Injury Management
According to statisticbrain.com, there are 29,000,000 golfers in the United States. Over nine percent of...
Golf is an “explosive sport”, a term used to describe the rapid development of force or power. The golf stroke includes the rapid acceleration of the club head toward the ball, a complex process that includes use of the lower extremities, hips, trunk, shoulders, elbow and wrist. If you participate in an explosive activity, you are at risk incur injuries, as tissues are stretched beyond their elastic limits.
Kids going through a rapid growth spurt are vulnerable to anterior knee pain. This is...
Achilles tendonitis is an injury of the Achilles tendon, which connects the calf muscle to...
Most of us think of pain only as suffering. And not just suffering, but suffering in...
So what options does the athlete who has active musculoskeletal problems have to reduce the pain? Let’s address three of the most common knee problems: Osteoarthritis (also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, or DJD), Patellar Tendonitis and Patellofemoral Syndrome.
Dr. Erin Boynton, orthopedic surgeon, diagnoses elbow tendonitis (tennis elbow) and discusses options for pain relief and recovery.
By employing injury prevention techniques outlined here you can reduce, but never totally eliminate, the risk. Thigh injuries, like hamstring sprains and quadriceps sprains, which are among the most common seen both in endurance and explosive sports, are more common as the age increases and do not spare athletes of either gender. Younger athletes are not immune.
US National Running Champion Shares Top Five Tips to Prevent Injury If you're an athlete...
How Compression Treatment Helps Heal and Prevent Tennis Injuries Some of the most common injuries...