Sports Injuries

Coaches Beware... Flat Feet Can Affect Your Players Balance

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Feet, NFL Coaches, Sports, Instant Arches Baseball, Flat Feet, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Women's Tennis, Balance, Sports Injuries, Tennis, College Basketball, Sports News

In my practice the first thing that I determine when I'm evaluating a player is what their feet are doing when they hit the ground. If the player's foot is flat it can lead to balance problems.

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Coaching Our Kids To Fewer Injuries

Kate Carr | Posted 04.25.2012

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If you are a parent or young athlete, do you know how much training in sports injury prevention your coaches have had? How do you help coach a child to fewer sports injuries?

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10 Surefire Ways To Keep Your Muscles Strong And Avoid Injury

Jordan D. Metzl, M.D. | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Avoiding Sport Injury, Avoiding Sports Injuries, Sports, Sports Injuries, Preventing Fitness Injury, Preventing Sports Injuries, Sport Injuries, Fitness, Athlete, Fitness and Exercise, Sports Injury, Sport Injury, Sports Medicine, Athletics, Healthy Living News

A lot of things can cause an injury, and we have a lot of body parts that can be hurt. These are my top 10 prime directives for keeping your muscles strong and avoiding injury.

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Keeping Football Exciting While Reducing the Threat of Traumatic Head Injuries

Naveen Jain | Posted 05.27.2012

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We must spotlight the serious threat that head injuries and brain trauma can have on the lives of our young athletes.

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Greek Mythology Isn't the Only Place to Have Achilles Problems

Dr. Josh Dines and Dr. Rock Positano | Posted 05.19.2012

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Achilles' tendon problems aren't limited to Greek mythology. They affect thousands of athletes every year, even those at the highest level. These injuries must be treated quickly and appropriately or they can severely hinder performance.

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The Danger for Children in School Sports

Chloe Spencer | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: High School Sports, Sports Injuries, Children Sports Pressure, Kids Sports Injuries, Kids Sports Pressure, Safety Children Sports, Sports Injuries Children, Children Sports, Parents News

This is where you come in. Look into your child's sports. Check up on their health, on their coach, on how often they have practice. You have to be persistent! But you may just end up saving your child's ankle, leg, arm, or even his or her life.

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Group Aims To Reveal Scary Truth Of Kid Sports Injuries

AP | By NANCY ARMOUR | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Kids Sports Injuries, Sports Injuries, Kids-Concussion, Hit Count, Kids Sports Injury Statistics, Kids Sports, Kids Playing Sports, Parents News

INDIANAPOLIS -- Kids playing contact sports are suffering too many blows to the head, and an advocacy group is calling for a "hit count" to total them...

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How To Avoid Getting Hurt In A Yoga Class

Kelly Moore | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: Yoga Injuries, Yoga, Healthy Living, Personal Health, Stress Reduction, Sports Injuries, Benefits of Yoga, Yoga and Health, Yoga for Health, Yoga Benefits, Yoga Health, Health Benefits Yoga, Healthy Living News

Despite the doom and gloom scenario painted by the New York Times, the average Jane or Joe can practice yoga without having back surgery, popping a hamstring or making a trip to the emergency room (or even the drugstore) simply by following two simple guidelines.

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Athletes Beware -- Aches, Pains and Strains; How Did That Happen?

Dr. Steve Rosenberg | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Arch-Supports, Arnica, College Athletes, Achilles Tendonitis, Bones, Baseball, Athletes, Instant-Arches-Baseball, Softball, Dr. Rosenberg's Instant Arches, Foot Injury, Sports Injuries, High School Athletes, Sports News

No matter what position you play injuries can occur while playing; in your shoulder, legs, ankles and feet. The questions are: How did it happen and when can I play?

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The 50 Must Devastating Sports Injuries

Bleacher Report | Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Joe-Theismann, Most Devastating Sports Injuries, Sports Injuries, Clint Malarchuck, Gruesome Sports Injuries, Sports News

Warning: If you don't like seeing injuries that cause spurting blood, limbs that bend in the wrong direction, and brutal collisions, this probably isn...

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More Kids Than Ever Head To The ER With Concussions

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Healthy Kids, Concussions, Kids Sports Injuries, Parents-Childrens-Healthy-Lifestyle, Sports Injuries, Concussions in Kids, Parents News

ATLANTA — The number of athletic children going to hospitals with concussions is up 60 percent in the past decade, a finding that is likely due ...

