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Heart Rate Variability – Monitoring your body’s response to training stress

Heart Rate Variability – Monitoring your body’s response to training stress

The electrical signal of the heart can be measured on an electrocardiogram, giving a reading looking like this:       The part of the nervous system that regulates the function of the organs and the cardiovascular system is the autonomic nervous system (ANS)1. This has two sections, the sympathetic nervous which stimulates things for example exercising, and the parasympathetic…

Osteopathy for AFL Football

Osteopathy for AFL Football

With the AFL season fast approaching, what better time to talk about how an Osteopath at the Melbourne Osteopathy Sports Injury Centre can assess, treat, manage, rehabilitate and advise an Australian Rules football athlete. In addition, we will also take a look at how training emphasis and structure can change throughout the season.