Dr Travis Pollen is an Exercise Science Professor, personal trainer, author, PhD in Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, yoga teacher and American record holding paralympic swimmer .

His research interests focus on movement screening, identifying injury risk and returning to sports for athletes.

In this video, William Chen (physiotherapist) at HealthAide chats to Travis about what exactly is an injury and how injuries happen, how you can identify the risk of injuries and start minimising them. Travis speaks about the importance of strengthening in a yoga setting for injury prevention and performance, as well as tips on how one can start implementing some strength practice.

(0:42) How do injuries occur?

(5:09) What defines an injury?

(10:48) Do niggles count as injuries?

(12:36) Load vs capacity

(14:56) Why objective measures are important for injury risk identification

(18:59) Easy strength measure for amateur athletes

(23:50) Injuries in yoga 27:07 How to start preventing injuries if you do yoga

(33:30) How to start strengthening program

(35:24) Common injuries in yoga

(39:09) Tips for yogi who dislike the gym

(43:03) The most optimal exercise routine

(49:03) Top injury prevention exercises for yoga

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