1 Effectiveness of eccentric exercise for Achilles tendinopathy | Heavy load eccentric calf muscle training for treatment of chronic Achilles tendinopathy | Alfredson et al. | 1998 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | Achilles tendinopathy | Level 2 cohort study | Old but gold, honestly. Half my runner clients get this exact protocol scribbled on a napkin | 15 mins |
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2 Return to play after ACL reconstruction | Return to sport after ACL reconstruction: a systematic review | Ardern et al. | 2014 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | ACL rehab | Systematic review | The one I wave at weekend footballers who reckon they're fine after eight weeks. They're not | 20 mins |
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3 Load management in running injuries | Training load and injury: how much is too much? | Gabbett | 2016 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | Load management | Narrative review | Basically the science behind why I keep telling parkrun regulars not to double their mileage overnight | 18 mins |
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4 Plantar fasciitis treatment comparison | Plantar fasciopathy: revisiting the risk factors and diagnosis | Riel et al. | 2019 | British Journal of Sports Medicine | Plantar fasciitis | Review | Every third Sunday someone at parkrun hobbles over asking about heel pain. This is my go-to explainer | 12 mins |
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5 Manual therapy versus exercise for low back pain | Spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain | Rubinstein et al. | 2011 | Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | Low back pain | Cochrane review | Handy for the sceptics who think cracking a back is basically wizardry. It's not, it's just leverage | 25 mins |
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6 Hamstring injury prevention in sprinters | Nordic hamstring exercise and hamstring injury prevention | van der Horst et al. | 2015 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | Hamstring injury | RCT | Nordics are miserable but this is why I still make people do them. Sorry, not sorry | 16 mins |
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7 Patellofemoral pain rehabilitation guidelines | 2018 Consensus statement on exercise therapy for patellofemoral pain | Willy et al. | 2019 | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy | Patellofemoral pain | Consensus statement | Runner's knee central. I reckon I quote this one more than my own name some weeks | 22 mins |
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8 Sleep and athletic recovery | Sleep and athletic performance: impacts on physical performance | Bird | 2013 | Strength and Conditioning Journal | Recovery | Narrative review | I bang on about sleep more than stretching now, honestly. This is why | 10 mins |
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9 Psychological readiness to return to sport | Psychological responses matter in returning to preinjury level of sport | Ardern et al. | 2013 | American Journal of Sports Medicine | Sports psychology | Cohort study | The body heals faster than the head believes it did, every single time | 14 mins |
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10 Effects of stretching on injury prevention | The impact of stretching on sports injury risk: a systematic review | Thacker et al. | 2004 | Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise | Stretching | Systematic review | Sorry to the static stretch fans but the evidence just isn't there. Warm up properly instead | 19 mins |
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