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Winter Sport Survival Guide: How to Stay on the Field This Season
Winter sport season is back — and so is injury season. From ankle sprains to hamstring strains, mid-season injuries are more common than you'd think. Here's how to spot the warning signs and stay on the field all season long.
Common Netball Injuries and How to Reduce Your Risk
Netball injuries rarely come from one moment. They often develop through repeated jumping, landing and fatigue. This article explains common netball injuries and how strength, load management and recovery can reduce injury risk.
Overtrained or Under-Recovered? How to Tell the Difference
Overtraining is rare. Under-recovery is common. This article explains how to tell the difference, why it matters for injury risk and performance, and how better load and recovery management can prevent setbacks and support long term progress.
What Formula 1 Teaches Us About Injury Prevention and Performance
Formula 1 shows injuries rarely come from one moment. They build through repeated load and fatigue. This article explores how managing load, fatigue and recovery supports long term performance and injury prevention.
Dwayne’s Journey: Bilateral Below Knee Amputation
Dwayne has been attending SWSM regularly and is committed to achieving his health and wellbeing goals. With the assistance of Dinora, our Exercise Physiologist, Dwayne is continuing to improve his mobility, fitness, health, and strength.
Diabetes: Explained
In its simplest form, Diabetes is a disease that occurs when someone’s blood glucose (blood sugar) levels are too high. We have a small organ called a pancreas that senses when we have too much glucose (sugar) in our blood.
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Four Quick Foot-Care Tips at Home

With summer just around the corner, what better time to get your feet in shape for those days when your feet will be on show to the world. Here are a few tips to keep your feet in good condition over the warmer months.

Katrina Guelas
November 23, 2023
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When Is It Time For a New Pair of Running Shoes?

The shoes you run in play a key role in your comfort, performance and preventing injuries. Inappropriate, ill-fitting or worn-out running shoes could increase your risk of injury to the lowerbody.

Amelia Hofer
November 23, 2023
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Snow Sports

Hitting the slopes this winter? Most of you are excited to hit the slopes and are looking forward to it, but you need to ask yourself - is your body ready for it? Here are 5 great exercises to better prepare you for the snow.

Dinora De Venuti
November 23, 2023
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The Cold Shoulder

Adhesive capsulitis, more commonly known as frozen shoulder, is somewhat of an enigma in the medical world, as it has no known underlying cause. It is a condition that occurs only in the shoulder and usually has an insidious onset.

Nadine George
November 23, 2023
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Winter Training Tips

It can be hard to get out of your cosy, warm bed to train in this cold and rainy weather. Here are some tips for you to keep yourself motivated this cold winter.

Felix Yau
November 23, 2023
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ACL Recovery

This topic is one that hits close to home for me, and not because I have sustained an injury of this nature myself – my close friend and cricket captain has sustained an ACL injury recently. He was under a high ball which was swirling, spinning...

Nicholas Feather
November 23, 2023
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Kids Are Not Mini Adults!

We need to acknowledge that children and adolescents do not develop at the same rate. Males and females of the same age will have varying rates of growth, physical fitness and psychosocial maturation.

Dinora De Venuti
November 23, 2023
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