Swedish Sports Therapy

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Our treatment room is finally completely renovated and decorated! Feel free to contact us and book in for a treatment to be able to enjoy this great space and treatment expertise 💫

New design and newly upgraded facilities - Welcome!

Is altitude the way to go?

Could altitude training benefit team-sport athletes? Following the dominance of altitude acclimatised athletes during the 1968 Olympic Games held in Mexico City (2400 m), and early anecdotal training experiments in the USA in the 1970s, altitude (hypoxic) training has become very popular among individual endurance athletes including marathon runners...

Musculoskeletal pain and exercise, a combination of pain management and adaptation

Musculoskeletal pain and exercise—challenging existing paradigms and introducing new Chronic musculoskeletal pain remains a huge challenge for clinicians and researchers. Exercise interventions are the cornerstone of management for musculoskeletal pain conditions,1 with the benefits being well-established.1 2 Exact mechanisms underpinning this effect on musculoskeletal pain are curr...

Coffee, does it make me better or worse?

Why regular coffee intake could worsen sports performance Many athletes turn to caffeine as a way of boosting their performance, but a new study suggests that regular caffeine intake may have the opposite effect.

When is it too much?

How much exercise is too much of a good thing? What made Larry Brown's addiction acceptable was that it was, at least on the surface, good for him.

Concussion Assessment Tool

This fall we will be conducting baseline concussion assessments tests on athletes to give them a better foundation to build from when and if they get a concussion further on

The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5) This paper presents the Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 5th Edition (SCAT5), which is the most recent revision of a sport concussion evaluation tool for use by healthcare professionals in the acute evaluation of suspected concussion. The revision of the SCAT3 (first published in 2013) culminated in...

Swedish Sports Therapy updated their information in their About section.

Go and have a look at our new and updated website!

www.swedishsportstherapy.com

Update:

Out of the office until Monday morning, happy Easter everyone! 🐣

It's not always about Cycling

Doctors Explain How Hiking Actually Changes Our Brains While it may seem obvious that a good hike through a forest or up a mountain can cleanse your mind, body, and soul, science is now discovering that hiking can actually change your brain… for the better! Hiking in Nature Can Stop Negative, Obsessive Thoughts Aside from the almost instant feeling of c...

Back in Girona next week and open for treatments from Tuesday

Have you ever thought of this? Maybe you should..

Scientists Have Recently Advised Women to Stop Wearing Bras. This is Why... Here's why you should seriously consider ditching your bra...

Posture is important, but it doesn't have to be perfect

Perfect posture doesn't exist - FXNL Media Inc. Posture is important. But do we overemphasize its importance when it comes to injuries and pain? Dr. Greg Lehman, BKin, MSc, DC, MScPT, explores when biomechanics and posture are important and when they're not. Greg also shares current research on the relationship between biomechanical factors and p...

If you are in Girona and need a treatment or massage, this is where you find us!

Instagram post by The Service Course Girona • Jan 17, 2017 at 9:08am UTC 270 Likes, 6 Comments - The Service Course Girona () on Instagram: “Put some hours in on the bike? Tense? Recovery is equally as important as training. Recover right.…”