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Questions tagged [injury-prevention]

This tag refers to questions regarding prevention from injuries.

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Technique for identifying potential injury weak spots

What techniques are there for identifying areas you need to work on and that you will be likely to injure so you can work on that areas before they get injured. Update Most of the activities I do are high explosive all round work-outs like combat…
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What exercises are helpful in preventing herniated discs?

I have lumbar lordosis and I play basketball competitively. Sometimes when I land from a jump I feel like the pressure comes up from my heel up to my spine. Now I chronically feel a very sharp pain in my lower back that comes and goes. Most…
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What did I do wrong to get exercise-induced lower back pain?

I am 22, 5'10'', weigh 90 kilograms (198 pounds) and I am constrained to exercise before 9:00 and after 20:00. I therefore exercise twice a day indoors (geek's life) . And it's mostly squats (with variations), pushups, russian twists (that exercises…
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Best sports to preserve your joints later in life?

I'm getting into sports/fitness a little later in life (I'm a 24 year old female). My 59 year old athletic mom has gotten very bad pains in joints over the past few years and attributes it to playing competitive basketball for all her life. I was…
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What movements are safe to 'do for time'?

Rookie here. Been studying and trying different things. I like trying to do "x number of move x in some amount of time". Some movements like Olympic weightlifting, should obviously not be done for time as the risk of injury is too great. My…
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How to prevent tendonitis without resting for days?

How can I prevent elbow tendonitis and/or relieve its early-onset symptoms mid-climbing competition? Is there a special way to wrap the arm or something? Or special way to treat it in-between rounds?
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What can a labourer do?

I have been a labourer, chucking bricks, carrying timber, etc. for a month. Despite lifting things all day, our bodies aren't in good condition. We have a heavy risk of straining and wearing down our joints — especially our wrists and forearms…
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Are there movements that are always unsafe?

Do I eliminate certain movement from my routine, no matter what? Right now, I raise a weight overhead, crunch with a weight, and do ballistic movements. I do not feel they harm me. Are these a recipe for injuries, even with proper form?
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How can I prevent a slipped disk?

I went to a massage/body therapy place while on holiday for a massage and was told by the guy that I have the beginnings of a slipped disk. They didn't speak English very well but I believe they said it was either the c6 or c7 one if that makes a…
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Bent Knee Deadlift replacement

What exercise can replace bent knee deadlifts? My main goal is to strengthen my glutes to prevent lower back injury (I tore some muscles in my lower back years ago). I've been getting subtle lower back pangs when performing the exercise with two…
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Deadlifts and Foam Rolling

Thanks for your insight. Can you explain how you perform your deadlifts and also how you perform the foam rolling. What exactly do u do? Thankyou.
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