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Remember to give yourself a breakĮven before you stride out onto the pitch, court or field, it's worth getting checked out by your GP, says Dr Hagstrom, particularly if you're a bit older or taking up a high-impact, high-intensity sport. 'Often AFL players who have an interrupted preseason continually have little soft tissue injuries throughout the season, even when they've got professionals looking after them, because they tried to push to play in round one,' Professor Hayes says.

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'The temptation is always that people want to be able to play in round one, and as soon as you're playing at sub-100 per cent, that's when things can go wrong.'Įven professional athletes fall into the trap of playing before their body is ready. The trick is to know when that pain tips over into a warning that you're pushing it too far.

When you exercise, the muscles doing the work and the connective tissue around them get damaged, hence post-workout soreness.Īs your muscles repair that damage, they grow back stronger. It's normal to feel a bit of pain when you start moving your body in new ways. 'Lots of people can run, but if you then put a football in front of them and they have to suddenly kick while running, then they become less coordinated and this increases the risk of injury.' The line between good pain and bad The more comfortable you are in performing an action and the more naturally it comes to you, the less likely you'll injure yourself, Professor Hayes says.

It's a cliche, but practice can make perfect. Of course, there's no machine at the gym that can fully recreate the experience of kicking a football or thwacking a tennis ball. 'You're not always running in a completely straight line, for instance.' There's not much you can do about injuries from, say, getting knocked to the ground or enthusiastically tackled. But you can lower your risk of non-contact soft tissue injuries such as pulled muscles.ĭone right, kettlebell swings can help condition hamstrings, glutes and back muscles for explosive strength on the field.

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You'll be able to chat with a range of experts offering their tips and tricks on how to get a better night’s sleep, cut back on the booze, improve your diet and start moving more. Join the live conversation at 11:30am AEDT each day from Tuesday, October 11 to Friday, October 14, on the ABC News and Your Move homepages.

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This week, ABC News will be hosting a series of live blogs focusing on key themes from Your Move. So if you're interested in starting a new sport as an over-35er, how can you play without getting sidelined early? Join our Your Move live blogs 'We also now have increased knowledge of what happens with our body , but maybe our approach to that hasn't quite caught up yet.'Īustralia doesn't collect data on injuries sustained in community sport, but ask around any Masters team and you'll find plenty who suffered sprains, strains and niggles at the start of their playing career. 'People will often want to return for the social connection, maybe they've got to the point where their kids are self-sufficient enough that they can re-engage in sport, or perhaps they don't want to just go to the gym.

These days, there seems to be more demand for Masters sports, says Mandy Hagstrom, an exercise scientist at UNSW. Now that lockdowns appear to be behind us, various leagues and tournaments are back up and running, and Masters competitions - usually involving people 35 years and older - are no exception. It was slow going, but Catherine's legs eventually got used to kicking, sprinting and quickly stopping. 'It made me feel really old and unfit, and that's not how I perceived myself before I started.'

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