Archive for the 'sports medicine' Category

Children at Greatest Risk for Sports Injuries

The statistics all around the world are startling; children are much more likely to be injured while playing sports than an adult, even if they are only playing the occasional game.
As parents and adults, how can we protect children from the majority of the injuries? There are some things you can do, [...]

Exposing Shin Splints

One of the harshest and most painful injuries that people suffer from are shin splints.
While a relatively minor injury that does not involve surgery to correct, it does require plenty of rest and careful training to help prevent the injury from becoming worse.
Taking a few minutes to acquaint yourself with shin [...]

Sports Medicine Ventures into Magnetic Therapy

As research all around the medical field continues to expand, the number of doctors who are looking closely at magnetic therapy continues to grow as well.
With side ranges of benefits that can help those in pain without the use of medications, heat or ice this is starting to look like one of the [...]

Purpose of the American College of Sports Medicine

The American College of Sports Medicine is more than just a nifty name; they are the main organization that is working towards improving the entire field of sports medicine with the overall health of athletes in mind.
By taking the ideas and advances in sports medicine and combining them together with the best training [...]

Questions to Ask When Selecting Your Sports Medicine Doctor

Just as cars are not created equally, and neither are sports shoes there are some rather large differences between sports medicine doctors.
The good news is this creates huge amounts of diversity; the bad news is that this can create numerous problems with finding someone who is well qualified to treat sports related injuries [...]