3205 days ago

Poll: Woe to go: How important is technique when exercising?

Reporter The Eye

Reporter Joanna Griffiths talks to 16-year-old athletics enthusiast Jessica Senior to find out the risks of not using the correct technique when exercising, stretching or competing in sporting events.
As Jessica Senior, 16, let go of the javelin, hurling it through the air, she knew something was not right.
While practising at an athletics club meet in Dunedin in December 2016, two weeks before she was to compete at the National Championships, Jessica strained the ligaments in her arm around her elbow.
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Woe to go: How important is technique when exercising?
  • 27.3% Dont care the main thing is that I am exercising
    27.3% Complete
  • 45.5% It is import to have the correct technique when exercising
    45.5% Complete
  • 27.3% I never thought about it before
    27.3% Complete
11 votes
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As part of our investigations, we would like to hear from anyone who was on or around Queens Drive between 12am and 12:30am on Wednesday 3 December , or anyone with information that could assist.

Please contact Police via 105 either over the phone or online, referencing file number 251203/6133.

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