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Reducing injury risk and returning to sport safely.

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Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio: A Practical Guide for Coaches

ACWR became one of the most widely adopted load-monitoring tools in sport on the promise that spikes in training load predict injury. The underlying research is more contested than the popular "sweet spot" charts suggest — here's how to use it without over-trusting it.

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DeloadHQJuly 26, 2026·2 min read
Sports ScienceInjury Prevention

Return-to-Play After Injury: Why Time Alone Isn't a Good Enough Criterion

"Six weeks in a boot" tells you almost nothing about whether tissue can actually handle sport again. International consensus guidelines now recommend criteria-based return-to-play decisions instead — here's what that looks like in practice.

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DeloadHQJuly 25, 2026·2 min read

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