To make the most of our time in isolation (AKA La Trobe University Working From Home, or #LTUWFH), the LASEM MOVE team have been logging their collected walking, running and riding kilometres in the clubs section of the Strava app, with the aim of making it (virtually) around Australia. As at May 10, we had…read more
Recently, some of the LASEM team featured in these videos on Digital Health. There’s a short version (30 seconds) and a longer one (nearly 3 minutes) and they feature Dr Anthea Clarke, Dr Ebonie Rio, Dr Sean Docking, Dr Andrew Shaefer and Ketha Ledchumanasarma.
Blog by: Dr Andrew Schaefer, La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre Whether it’s during the Cricket World Cup or an Australian summer, you will more than likely hear of a fast bowler suffering from lower back injury. Fast bowlers young and old know the pain of attempting to bowl a 156g ball…read more
In the world of publications, researchers understand the difficult task of publishing in peer reviewed journals. Manuscripts which are accepted often require several revisions and may take up to a year to get published. It can be an arduous task keeping on top of papers and delegating tasks among co-authors. It is with this in…read more
Recently I had the great pleasure of working with @STSkou on a paper related to exercise and physical activity for osteoarthritis. This 2 part blog he provides a great summary on the paper (Editor Jo Monahan). Enjoy the read – Dr Christian Barton Hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA) is among the leading causes of global…read more
It was a pleasure to travel to Perth last weekend. It was a busy weekend, presenting at an evening seminar, the state conference and also on a GLA:D Australia course with my friends at Curtin University. As promised, my slides from the APA presentations are published below If you are interested in the running symposium…read more
Rich Willy, PT, PhD Assistant Professor School of Physical Therapy and Movement Science Missoula, Montana, USA Photo credits: Jackie Merritt Although research has shown resistance training has a multitude of health benefits and reduces risk of overuse injury in athletes by about 50%, many runners skip the weight room…read more
Fantastic GUI on injury prevention created by @RodWhitely can be used here:
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Exercise after cancer is associated with a reduction in cancer related death by up to 50%. Exercise may also reduce the risk of cancer recurrence by up to 35%. Exercise is the number one treatment for the most common and debilitating side effects of cancer – cancer related fatigue. Exercise is also helpful in remedying…read more