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Luke Nelson
Luke Nelson
Melbourne, Australia
Chiropractor and Founder of Health & High Performance
Sports Science (Masters)
Sports Chiropractic (Diploma)
ASCA Level 1
About Luke Nelson After graduating from RMIT in 2003, Luke went
into private practice, founding Chiropractic
Solutions in Bentleigh East. After 15 years, it was
time to move on to the next challenge, which saw
him found Health & High Performance in Mont
Albert North.His vision is to provide high quality
healthcare to help keep active individuals and
athletes doing what they love!Luke's special
interest is treating sporting injuries (soft tissue
injuries, ankle sprains, ACL injuries, shoulder
pain) and in particular running injuries (knee pain,
ITB,achilles pain, plantar heel pain). His unique
approach takes a variety of different assessments
and treatment techniques to get to the source of
your problems and get you back on track.In 2016,
Luke was awarded the Australian Chiropractic
Association's "Sports Chiropractor of the year"
for his contributions to the field of Sports
Chiropractic.Luke has worked with a number of
sporting teams and elite athletes from a variety of
different sports including athletics, AFL, triathlon,
golf, cricket, MMA and CrossFit.A keen fitness
enthusiast himself, Luke has competed in a variety
of different sports throughout his life, but his current
number 1 love is running! Luke has completed 5
marathons, an ultra-marathon and 2 Iron Man
triathlons.
ARTICLES
Luke Nelson
“I’ve injured my “insert body part” what can I do?” This is the question most people face when injured and let us firstly state the answer is NOT just rest! The benefits of beginning rehabilitation ASAP on the injured site are clear, but what if I told you that training your uninjured side can result in strength gains on your injured side? Enter the Cross-education effect
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen studied the effects of disuse on muscle strength. This revealed in their younger subjects that two weeks inactivity resulted in a staggering 33% loss in leg strength, leaving ...
Luke Nelson
Our understanding of the science of sleep mirrors
our understanding of the human brain: we are only just scratching the surface
in what we currently know. Yet we know enough to know “how we sleep” affects
every aspect of our lives and performance on the sporting field.
It took for me to have children (who didn’t sleep
at night!!), to really appreciate the impact of poor quality sleep on cognitive
function, immune ability and physical performance! This article will examine
the impact that sleep deficit has on performance and injury, with a future
article discussing how to improve sleep.
Why
do we sleep?
It was once thought that the brain ...