A study titled "Heel-to-toe drop of running shoes: a systematic review of its biomechanical effects" aimed to analyze the impact of...

You may have heard many elite athletes undertaking a VO2max and lactate threshold tests.. but what exactly are they? They are performance tests you under take on the treadmill. They usually consist of 2 sections: Repeated 3 minute efforts of increasing speed taking breath samples and blood samples at the end of each one. One all out effort - the treadmill increases in speed or gradient each minute until you can no longer keep up, and then breath and blood samples are taken. V

Knee pain is common issue in children and teenagers, particularly between the ages of 9 – 13, as they go through growth spurts. In this article I will briefly explain growth plates and go through different conditions a child may present with when they suffer from knee pain. Bone Growth in Children Children’s bones have 2 different areas where bone growth occurs: growth plates (Physis) and growth centres (Apophysis). The growth plate runs across the width of the bone, near the