Tag: injury prevention
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Return-to-Play Testing: What the Symmetry Score Misses
An athlete can hit a passing symmetry score and still carry real reinjury risk. This article covers what research on return-to-play testing has found, why the standard limb symmetry index has documented validity problems, and what a more defensible testing approach looks like.
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Why Your Most Compliant Athletes Are the Hardest to Coach
An athlete who never misses a session and never complains is not necessarily an athlete without a problem. Research on overreaching shows highly motivated athletes systematically under-report strain, concealing risk that a coach relying on compliance alone will not see.