10 TIPS THAT CAN HELP REDUCE RISK OF SPORTS RELATED INJURIES.

Remember to approach this by first focusing your mind and body visualizing the specific activity that you wish to engage in..

Proper nutrition and eating the right foods is a pre-requisite.
Maintaining hydration is essential to keep your performance and energy at optimal levels.
Strength training should include stretching, resistance training, push ups, sit ups, squats, etc to build muscle strength.
Cardio training should include repetitive and rhythmic exercises: and high intensity interval training to increase blood flow circulation and heart rate.
Balance training such as Yoga is essential to exercise both left and right sides of your body.

Although sports specific training is paramount always remember to train the core muscles such as abdominal and back muscles for improved stability.
Take time to let different areas of your body recover before resuming your workout routine.
Stretch for 10 min prior warming up for the game.
Prehabilitation is a new approach in sports medicine which is individually designed to prevent sports specific injuries. This approach should be seriously considered.
Sports’ training typically for children focuses mostly on physical strengthening. Training the mind is equally important and should not be neglected. Mind training can focus on progressive relaxation techniques, visualization and breathing techniques.