22 May

Game day: prep like a pro!

icon We all know how important game day is, and we always want to come away with a win. Get yourself as ready as possible with our top game day preparation tips! The day before: Hydration – think ahead and start increasing your water intake 1-2 days before (especially if hot weather is forecasted). The […]

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11 Mar

Preventing Hamstring Injuries this Pre-season

Hamstring muscle injuries are common among amateur and professional athletes, especially in sports with sprinting demands, kicking, and sudden accelerations. Sports with a high number of hamstring injuries included sprinting (11-29%), Australian Rules football (15%-23%), Rugby league football (15%), Soccer (10%-47%) Rugby Union (6%-15%). Interestingly, among soccer players, hamstring strains were reported as the most […]

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18 Apr

Concussion in sport

Get your head out of the game – Concussion in sport and why you need to take it seriously icon What exactly is concussion? The latest consensus statement defines concussions as ‘a subset of mild traumatic brain injury without structural abnormalities on conventional neuroimaging modalities’.1 More simply put, concussion can be defined as a temporary […]

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01 Mar

Coast Sport supporting Central Coast Mariners FC this season

The Central Coast Mariners FC have partnered with Coast Sport who take on the physiotherapy requirements for the club’s Foxtel National Youth League team. Central Coast Mariners are currently ranked 7th on the leader board and the team at Coast Sport are doing all they can to ensure they keep moving up the ladder. The […]

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21 Sep

Football and Massage

There are various aches and pain associated with playing  “The Beautiful Game” on the Central Coast.  Whether it be from the tackles, twinge in a muscle while you stretch for a ball, pushing yourself that little bit harder to beat a player or accidentally rolling an ankle, we’ve all experienced some soreness after playing football. Football […]

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29 Apr

ACL Injury Prevention in Women’s Football (Soccer)

The ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) is a thick ligament is located deep inside your knee joint that contributes heavily to the control of rotation at the knee joint. Control of knee rotation is essential in sports that require change of direction like football (soccer) and netball. The ACL has strong communication pathways with the brain […]

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