The reason for an injury is simple…. the tissue (muscles, tendon, ligament, cartilage) has exceed its ability to tolerate what is happening or has happened, so that is easy to answer! The issue arises when we look to identify the ‘why’ or ‘the cause’, as this is what allows a plan to be developed to remove it. Below are some of the elements we look at in the Bodifix system.

  1. Is it acute or chronic injury?

An ‘acute’ injury is an injury that happens suddenly,  this may be a hamstring tear, a broken bone or achilleas tear. These happen without a prior feeling and are sudden. A ‘chronic’ injury is one that develops over time and often linked with a gradually increased ‘feeling/sensation’ that develops in that area.  Time and time again, the brain has been telling the injured person it’s not happy, but the signals/feeling is ignored “it was tight for a while, but I thought it would go away”. A chronic injury usually involves an increase in what you are doing whether more running, training days or gardening, or a change with the type of training, such as hills or a different terrain.

  1. Is the injury immediate or only show itself after a period of time?

Can you run for 3 minutes before it begins to hurt, or does it hurt immediately? These can help identify what the issue is. The truth is that an injury becomes more significant if it’s on immediate starting of the exercise/activity.

  1. What has changed?

Have you changed the sport/activity, increased your training time, introduced a new type of training, changed your equipment or on a different surface? These are all elements that allow the possible source or accumulative source of the injury to be identified.

  1. Technique?

The internet is full of information delivered very confidently but with very basic knowledge. Your technique may well be from a personal trainer for example, but for example a level 3 personal trainer has no education on running with the course content. They have not studied biomechanics/human kinesiology and may well be guiding your poorly. Nothing and no one are perfect so double check the information, it’s not rude, its sensible.

  1. Previous injuries?

Reviewing previous injury’s and how you dealt with them is one of the most significant steps when investigating repeated and new injuries. Did you do what was advised? Did the exercises that helped you recover continue during your return to exercise?  Did that advice help, or did it recover due to the time spent not doing the thing that created the injury?

  1. Lifestyle changes?

Have you started to sit more, stand more, stop stretching, reduce your gym work, reduced your sleep or experience additional stress at home or work?

The Bodifix system reviews these areas and identify areas that can eliminate the injury repeating. We don’t believe that an injury is dealt with over a quick consultation. We believe in spending a little more time analysing the training circumstances and reviewing ‘you’ the person. We have the tools and experience to address the issue for the long term.