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'Hero Runner' Rescues Bleeding Opponent

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Cross Country Meets, Cross Country Running, Stiches, Athletic Injuries, Sports Injuries, Heroism, Cross Country Injuries, Sports Injury, Video, Education News

When a loud scream interrupted a cross country meet for a Minnesota high school, most of the runners didn't stop to investigate, Yahoo Sports reported...

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On The Soccer Field, Women Aren't Faking It

Posted 09.06.2011

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Turns out that when it comes to sports injuries, women aren't faking it. Female soccer players are half as likely to fake an injury as their male c...

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Mixed Martial Arts In New York: Still Fighting For The Right

Steven Jefferies | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Law, Ufc, New York, Mma, New York City, Mixed Martial Arts, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Legalization, Sports Injuries, Contact Sport, Sports News

Despite a turbulent beginning, mixed martial arts competitions are currently legal in 45 states. New York is one of three remaining holdouts.

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Reversing the Irreversible

Penny Love Hoff | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Pain, Aging, Health, Hip-Pain, Fitness Tips, The Four Noble Truths, Buddhism, Sports Injuries, Illness, Thr, Healthy Living News

What if all woke up to the fact that our health, our fortune and even our lives will end someday, that tsunamis do hit, and that a foreclosure notice could be posted tomorrow?

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Specialization vs. Sampling in Youth Sports: Which Is Healthier?

Sharon Chirban, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Overuse Injuries, Sports Injuries, Healthy Lifestyle, Youth Sports, Personal Health, Home News

As much as we want our children to be good at sports, we must also remember to be good sports parents -- which means no pushing, no pressure and doing what is best for their health and development.

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Females Down for the Count

Hilary Levey Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Field-Hockey, Title IX, Wrestling, Sports Injuries, Joel Northup Cassy Herkelman, Women in Sports, The Playing Field, Sports News

The question is whether or not males and females should be given opportunities to participate in the same sports, but be segregated by sex.

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'It's Bigger Than Professional Football': Talking to NFLPA President DeMaurice Smith

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross spoke out for the logic of extending the current 16-game season to 18 games. NFL Players Association President DeMaurice Smith wasted no time striking back at Ross.

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GDoes A Head Injury Continue To Affect Cognitive Function?

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Concussion Dangers, Concussions in High School Sports, Sports Concussions, Mental Health, Brain, Dr. Braunstein, Dangers of Concussions, Brain Injury, Concussions, Disorientation, Memory Loss, Sports Injuries, Concussion Risks, Home News

One of the biggest problems with concussions is a simple lack of respect for the gravity of the condition. This trauma causes the brain to go into shock and temporarily stop working properly.

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Cross-Training and the "Endorphin High"

Michael Boblett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Like all mind-altering substances, endorphins must be used responsibly. Sure, the endorphin-high is the safest way of getting high, but there are also hidden dangers -- the greatest of which being overtraining.

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Contact Sports And the Adolescent Brain

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Brain Trauma, NFL Brain Trauma, Brain Development, Dr Helene Pavlov, Sports Injuries, Adolescent Health, NFL Head Injuries, Healthy Living News

Neurologists are still learning not only how the brain works, but how it matures. Chronic trauma to the brain at a young age could possibly lead to chronic progressive disabling neurological disorders later on.

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Con Games: Football Playing Head Games

Michael Conniff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Football Helmets, Head Trauma, Nfl, Nfl-Head-Trauma, Football, Conscussions, Sports, Head Injuries, Sports Injuries, NFL Head Injuries, New York Jets, Sports News

Football on the pro and the collegiate level is on the brink of a catastrophe that you can see coming a mile away: somebody is going to die. Don't you think it might help if helmets wouldn't fall off?

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Head Games And Youth Sports: Have We Gone Too Far?

Richard C. Senelick, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Youth-Sports-Violence, Youth-Hockey, Youth-Sports-Concussions, Head Injuries, NFL Dementia, Sports Injuries, NFL Head Injuries, Dementia Prevention, Health, Healthy Living News

We have to ask, what is the risk of letting our children participate in contact sports and what can be done to protect them?

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What Can Basketball Teach Us About Lovingkindness?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Basketball, Sharon Salzberg, NCAA Tournament, Butler, Sports Injuries, Da'Sean Butler, Healthy Living News

We should practice lovingkindness both on and off the court, on game days and off season, whether injured or healthy, in the prime of our game, or at the end of our careers.

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Most Gruesome Sports Injuries

New York Daily News | Posted 05.25.2011

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Athletes are always putting themselves and their bodies on the line in the name of pride, glory and victory, but sometimes their bodies breakdown. Or,...

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