Martial arts training requires physical exertion. Whether it be in warm ups, practice kicking or sparring, you need to exert physical force. As a result of this, injury is inevitable. When you kick or … [Read more...]
Injuries
Although the occasional injury is part and parcel of any martial art, there are steps you can take to ensure that you get as few as possible. Proper preparation and conditioning outside of class is a part of it, but also a good warm-up routine can also ensure you are ready for action.
As well as injury prevention it is also important to know how to treat an injury if you do happen to get one.
And finally if you do have ongoing injuries or limitations you need to understand how to work within those limitations while remaining active in the martial art of your choice.
Ice Compress: Immediate Remedy for Martial Arts Training Injury
Like any other form of physical activity, martial arts training involves risks. Among these risks, the most immediate is the risk of incurring injury. Because of this, it's always prudent for … [Read more...]
How Improper Jing Training Can Cause Injury
Martial arts in itself is a physical activity. This means, every aspect of your bodily functions are involved during training. Because of this, there is a risk of injuring a muscle or any part of your … [Read more...]
Pain and Injury Treatment
In this fourth part in his Series on Pain Craig Hart takes a look at different approaches to treating pain and injury. Actually this is a subject that could be written about endlessly because there … [Read more...]
Pain in Middle Aged Martial Artists – How Supplements Can Help Prevent Injury
In this third part in his Series on Pain Craig Hart continues looking into the relationship between diet and its effect on pain. This time with an eye on supplements. Make sure you grab a coffee … [Read more...]
The Influence of Diet on Pain and Injury in Older Martial Artists
In this second part in his Series on Pain Craig Hart explores the relationship between diet and the effect of diet on pain, and on recovery from injury. And not just injury, but also the recovery … [Read more...]
Pain and the Over 40 Martial Artist
Martial Artists are usually no strangers to pain. As older martial artists we need to be more aware of what causes pain, and what to do when we have it. Pain really is our friend, and is trying to … [Read more...]
Injury Prevention Through Musculoskeletal Exercise
By M D Wright Our bodies are built to endure basic, everyday use. But without care and consideration to the multiple parts that are always in play, we run the risk of incurring injury. Countering … [Read more...]
Preventing Injury – Tricks For The 40+ Practitioner
When you are over 40, injury prevention becomes a much more important aspect of your exercise regimen. Taking steps to prevent injury is always an important part of any athletic person's exercise … [Read more...]