Mick Hughes
May 22, 2016
Resistance Training In The Young Athlete
For those of you that know me well, you would know that I've got a special interest in the adolescent athletic population. Now I know...
Mick Hughes
May 21, 2016
Injury Prevention? Or Performance Enhancement?
Earlier this month I shared a post about the financial cost of sporting injuries to teenage kids in Victoria between 2004-10. It's scary....
Mick Hughes
May 19, 2016
Load Management Part 2: The Effects of Detraining
Earlier on this week I wrote a blog on Load Management, specifically on the topic of the acute to chronic workload ratio (ACWR). As...
Mick Hughes
May 18, 2016
To Stretch Or To Strengthen? That Is The Question!
I often get asked by my patients how to best manage their injuries at home or in the gym. The question that they often ask is: Should I...
Mick Hughes
May 14, 2016
Pre-operative Physiotherapy For ACL Injury
I had a patient present last week who hurt her knee in the first few minutes of a social game of basketball. She reported that she was...
Mick Hughes
May 11, 2016
ACL Injury: Prevention Is Better Than Cure
I cover ACL injuries quite a bit in my blogs, and the reason for this is fairly straight forward: They are one of the most devastating...
Mick Hughes
Mar 27, 2016
Load Management Part 1: Overuse or Under-prepared?
Last weekend I attended the "Mastering Load Symposium" in Melbourne and I found it to be one of the most valuable weekend courses that I...
