Blog: Advice from a Sporting Physiotherapist — The Sporting Joint

May 28, 2024

Kate Stalker

What to expect when you’re expecting… fitness ...

I’ve written this blog plenty of times in my head, and now, with my 7 month old baby asleep on my lap I thought I would give it a go.

In essence this is a case study on myself, and I’m fully aware that no two pregnancies are the same, but I do feel I learnt a few things along the way that I could share, that may just help someone else…

What to expect when you’re expecting… fitness wise.

February 15, 2022

Kate Stalker

Top ten tips to get the most out of your physio ...

Want to get the most out of your physio sessions? Here are some top tips to ensure that you do!

January 4, 2022

Exercise, Health & Wellness, Physical Therapy, Physiotherapy, Sport, Sports Therapy

Kate Stalker

How to get moving and keep moving this year

There is nothing quite like a new year’s resolution to get you starting something. That’s really the easy bit, the tough bit is keeping it up. You’re likely feeling fat and unfit after a festive season of excess, and whilst it is good to indulge ourselves now and again, let’s be honest if you carry on with that trajectory, you’re likely to have more than a few kilos by this time next year, you might even pick up a few illnesses and long term issues along the way too. Remember that low fitness kills more people than smoking, diabetes and obesity combined and that physical inactivity is associated with a higher risk for severe Covid19. If it’s not just your body you are worried about Google ‘Scholarly articles about the psychological benefits of exercise’ and you will find literally thousands of articles talking about combatting stress, decrease in suicidal thoughts, improved self-esteem, academic improvements in children, improved mood and quality of life etc etc. Exercise really is medicine.

November 15, 2021

Kate Stalker

Injury and Fatigue

This study aimed to look at injuries in rugby union over 2 seasons in both male and female amateur rugby players.

The most common injuries in men and women were concussion and ankle ligament sprains, and ACL injuries causing the most playing time lost.

THE REALLY INTERESTING BIT: 83% of non-contact injuries for women happened in the last quarter of the game…

October 26, 2021

Physiotherapy, Exercise, cricket, Sport

Kate Stalker

Cricket Workloads in Kids

Spinal stress fractures, Severe’s Disease, Osgood Schlatter’s Disease amongst other things are the scourge of every young cricketing team. With my background in academy cricket physio and national pathway cricket, I now find myself working in private practice based at a cricket ground and so still see a lot of young cricketers, and the stories really haven’t changed that much. School, club and county are all competing for time with the kids, and parents either feel pressured or are doing the pressurising of the kids to do all of the training and matches laid on by all of the entities. Coupled with the fact that children no longer play in seasons, a perfect storm begins to brew.

Injury

Kate Stalker

June 17, 2019

Optimal Load. Y'what what?!!

Kate Stalker

June 17, 2019

The catchphrase in physio and strength and conditioning at the moment is ‘optimal loading’. I can see you switching off already but hang with me a second as this could be the game changer for getting your injury better and preventing it from happening in the first place.

Kate Stalker

July 13, 2018

Health & Wellness

What is Reflexology?

Kate Stalker

July 13, 2018

Health & Wellness

Here, our resident reflexologist, Joanne Lee, tells us all about what Reflexology is. If you've never tried it you should definitely have a go... Without me telling Joanne anything about me, she immediately picked up a couple of things in my body (I had a sore stomach at the time, and she told me why!, and she also commented on a previous shoulder injury I'd flared up, also without knowing anything about it), I felt really relaxed afterwards and had the sleep of my life that night. I'd definitely recommend giving it a go! x Kate