Tapering is the practice in which you significantly reduce the intensity and distance of training in the 2 or 3 weeks leading up to the race. This may seem counterintuitive but recovery from training is as important as the training itself

Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis and is something that a lot of people have heard of, but there is a lot of misinformation regarding what it is, and what treatments are best.

Many people are familiar with the effects of exercise on your muscles, but it can also help your brain! Exercise is one of the best non-pharmaceutical ways to promote cognitive brain function.

Returning to normal activity really depends on how severe your case of Covid-19 was. For a mild case, you can typically return to exercise shortly after in a graduated return to activity.

Was the injury sudden? If your pain came on gradually or seems to have had no specific event causing it, then you most likely don’t need an x-ray. Often a course of physiotherapy can rectify the problem.

Many cyclists, runners and hikers suffer with pain on the outside of the knee. This knee pain is often worse with downhill activities, especially downhill running, compression can occur between the ITB and the underlying thigh bone.

Overtraining and overload are very similar concepts and build off of each other. Overload would be when you train at higher levels than you normally would to try and improve your physical fitness.

Contusions are the medical term for a bruise. There are many different levels of contusions, they can be minor, moderate, or major depending on the injury, requiring different treatments.