UCI Para-cycling World Championship 2021
Pieter Du Preez Club100 bought me my first hand cycle after my accident in October 2003 when a car knocked me off my bicycle, this was only the start of an incredible journey over the last 17 years…fast forward to 10 months ago while picking up my then 3 year old son from preschool I had a very bad fall out of my day chair in the parking lot which left me with a broken shoulder and completely dislocated AC joints. This is...
Bay Life Centre
July 2021 Heat The primary function of heat in an injury setting, is to cause an increase in blood flow and relax tight musculature. We discussed how ice is used in an acute setting (1st 48 hrs after an injury) -thus to reduce the inflammatory response, avoiding a backup of red blood cells. Heat will then be used in the phases to follow: a sub-acute and chronic phase once the acute phase has passed (after 48hrs) to encourage blood to...