Highland Games Injuries and Prevention

[hallmarktex]

One very important rule when training is that it takes about twice as long for tendons and ligaments to strengthen as it does the muscles they support. So if you're able to make strides to improve a movement such as throwing or hurling in six weeks it will be about twelve weeks before the attaching tissue is us to the same standard. In the meantime you should make sure you warm up (as you have stated) and make the movements very controlled and deliberate.

FWIW (I'm not a doctor)

YMMV

[Ryan Nielson]

I don't know if I could offer any advice on this. I would throw a tight weightlifting belt on and see if you can do any type of lifting just to keep you motivated and not give up. If anything you can train the hell out of your grip and that's a lot of fun to get into.

I do some dynamic stretching moves before I train. I got all of them from this DVD http://www.flexcart.com/members/elit...d=277&pid=1427