It’s been All Star week for Major League Baseball which means we’re halfway through the season and is my cue to check out the injuries sustained so far.
You can see my breakdown here:
drstephlaz.com/research-%26...
#baseball #injury #epidemiology
Three upcoming events for you to choose from:
July Webinar = www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/webinar-an...
Aug Workshop = www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hamstrings...
Sep Conf = www.go-perform.co.uk/events
See you there.
This Wednesday! Tickets will be available until one hour before start time.
This is a live event, not a pre-record so very much ‘snooze you lose’ territory!
Details below.
One week to go! Tell your friends: general admission tickets are still on sale and students/academics can claim 25% off with STUDENT25 at checkout.
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10 days to go until this webinar CPD event!
Want to hear about tendon adaptation with a focus on the hamstrings? Click the link below for more details.
Students can claim 25% off using STUDENT25 at the checkout.
Only 3 of the limited Early bird tickets (50% off) remain! This offer will expire when these are sold or midnight this coming Weds 7th - whichever comes first.
General admission will then be on sale. Details and tickets can be found in the link below.
If you are on the far side of the world to the UK, i.e. Aus/NZ, keep your eyes peeled for a more time-zone friendly versions coming your way. 👀
If you’re a student, promo codes will also be released so you should also keep your 👀 peeled.
Tickets now available for my upcoming webinar summarising the latest research on hamstring tendon adaptation to injury and training.
Limited early bird tickets available at half price. Spread the word.
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Sat 11th Jan will be live on the AASPT Sports Performance ‘Casual Chats’ talking about my PhD work, hamstrings, likely some tendons, and probably some adjacent topics.
Link can be found on their Insta page but will try to post here nearer the time.
Our new paper, led by @oohgpwales.bsky.social:
Muscle weakness post-COVID: a practical guide for primary care
TL;DR: patients with muscle weakness after COVID-19 infection may have myelopathy, nerve damage or other organic pathology. Not always due to 'deconditioning'!
bjgp.org/content/74/7...
I teamed up with foot & ankle specialist @lizbayleyphysio.bsky.social to created 4 exercise programmes for Plantar Heel Pain. 3 are based on Osborne et al. (2023) where 18 experts devised exercises for PHP. The ‘LiTHE’ programme is our own creation which fits more closely with S&C principles…
Tendon health is influenced by multiple factors!
These should be considered in tendinopathy management, especially where there are signs of systemic factors such as multi-site pain or lack of response to treatment.
#PhysioSky #MedSky #RunningInjury #RunningRehab #Running #Tendinopathy
Thanks Ollie!
Pleased to announce: PhD has been conferred!!
Four years, three weeks, and six days. But who’s counting.
#phd
We have one more thesis-related paper planned but you’ll have to stay tuned for that!
Neither the NHE or HE induced change in the proximal aponeurosis MTJ interface area. But since the HE exercise ⬆️ muscle volume, the muscle-to-aponeurosis ratio also ⬆️ vs the NHE or control groups.
In the third and most recent paper (2024), we reviewed Bourne et al.’s (2017) RCT using the #Nordic vs 45° Hip extension intervention.
Despite muscular hypertrophy, there was limited tendon geometric adaption over 10 wks.
3/3 on open access! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
In the second thesis paper (2024), we showed those w a history of unilateral #HSI had larger biceps fem long head aponeurosis volumes and smaller muscle-to-aponeurosis ratio versus healthy controls. There were no other noted diffs (see ❌).
Also open access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Meta-regression showing difference in stiffness is best explained by difference in elastic modulus rather than difference in cross-sectional area.
We were also able to show through meta-regression that difference in stiffness was best explained by difference in modulus, and that high mechanical strain vs low strain interventions significantly increased modulus and stiffness.
The first paper accepted was our systematic review and meta-analysis on #tendon properties’ adaptation to mechanical loading interventions in 2022.
From 61 articles, we determined loading ⬆️ in stiffness (moderate SMD), modulus (large) and CSA (small).
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Since we’re on a new platform and also in the very tail-end of my PhD, let’s revisit the related papers from the last couple of years.
Thesis title: Adaptation of #hamstring muscle-tendon geometry to injury and training.
Good morning/afternoon/evening all! Apologies in advance for the spam while I backfill some posts and get this up and running. Enjoy your Sunday.