

Early Sport Specialisation and Injury Risk: Let kids be kids.
With all these amazing Olympic performances going on at the moment, I frequently get the urge to put my 18 month-old daughter into her...
Mick Hughes
Aug 16, 2016


Kinesio-Tape: You can't band-aid a faulty training plan
Ahhhh the Olympic Games.. The time of year where elite athletes get to become walking billboards to the masses for all kinds of products,...
Mick Hughes
Aug 13, 2016


Do injury rates effect team performance?
Last week I blogged about individual performances in team sports following ACL reconstruction. As you may remember, there were examples...
Mick Hughes
Jul 27, 2016


Sport Performance Following ACL Injury
I’ve written quite a bit in the past about ACL injury; at-risk age groups, risk factors, when is it safe to return to sport following ACL...
Mick Hughes
Jul 18, 2016


"Pokemon Go-itis": A new injury classification?
It was only a few years ago that the world was struck down with "Nintendo Wii-itis". Now with the world wide phenomenon Pokémon Go app...
Mick Hughes
Jul 16, 2016


Sleep: How It Can Decrease Injury and Improve Performance.
It’s a little bit ironic that I write this blog about the negative effects of poor sleep quality on injury, illness and sports...
Mick Hughes
Jul 10, 2016


Low Back Pain in the Adolescent Athlete
After spending the last few posts on ACL and PFJ injuries, I am now going to turn my attention to low back pain in the active teenage...
Mick Hughes
Jun 22, 2016


ACL Injuries in the General Population
Since I was on the topic of ACL injuries in the adolescent female last week, I thought I might broaden my scope a little and cover some...
Mick Hughes
Jun 21, 2016


Patellofemoral Joint Pain
Earlier this week I shared a link to a recent paper about generalised knee pain in adolescents. It highlighted the fact that we need to...
Mick Hughes
Jun 21, 2016


Patella Tendon Pain
I was talking to a colleague a few weeks ago, who works with volleyball players, and he was telling me that a “positive pain” culture...
Mick Hughes
Jun 21, 2016































