Marathon Training Part 4: The Importance of Nutrition

Marathon Training Part 4: The Importance of Nutrition

Nutrition is key to your performance on the day of the marathon. It is important during your training leading up to the big event.

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Marathon Training Part 2: Injury Prevention

Marathon Training Part 2: Injury Prevention

Injury prevention is easier than trying to resolve them, particularly when you’re on a long run or worse again during the marathon.

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Hip Flexor Strain: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Hip Flexor Strain: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

The hip flexor muscles are connected from the pelvis, lower back and groin area to the femur bone. Their job is to move the femur bone upwards toward your chest, flexing the hip joint.

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Quad Strain Recovery

Quad Strain Recovery

The quad is the muscle located at the front of the thigh and comprises of four separate muscles to make up the quadriceps unit. This includes vastus intermedius, vastus medialis, vastus lateralis and rectus femoris.

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Muscle Contusion: Benefits of Physiotherapy Treatment

Muscle Contusion: Benefits of Physiotherapy Treatment

A muscle contusion results from a bruise of the muscle following a direct blow or repeated blows to a part of the body. This resulting in crushing of the muscle fibres underneath.

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Gaelforce Dublin 2018: Only a few weeks left to go

Gaelforce Dublin 2018: Only a few weeks left to go

The first Gaelforce event of the year starts with Gaelforce Dublin on the 17th of February 2018. This year’s race starts and finishes in Tallaght Stadium. There are two course distances to choose from, 49km or 29km.

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Get your training back on track after Christmas

Get your training back on track after Christmas

Christmas and New Years are now over and many of our training routines may have fallen by the way-side. Nonetheless, January is a great time to get back on track and re-set your exercise goals.

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