Ankle sprains, and more specifically lateral ankle sprains, are one of the most common injuries to occur in a wide variety of sports/activities. You could miss a step on the stairs and roll your ankle. It could happen after you land from catching a ball in a match.

For amateur and recreational athletes, trying to work out how best to train all the various aspects of physical performance can be like trying to solve a Rubik’s cube. You try to increase your strength work but that might negate from your fitness. You try to work on your muscular endurance but find that your explosive power might start to dip. This puzzle is still difficult for professional S&C coaches to work out with all their experience and knowledge. There is no perfect balance for all athletes of all sports.

There are a lot more people running at the moment. In this post, William discusses a common issue we see in clinic around the knee and how you can deal with your knee pain

The pain was never severe apart from the 12-24 hours after the two incidents mentioned above. Rather it was the lurking presence of pain in the background of my thoughts that was the biggest problem. Any discomfort I felt in my back when exercising was further proof that something was wrong. In actual fact, it was probably a normal physical sensation you get when exercising. I had learned to associate this sensation with physical damage being done to my back. You might know this as “wear and tear”. That pain you get when going up the stairs must be as a result of the bones rubbing against each other and that means you’re going to get arthritis before the age of 40.