 5 common injuries suffered by triathletes and gives some tips on how to avoid them.
Read MoreHow many times have you asked your coach to do just one more race before you finish your season and suddenly picked up an injury for 3 or 4 months? Perhaps your off season recovery and development was focussed more on a timeline to get you back into the sport before the next season began? Athletes are very similar in many aspects of their behaviour, they always think they can do just one more, just one more repetition, just one more workout, just one more race…However, your body might “think” differently! Time to work out if it is time to call an end to a season before you end up being told to end the season.
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