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Craig Pickering

How we can prevent a post-lockdown leg injury surge

April 21, 2020/by Craig Pickering

We’re in unprecedented times, with the COVID-19-driven lockdown of many countries and cities affecting athletes ability to train. The long-term effects of this lockdown, and how it might influence performance in 2021, are impossible to predict. However an older study, published in 2011 and widely shared on social media in the last couple of weeks, might give us some potentially crucial insights.


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Tags: Featured, General Training, Injury Prevention, Load Management, Sports Science
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Craig Pickering is the Director of Performance Sustainability for Athletics Australia. He combines his sports science background and experience as a world-class sprinter and bobsledder to help athletes in all sports.

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