Resilient Physiotherapy & Sports Performance

10/03/2026

SWIPE ➡️ | YOUTH STRENGTH TRAINING: MYTHS BUSTED! 💪🏾🧠

If you’re a parent and the word “weights” makes you think stunted growth or injury waiting to happen… you’re not alone.

But here’s the truth: properly coached strength training is one of the best things a young athlete can do for performance and injury prevention.

As a sports physio working with young athletes, I hear the same myths all the time — and they can hold kids back from building the strength, confidence and resilience they actually need.
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The key isn’t whether kids should strength train… it’s how:
🔸Good coaching
🔸Age-appropriate exercises
🔸Great technique
🔸Sensible progressions
🔸Proper supervision

Got questions or worries about your child starting strength training? DM me — I’m happy to help or point you in the right direction.

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Research paper below to back it up.👇🏾

Faigenbaum AD, Myer GD. Resistance training among young athletes: safety, efficacy and injury prevention effects.

Full text: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3483033/

Key takeaway: properly supervised resistance training in youth is safe and effective, and can help reduce injury risk when used with qualified professionals.

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04/03/2026

Another edition of GUESS THE DIAGNOSIS Parents?? 👀
(Youth edition)

I see this all the time in sporty kids (especially ages 10–14).
Your child who says:

“Back of my heel hurts after running/jumping… I need to come off in the football match…

…and it’s sore when you gently squeeze the heel (but there’s no redness/swelling) — what are you thinking?

Most parents get told it’s “just growing pains”… but there’s usually a clear reason, and a clear plan.

What helps most:
🔸reduce the high-impact stuff briefly (not total rest)
🔸support/cushion the heel

🔸build calf + foot strength back up gradually

SAVE this so you’ve got it when it flares up.

SHARE it with a parent at your club who needs it.

FOLLOW for more rehab + performance tips for young athletes.

Want exercises your child can start with?

Comment “REHAB” and I’ll make a video walking you through them step-by-step.

Diagnosis: Sever’s disease
(heel growth plate irritation).

03/03/2026

Save this one, parents 👇🏾🎾

If your child looks “tight” through the hips, it’s not always a stretching problem.�
A lot of the time it’s a control problem — they can’t own the range yet, so the body finds a way to cheat (or avoid it).

That’s why I love this drill: 90/90 hip work + balancing a tennis ball on a cone. Which is beautiful demonstration by just turned 8 year old tennis player 🎾💙�
It gives instant feedback:
🔸Ball stays still = good control + quality position
🔸Ball drops/wobbles = they’ve rushed it, collapsed, or lost the hip position

How to use it (quick + easy)
1. Get into 90/90 (tall chest)
2. Balance a tennis ball on a cone (or bottle cap)
3. Move slow and keep the ball steady
4. 2 rounds x 20 seconds each side

This is the kind of “mobility” that actually transfers to tennis: mobile + strong + coordinated.

PARENTS 👇🏾

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Use as part of your next warm up 📈🎾

25/02/2026