With the COVID-19 restrictions easing people are getting back to sport and personal training. BUT – elite sports saw an increase in injuries (muscle strains, ACL tears, tendinopathies etc) for athletes in the same situation. What can we expect from our community?
The temptation to get straight into things again is too great - the weather is better, training and games are starting and people are looking at getting back into health and fitness. Unfortunately - it isn't as easy as pulling on you shoes and getting a great sweat up! It becomes a delicate balance of load and capacity.
What is load?
Load is the work placed on the muscles, bones, tendons and other structures which includes weight lifted, distance, duration, speed/intensity and frequency.
Why is load management important?
Increasing training load by more than 10% per week increases injury risk by 21-49%. Each structure has a capacity to tolerate load – if that capacity is exceeded, injuries occur. If we don’t do anything – as in during COVID - our capacity reduces. We have to build this up again in an appropriate way.
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Take home messages
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