Sports Injury: Seeing a doctor vs. ignoring the pain When is it time to see an athlete injury doctor? Tennis players, swimmers, cyclists or runners run the risk of suffering tennis elbow, an aching shoulder, sore knees or pain in your heel. Whether your a professional athlete or a weekend warrior working out and physical …
Category: sports injury
Dec 11
ACL Tear? Are You Ready Fo Rehab?
Your Career Does Not Have To End After An ACL Tear Have you injured you ACL? You may be ready for rehab. Pain management physicians will begin by increasing your range of motion through physical therapy. The objective is to build strength to the damaged region. Football players, skiers, trail runners, soccer players, who suffer a …
Jan 11
Practicing Safe Yoga — 5 Tips to Avoid Injuries
Can yoga wreck your body? A recent article in the New York Times 1 argues that it can, quoting the increase of yoga-related injuries in recent years as the number of yoga practitioners has soared. Indeed, the number of yoga injuries treated in emergency rooms or doctors’ offices rose to 5,500 in 2007, according to …
Mar 22
Contact Sports Injuries
What is an impact contact sport? Sport like hockey, football, rugby especially on a pro level, can result in serious injuries. Injuries come with the territory for professional athlete’s. Keep in mind though not just professional athletes run the risk of injury, any person on the football field, swimming, shooting hoops, hitting the ski slopes, …