by michelle | Feb 10, 2024 | Injury Prevention, Shoulder, Sports Performance, Surfing
Swimmer’s or Surfer’s Shoulder is a common condition affecting both competitive and recreational swimmers and surfers. It is basically an overuse injury which results in shoulder impingement or rotator cuff type symptoms. How Surfer’s or Swimmer’s Shoulder...
by michelle | Aug 22, 2019 | Injury Prevention, Sports Performance, Strength, Surfing
We’re always looking to be bigger, better, stronger, faster, more powerful and more critical. The repertoire of surfing manoeuvres which are expected from a ‘good surfer’ today were once thought impossible and put tremendous forces through the surfer’s body. The...
by michelle | Oct 7, 2018 | Injury Prevention, Sports Performance, Surfing
Most people’s bodies are not ready for surfing. They have poor mobility, strength and motor control issues thanks to our ever so convenient modern lifestyles. Surfing has movement prerequisites, and if your body can’t move in ways it needs to, injury or suboptimal...
by michelle | Jan 18, 2018 | Sports Performance, Surfing
5 ways you can significantly improve your pop-up is by optimising your hip mobility, pushing strength and hip-flexion-core-flexion integration to allow you to bring your feet under your hips smoothly. If you have the base requirements of being able to do a pain-free...
by michelle | Jan 17, 2018 | Sports Performance, Surfing
5 ways you can significantly improve your paddling by improving your upper spine and shoulder mobility, scapula (shoulder blade) control and pulling strength. We spend more time paddling than we do riding waves, so improving your paddling movement and efficiently can...