JLCSportsTherapy

🎉Congrats to Elijah one of our Junior Athletes on their recent successes.

🥇Elijah managed to pick up a rather large haul of medals and trophies at his final sports day at Dunclug College

🏋️Elijah has been training with us for 8 months now and has been getting on tremendously.

🏒Elijah has also been seeing great improvements out on the ice hockey rink for both Junior Belfast Giants and Scottish Ice Hockey and is now looking forward to an upcoming training camp in Finland over the summer.

Keep up the excellent work and we look forward to seeing what happens in the future!!

❗️Let’s talk posture❗️

On Monday we touched on how today’s society forces us to sit more than it forces us to be active and how that can cause pain in the lower back.

So we thought why not show you how you should sit, meet Ross and Rachel.

🧔‍♂️Ross
❌Likes to Slouch forward in his chair and has a very rounded upper spine and very flat lower spine
❌Daily pain in his back while he works and is starting to develop chronic back issues
❌Neck Pain and Migraines daily
❌Hips Feel as if they will need replaced by 40 years old
❌Can’t concentrate on his Job

👩‍🦰Rachel
✅Maintains a neutral spine position when seated
✅ No lower back pain while working and has a healthy moving spine
✅No Neck pain or Migraines
✅Joints feel mobile
✅Full of energy and focus

I’m not sure about you but I would far rather be a Rachel than a Ross.

Take care of your back and it’ll take care of you

💥Monday MythBusters💥

MYTH: The best way to recover from injury is to use the R.I.C.E principle (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation).

❌While R.I.C.E may work for small bumps and knocks, what if I told you it just simply isn’t up to injury recovery standards, what if I told you there was something better….

PEACE and LOVE, the new gold standard for injury recovery.

P.E.A.C.E (Days 1-3 Post Injury)

✅P- Protect: Limit Movement to prevent further damage
✅E- Elevate: Raise the injury above the heart to help with reducing swelling
✅A- Avoid Anti-inflammatories
✅C- Compression
✅E- Educate: Learn the importance of active recovery set realistic expectations

L.O.V.E (Day 4 Onwards)

✅L- Load: Gradually reintroduce movement that doesn’t cause too much pain
✅O- Optimism: Keep a positive mindset
✅V- Vascularisation: Gentle cardio to increase blood flow
✅E- Exercise: Restore strength, mobility and proprioception.

This method helps to promote healing to get your recovery back on track.

👉Remember- Injuries don’t need RICE, they need PEACE and LOVE ❤️