Mick Hughes:
Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist
M. Sports Physio, B. Physio, B.Ex. Sci.

It is well established that "Injury Prevention Programs" reduce ACL injury and all knee injuries by 50%, ankle injuries by 40% and all...

2 recent studies have shed light on the positive effects of "Injury Prevention Programs" on performance outcome measures. Anecdotally, we...

When it comes to injury prevention (performance enhancement), simple is always best. Here are 2 perfect examples of what happens when you...

Regardless of the sport you look after or are involved in, be aware of SUBSEQUENT injury! Not RECURRENCE of a previous injury, but an...

In a study of ACL reconstructed patients, those that could do at least 22 single leg rises had better knee-related quality of life at 1...

During the late 90’s and early 2000’s in the USA, the cost of treating ankle sprains was estimated to be $US2 billion dollars per year...

As the hangovers clear on yet another festive season, I thought that I would get in early and write a blog on New Year's resolutions....

I wrote a blog recently called When can I return to sport after ACL surgery?. It summarised two recent articles by Grindem et al (2016)...

For the last 4 days I have been at the Sports Medicine Australia Conference here in Melbourne. I thoroughly enjoy the SMA Conference. It...

I’ve been writing about sports injury and performance for a few months now, so I thought I would change my tact for a moment. Rather than...