As you know I like to talk a lot about injuries, and if you didn’t know about that then have a look at the OnYaHead.com Football Injury Directory where you can find injury descriptions, treatments and the what-not.
I digress
Here is a list of the Top 10 footballing injuries I have found whilst browsing the interweb…in [...]
Top 10 Worst Football Injuries
How can I avoid Injuries? The beginning: Core Stability
This has potential to be a huge blog post however, I am going to do my best to keep it brief and to be honest, I don’t think it needs such a huge answer. In my opinion, there are a few key areas in which sports people (particularly footballers) can help reduce the risk of [...]
Shoulder Subluxation
As we all know, Theo Walcott has this week been ruled out from the England squad for our game against Germany with a shoulder dislocation. Shoulder subluxation is a partial dislocation of the shoulder and this post aims to identify some of the signs of a shoulder subluxation and how to deal with it…
Shoulder Subluxation
Subluxation [...]
Shin Splints
No, not a piece of wood strapped to your leg like a wounded soldier.
Bascially, what is referred to as a shin splint, is a pain running up the front your shin, your tibia (funnily enough!). One of the reasons you may experience shin splints is because of tendinitis of the main muscles on the front [...]
Hamstring Injury
Contrary to popular belief, a hamstring is seldom found in a butchers…
You may hear this called things like a ‘pulled hamstring’ or a ‘hamstring strain’ but whatever you call it, it is basically an injury to the muscles running down from behind your thigh to behind/just below your knee.
This muscle (is actually a group of [...]
Groin Injury
The most common type of groin injury sustained by footballers is, as in the hamstring, a groin strain (or pulled groin).
The groin is actually an area of muscles at the top of the thigh on the inside of the leg, rather than just a single muscle. This group of muscles work together to move the [...]
