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Injury prevention plays an important role in the promotion of safe exercise. The worst Injuries are those that can be easily avoided. In elite sport we often use more of a risk management technique. Aside from its well-known health benefits, sporting and leisure activities May cause various sports injuries which will vary from sport to sport, person to person and the way and the amount that you train, the training programs you follow and generally how you look after yourself.i.e:- FOOD, HYDRATE, REST, POSTURE, SLEEP, AGE, ETC, AND DO YOU USE THE CORRECT EQUIPMTNT There are many different methods, theories and practices that coaches, fellow training partners, athletes will recommend, so advice comes at you from all angles. There have been many studies, but so often the results are inconclusive. Having said all that, I will give our view from the evidence and results we have had over the years of practicing in injury prevention. It will cover the beginner to the elite and from the young to the old and anywhere in between, So as you can see it certainly changes from individual to individual as we are all unique. We mainly see two types of injuries, Acute and Overuse. Acute Injuries normally happens at that time where you twist an ankle or sprain a knee, fall off your bike, drop something on your foot etc. These injuries are hard to prevent as the surface could of be uneven, someone landed on or dropped something on your foot. Overuse Injuries are more preventable injuries, these normally come for a couple of reasons. • Not being in proper shape before the season • Not preparing yourself before participation of your chosen sport or exercise. • Doing too much to quick. To help prevent overuse Injuries there are a few basic rules. 1.If it’s something like football, get in shape before the season starts, try and ensure good form and posture throughout the day. 2. Warm up to Warming up, Do your Pre activity warm up and something like a light jog to get the heart rate up. Try and make this a sport specific activity. 3. This is often neglected: - a Cool Down & Stretch and plan your rest days. 4. Nutrition, eat like a champ. 5. Treat your Injuries. If you do have a specific injury that you feel is becoming an overuse injury, rest it or get into see a sports medicine physician. The sooner it’s taken care of the quicker it will heal and the faster you’ll be back to your exercises or sport. Pain that exists for more then a week that tends to get worse or more frequent with activity is the time and reason to seek advice. Over the coming weeks we will cover what we mentioned earlier to help you on your fitness journey and what is listed below, but not limited to and other issues you would like us to cover for instance. • Various Injuries, and their treatment • Food and Hydration • Sleep and rest, • Posture • Ages: Different injuries related to different Ages and training differences to get best results. • Using the correct equipment for your sport • Stretching for specific sports • Common injuries and their treatments • Returning to sport and high-level activities I.E DON’T JUMP INTO YOUR END GOAL • Our aim is to show some information and exercise from the research setting. What normally happens it takes ages to get to the everyday sports man, i.e. mind the Gap. Research........................ MIND THE GAP. .............................Elite Sport Settings (Let’s get this knowledge of injury prevention out to you.)