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Everything is connected

When you suffer an injury it is important to see more than just the painful area. What do I mean by this? That the cause of that pain may...

Rectus Femoris Tear in Soccer

Muscle injuries are one of the big factors that cause problems in soccer. In Spanish football, muscle injuries cause a season loss of 267.2 days per team. Of those...

It all starts with the feet

The foot is a complex area of our body, consisting of 22 bones, 33 joints, and an enormous number of muscles, tendons, and ligaments. (Mojica et al., 2017) Having...

Patellar Tendinopathy: How to recover from this injury?

After experiencing chronic patellar tendinopathy, I want to share with you a little about how the recovery process is from this injury that can become complicated. What is a tendon...

COVID-19 quarantine home training

To keep in mind This is an interesting time. We are limited, without the possibility of doing what we like. Locked up at home, unable to go out, unable to...

The relationship between force and speed in concentric and eccentric actions

Concentric actions happen when the muscle fibers are shortened. For example, when rising from a sitting position (the quads are shortened to extend the knees), or when the elbow...

Back Pain: Why is it important to be active?

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear: conservative or surgical treatment?

When someone tears their Anterior Cruciate Ligament it is very common that surgery would be chosen as the treatment. However, as sports medicine and science keep advancing, it has...