Introduction: How do light weighted vests alter sprint performance and running mechanics in female basketball players? Weighted vests are an attractive training tool. They are simple, portable and easy to incorporate into sprint drills without the need for sleds, cables or specialist equipment. But there is an important question for athletes and clinicians: how much additional load can we introduce before the mechanics we are trying to train begin to change? A new study by Kosuke Hiruma,...

Chronic ankle instability - a systematic review Chronic ankle instability (CAI) derails training, alters running mechanics, and drives re‑sprain risk and long‑term joint degeneration. A new systematic review and meta‑analysis in PLOS ONE (2025) aggregates 12 randomised trials (n=405) testing proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) for CAI. For podiatrists, physios, and performance coaches working with runners, the paper is timely. PNF is already in many clinics, but its specific value...

A look at steroid injections for foot and ankle osteoarthritis Foot and ankle osteoarthritis (OA) is common, performance-limiting, and often painful in push-off phases that matter to runners and field-sport athletes. In clinic, steroid injections are frequently used to “calm inflammation” and "buy a training window". This new systematic review and meta-analysis asks a simple question: what is the actual randomised-trial evidence for intra-articular corticosteroid injections in foot and ankle...