Parents, coaches: Don’t ignore broken bones
Fall sports season is upon us. Rough-and-tumble contact sports like football, soccer and lacrosse include…
Browsing: Orthopaedics
It’s not “just a jammed fingerâ€
The “jammed” finger is a common injury in ball sports, such as basketball and football.…
Signs your young athlete is training too much
Sports medicine practitioners have been warning for years that there has been an upswing in…
What’s on your wrist?
The newest trend in fitness is also feeding our tech-crazy appetite for gadgets. Activity monitors,…
3 ways golfers can avoid lower back pain
Lower back pain is the most common golf-related symptom. It affects one out of three…
Bulking up the healthy way
Summer is the off-season for many high school sports, meaning these are the months when…
What do you mean I have flat feet?
Pes planus – better known as flat feet – are fairly common. And while they…
5 tips to handle heat-related illness
People sometimes wonder whether it is safe to exercise in hot weather. It is ““…
Yoda never ran a 5k
Yoda may have been a 900-year-old (although fictional) Jedi master from the Star Wars film…
4 tips to avoid pain caused by computer use
Ergonomics is a word we hear so often but may know little about. Ergonomics is…