@tomgoom There is some evidence that even one night of sleep deprivation increases pain sensitivity next day. I find this useful for patients to help them get their head around potential contributors to pain level fluctuations for seemingly no reason.

Stress fractures of the foot and ankle

Lack of sleep can impair performance & increase injury risk 😴 It’s important to ask patients about sleep duration & quality. The Hooper Index can also be valuable for assessing fatigue, stress & sleep. See Hatia et al. (2024) for more info: DOI 10.7759/cureus.76635

🚨Third PhD paper 📝"Heavy strength training effects on physiological determinants of endurance cyclist performance: a systematic review with meta-analysis" 📚in @EJAP_official 🎯Does heavystrength training (≥ 80% RM) improve performance in endurance cyclists?

I teamed up with @Liz_Bayley_Physio to create this progressive rehab programme for Plantar Heel Pain.  We've called it 'LiTHE' (Liz and Tom's Heel Exercises) and it's aimed at active and sporty patients. It's not a recipe though so it's best to adapt it to suit individual needs.

Why guess when you can know?

Lateral Hip Pain is often aggravated by activities involving hip adduction. Modifying or reducing these can help symptoms.  Just remember that long term avoidance is not the answer! Aim to adapt activity rather than avoid and plan a graded return when ready.

What sets athletes on the road to injury? I've teamed up with Injury Psycholoigst Dr Carl Bescoby to answer this in our new graphic.

The Pain Catastrophizing Scale https://t.co/pmFeWqMCiA @Retlouping @TDekkersPhysio @PhysioMeScience @JeremyLewisPT @tomgoom

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Do you treat injured runners? Keen to get them back on track (excuse the pun 😉)? Join us for a weekend devoted to running rehab and guiding your patients back to the sport they love! 🏃‍♂️ Our next UK course is in Aylesbury in January. Visit https://t.co/JNqUr6iFvA to book your

Awesome work Sam @kgSilbernagel @KimHebertLosier @rj_devos @TendonGlasgow @Bill_Vicenzino

Side planks are surprisingly challenging for the Glutes, especially when you lift the top left!! 🍑🔥

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What are the 'normal' values for running gait parameters? A great study of over 800 runners from @LaurentMalisoux et al. (2023) provides useful insights on typical values when treadmill running at preferred speed. 🏃‍♂️ 🔗 https://t.co/KW5EuIxkdp

I teamed up with @Liz_Bayley_Physio to create this progressive rehab programme for Plantar Heel Pain.  We've called it 'LiTHE' (Liz and Tom's Heel Exercises) and it's aimed at active and sporty patients. It's not a recipe though so it's best to adapt it to suit individual needs.

Kinesiotape or low dye tape for Plantar Heel Pain? Both strategies may be effective for short term pain reduction in PHP. Consider patient preference, goal activities and previous response to taping.

Great research from Tjerk Visser & colleagues has given us normative values for calf testing that go beyond reps alone!  Assessing peak height, total work & total displacement can provide valuable insight into calf function. Visser et al. (2025) 🔗 https://t.co/uVY5VfdpDW

Energy needs must be restored *before* starting any strength work in athletes with RED-S. If done so it has multiple potential benefits. Our graphic summarises recommendations from an excellent recent paper by Dr Rich Blagrove & colleagues, available here:

Do you treat injured runners? Keen to get them back on track (excuse the pun 😉)? Join us for a weekend devoted to running rehab and guiding your patients back to the sport they love! 🏃‍♂️ Our next UK course is in Aylesbury in January. Visit https://t.co/JNqUr6iFvA to book your

What happens when we run faster?🏃‍♂️ 1. Peak muscles forces increase, especially for the hamstrings & hip flexors 2. Acceleration is largely achieved by increasing step length at low speeds & step rate at high speeds 3. Runners may change foot strike but individual response varies