Kettlebells

Sports therapy isn’t just about treating injuries with massage. It is also about teaching how to prevent performance limiting injuries through correct technique and posture, so that the client can continue to reach their goals, and become fitter and stronger. This “Gains without Pains” series of posts will take common exercises done in the gym and look at correct posture and technique in order to reduce the risk of injury. 

KETTLEBELL SWING

 BENEFITS 

 Good for increasing strength while burning fat  

COMMON MISTAKE

- Don’t start too heavy

 - master the technique first to prevent injury

Signs of poor form:-

• Rounded back 
• Knees buckling in
•  Lifting with the back
•  Shoulder raise – using shoulders and arms for the movement rather than the hips and glutes
•  Sore back 
• Blisters 
• Tendinitis 

GOOD TECHNIQUE 

• keep the back flat 
• squeeze the glutes and push the hips forward on the upward swing 
• slow controlled repetitions will be more effective and reduce the risk of injury