A common problem amongst mainly big-gear cyclists is painful VMO’s -medial Quadriceps. The VMO is the small bulky muscle on the inside of your leg, just above the knee. When riding bigger gears, you use mainly the big bulky Quadricep muscle on the outside of the thigh. This muscle responds by shortening, which causes lengthening [...]

Shin splints is a common injury in all running and jumping sports. The athlete complains of pain on the inside of the shin-bone when landing on the foot. If the athlete continues to train through pain, it can result in a stress-fracture which could mean weeks of non-training. It is important to understand the cause [...]

I receive so many emails with questions about orthotics and I will share this recent one with you, including my comments: ‘Hi Benita, It’s taken me a while to get into the program but I’ve switched to your system of Bunkies and stretch tests now and I can see light at the end of the [...]

“I have worked with sports injuries and particularly runners for the past 24 years. Initially I followed the 20 second stretching rules I was trained to do, and which was supported in most of the textbooks etc.. However since 1995, I worked with professional athletes who were tired of chronic recurring injuries and we decided [...]

Last year a 18 year old pole-vaulter consulted me about a stress-fracture of her left foot. She hobbled into the practice on a “moon-boot”, an ‘aircast’ brace which immobilized the foot, but allowed full weight-bearing when walking. Stress fractures of the foot is a common injury amongst pole-vaulters due to the imbalance created by carrying [...]

Since my practice focus only on sport, we see many young children (11-17 years) with sport injuries. The saddest  fact though is that we see more and more of these children who already show recurring injuries due to overtraining! So how much training should a young child be allowed to do? The focus of this article is [...]

I came accross the Yellow Page Wedges for the first time in 1990 when Jenni Rorrison (who now practice in Muizenberg, South Africa) rent a room in my practice in Durbanville to do massaging and wedges. Jenni copied the technique (which is based on applied kinesiology) from dr Ron Holder, the guru, chiropractor and applied kinesiologist, who is based in [...]