Carmarthen Injury Clinic

14/09/2026

14/09/2026

12/09/2026

Another acquaintance slipped fell, broke something. May never be the same again.

One of the things I’ve been trying to incorporate into my own training is practiced falling, slowing down, deceleration and abrupt cessations of movement under control. I want to get better at being able to handle the types of situations that normally cause falls. I’m not getting any younger, and I probably won’t be getting significantly stronger, so it comes down to maintaining my strength and learning how to leverage the strength I have to avoid falls.

The byproduct of practicing falling/landing/decelerating is that it makes you better at climbing/jumping/accelerating. Especially for the younger people, doing things like depth drops (where you step off an elevated surface and “stick” the landing) and overspeed eccentrics (where you speed up the eccentric portion of a lift and then quickly slow/stop it and absorb the force) can make you faster and more explosive.

Older people need to be practicing step downs too. And jump downs. Start very small, of course. Pick a 6 inch ledge to jump down from. See how that feels. Land with control. Then land with one foot, and control that.

Be careful with this kind of training. Treat it like anything else—gradual progression once you’ve mastered the movement. But not too careful. It has to be challenging to be meaningful.

But don’t wait until it’s too late. You never know when a fall is coming.

What about you? Do you intentionally work on fall readiness?

27/08/2026

𝗦𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗗 👊

Our Quins side for the second match of pre-season against Tenby.

🫡 G. EVANS captains the side
💪 A few changes from last week as we continue to build
🔥 Another test for the squad

Back at it.

23/08/2026

Good game in BP yesterday. Bit of back and forth with the score before take the game in a preseason friendly.

22/08/2026

𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗘 👊

Here’s your Quins side for our first pre-season friendly of the season against Burry Port.

🫡 T. JAC-DAVIES captains the side
🔥 C. SOANES named as Vice Captain
💪 First years ready for their first test in Quins colours

Time to get the season underway.