Month: October 2024

Spring has sprung

Posted on October 4, 2024 by - Category One

Spring has sprung which means cricket season is officially upon us.

Cricket is a popular non contact sport that requires a combination of physical fitness, skill, and strategy. Overuse and impact injuries are common since players engage in  running, throwing, batting, bowling, catching, and diving. A physiotherapist can identify risk factors for prevention of  sport injuries, provide effective strengthening/conditioning exercise programs  to improve muscle imbalance  and promote safe return to sport

So let’s take a look at some of the most common injuries 

  1. Lower back pain

Lumbar spine injuries are very common in fast bowlers since the technique  involves placing a large amount of force repetitively  through the back  at great speed. The result of repeated or forceful trunk  lateral flexion   with rotation during the delivery stride and follow-through puts the lumbar spine at risk of developing disc degeneration or spondylolysis, a stress fracture occurring at the pars interarticularis. Bowling injuries tend to be overuse injuries and often present gradually over time. It occurs more often in young fast bowlers and  are usually seen on the side opposite to the bowling arm. 

  1. Shoulder injuries

The rotator cuff muscles are stabilizing muscles around the shoulder joint. A rotator cuff injury is an overuse injury due to repeated overhead throwing during fielding, bowling and wicket-keeping. 

  1. Hamstring injuries

Cricketers are prone to hamstring strains because they may be required to perform an explosive movement after a long period of standing relatively still. Hamstring strains  occur during sprinting with  fast bowling, while fielding or sprinting between wickets as a batsman. The severity of the strain may vary between a dull ache or  extreme pain making it difficult to stand or walk.  

 

Contacts to email:

  1. Le page Park – Senior Womens Cricket Co-ordinator – Tim O’Meara  E: [email protected]
  2. Le page Park – Senior Mens Coach – Steve McConchie – E: [email protected]
  3. Chelt cricket [email protected]
  4. Kingston Heath  [email protected]
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