Sports Performance

Surfing ankle injuries are rising, surf rehab must include plyometric jumping, heavy strength training and visual chaos drills to build capacity and reduce injury risk. Here's how I do it.

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Surfing is meant to be relaxing, fun and a blast. If your fitness is not up to the mark it can be a complete slog. As a physiotherapist based in Truro, Cornwall, I work with surfers from Newquay, Perranporth, and Falmouth who struggle with nagging pain or injury and build their paddling endurance and stop them getting caught inside between sets. Here is a summary table of how I would program it. Surf fitness pillar 1: Build a big engine capable of paddling for minutes on end