This book includes a plain text version that is designed for high accessibility. To use this version please follow this link.
CONTENTS OCTOBER 2013 ISSUE 38


Publisher TOR DAVIES BSc (Hons) tor@sportex.net


Art editor DEBBIE ASHER debbie@sportex.net Sub editor ALISON SLEIGH Journal watch BOB BRAMAH


Subscriptions & Advertising support@sportex.net +44 (0)845 652 1906


COMMISSIONING EDITORS Brad Hiskins - Australia & NZ Whitney Lowe - USA & Canada Humphrey Bacchus - UK & Europe Glenn Withers - Worldwide Dr Marco Cardinale - Worldwide Dr Thien Dang Tan - USA & Canada


TECHNICAL ADVISORS Steve Aspinall Bob Bramah Paula Clayton Stuart Hinds Rob Granter Michael Nichol Joan Watt


BSc (BASRaT), MSc MCSP, MSMA


MSc, FA Dip, Mast STT Dip SST Dip SST


BSc (BASRaT) MCSP, MSMA


Dr Greg Whyte PhD, BSc (Hons) Editorial


OCT 2013


It’s been a busy but good year. and it’s been fantastic to reconnect


with so many of you at the events we’ve attended that have made it so busy! At the time of writing this editorial, we’re about to head up to Manchester, to the inaugural Therapy Expo and then in October we’re off to the ACPSEM conference in Glasgow. Talking to so many of you this year, has reinforced my passion for what I always set out to do with sportEX: to take the ever-growing evidence base and turn it into good solid hands on practice.


Sometimes we run out of space, sometimes the nature of the writing doesn’t quite fit with the journal. and sometimes we just want to have a bit of fun Where this is the case, we publish the content in our blog (www.sportex.net/blog).


is published by Centor Publishing Ltd 88 Nelson Road Wimbledon, SW19 1HX Tel: +44 (0)845 652 1906 Fax: +44 (0)845 652 1907 www.sportex.net


OTHER TITLES IN THE SPORTEX RANGE


sportEX medicine - ISSN 1471-8138. Written


specifically for professionals working in the field of soft-tissue injury


diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation - personal subscription £54, practice subscription £94, library subscription £175


FIND US on Facebook www.facebook.com/sportex.net


on Twitter www.twitter.com/sportexjournals


THE ENVIRONMENT sportEX is printed in the UK by Cambrian Printers Ltd, award- winning colour printing specialists, independently audited to ISO 14001 and EMAS environmental standards. sportEX is printed on paper from FSC certified forests using vegetable-based inks, chemical free plates and presses running alcohol free. It is also mailed in biodegradable polybags.


DISCLAIMER


While every effort has been made to ensure that all information and data in this magazine is correct and compatible with national standards generally accepted at the time of publication, this magazine and any articles published in it are intended as general guidance and information for use by healthcare professionals only, and should not be relied upon as a basis for planning individual medical care or as a substitute for specialist medical advice in each individual case. To the extent permissible by law, the publisher, editors and contributors to this magazine accept no liability to any person for any loss, injury or damage howsoever incurred (including by negligence) as a consequence, whether directly or indirectly, of the use by any person of any of the contents of the magazine.


Copyright subsists in all material in the publication. Centor Publishing Limited consents to certain features contained in this magazine marked (*) being copied for personal use or information only (including distribution to appropriate patients) provided a full reference to the source is shown. No other unauthorised reproduction, transmission or storage in any electronic retrieval system is permitted of any material contained in this publication in any form.


The publishers give no endorsement for and accept no liability (howsoever arising) in connection with the supply or use of any goods or services purchased as a result of any advertisement appearing in this magazine.


www.sportEX.net 3


8 Youth training4 Journal watch for young athletes


CONTENTS This quarter’s latest research


The role of strength and conditioning training programmes


This month on the blog we’ve published some research extracts on manual therapy and nerves, brought to us by softtissuetherapy.com.au, a couple of opinion pieces on the state of the manual therapy industry and we’ve launched our first ghost-written fictional character, Will Wilting. Will is a demoralized and professionally under-rated lecturer who teaches sports therapy to generally bored students somewhere in the North of England. Will is a man of unfulfilled ambition. He was briefly the bucket and sponge man for Patricroft Athletic, a Saturday afternoon pub team that got to the semi final of the Manchester Amateur Cup in 1993.... To read more about Will’s exploits come and join us on the blog - just search for Will Wilting! Enjoy!


Tor Davies, physio-turned publisher and sportEX founder


12 Self-myofascial release 18 Achilles tendinopathy


management A treatment case study


TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT SPORTEX VISIT


A study of female footballers and self-myofascial release of the hamstrings


excellence sports


promoting in


HIGHLIGHTS medicine


Page 1  |  Page 2  |  Page 3  |  Page 4  |  Page 5  |  Page 6  |  Page 7  |  Page 8  |  Page 9  |  Page 10  |  Page 11  |  Page 12  |  Page 13  |  Page 14  |  Page 15  |  Page 16  |  Page 17  |  Page 18  |  Page 19  |  Page 20  |  Page 21  |  Page 22  |  Page 23  |  Page 24  |  Page 25  |  Page 26  |  Page 27  |  Page 28  |  Page 29  |  Page 30  |  Page 31  |  Page 32  |  Page 33  |  Page 34  |  Page 35  |  Page 36  |  Page 37  |  Page 38  |  Page 39  |  Page 40  |  Page 41  |  Page 42  |  Page 43  |  Page 44  |  Page 45  |  Page 46  |  Page 47  |  Page 48  |  Page 49  |  Page 50  |  Page 51  |  Page 52  |  Page 53  |  Page 54  |  Page 55  |  Page 56  |  Page 57  |  Page 58  |  Page 59  |  Page 60  |  Page 61  |  Page 62  |  Page 63  |  Page 64  |  Page 65  |  Page 66  |  Page 67  |  Page 68  |  Page 69  |  Page 70  |  Page 71  |  Page 72  |  Page 73  |  Page 74  |  Page 75