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Bridging The Gap

May 5, 2020 by Francesca Pioli
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From Injury To Your Optimal Performance  It is not uncommon when recovering from an injury or surgery, to have a loss of confidence in your ability, after your physiotherapist tells you that you are ready to return to sport, especially when that sport was the main culprit. There is a difference between being able to run, and being able to run 90km in one go. There is a difference between being able to go skiing, and being able to manage a 5 hour ski tour Continue reading →

Which piste to take? “You have torn your ACL or you haven’t?”

January 29, 2015 by Jackie Maclean-Martin
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Image from PaperCards.com Have you caught yourself asking the same question? Have I just torn my ACL? Following an ACL injury, for some people it takes months, if not years to regain the confidence and strength to perform in sport at the same level as pre-injury. The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an important stabilising ligament of the knee that is frequently injured, there are between 100,000 and 200,000 ACL ruptures per year in the United States alone. We treated over 40 ACL injuries in Continue reading →