From personal experiences to injury to patient success stories, exercise never figured prominently in these doctors’ practice ...

Exercise physiologists (EPs) are increasingly recognised for their role in supporting people with lived experience of mental health challenges through structured, evidence-based exercise interventions ...

Because adolescents face injury rates nearly triple those of adults, the mental side of rehab is especially important. Illustration Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; iStock This story is part of Peak, The ...

Parents of athletic children can protect them from injury by encouraging them to try out a wide variety of sports, a new study says. Repetitive stress from focusing on one sport at a young age ...

Speaking from my experience, both as a clinical psychologist and as an ultrarunner, sports injuries are rough on mental health. Injury does not just affect the body; it also impacts identity, routine, ...

Despite strong scientific evidence supporting sports injury prevention, implementation in real-world sport settings remains limited. Understanding how prevention is perceived and practised by those ...

Sarah Johnson remembers the distress with which female athletes uttered the words “anterior cruciate ligament (ACL)”. She remembers the word “epidemic” branded across newspapers and websites. But ...

Soccer is faster and more physically demanding than ever—and injuries are one of the biggest challenges facing the modern game. Muscle strains, ligament damage and long-term rehabilitation can affect ...

During the pandemic, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission recorded a 48% spike in at-home exercise injuries. You might think that the culprit was bad equipment, but it was bad form. People had no ...

IMAGINE kicking a ball, lunging for a shuttlecock, or landing from a jump, then it happens. A sharp pain, a pop in the knee, and suddenly, you cannot stand. Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries ...