Whatever you do – don’t immobilise it. In the past acute ankle injuries such as sprains and strains which commonly affect the ligaments on the outside of the ankle joint were treated with heavy strapping and taping. Now management of the condition involves much less immobilisation and much more active rehabilitation. Let us explain why.
Delayed onset muscle soreness, the muscle pain felt 24-48 hours after new vigorous or unaccustomed exercise, fascinates athletes. It’s felt most intensely following eccentric exercise
Jean Dominique Bauby former editor of French Elle magazine, stroke victim and author of “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” – his autobiographical account of living with locked-in syndrome
Last weeks edition of Gaelic Life identified the “creeping culture” of performance enhancing drug use in the GAA. Author Ciaran Woods describes how the organisation, with its amateur ethos, regarded itself and its members as not susceptible to the temptations of the abuse of such substances.
