Patellofemoral pain syndrome, known as runner’s knee, is the damage at the meeting point of the kneecap and the thighbone. Mostly athletes who run or put a great strain on their knees are the victims of this condition.
Whenever you’re working out, you have a chance of being injured, but you can mitigate these odds through being safe and knowing proper form. Perhaps nowhere is...
A successful recovery after knee surgery has a lot to do with your rehabilitation process and physical therapy. Although it may be difficult to get on your feet the day after knee surgery, it is important to do so to begin building up your mobility in your artificial knee.
Rotator cuff surgery relates to repair of the four tendons and the related muscles that stabilize the shoulder joint. The rotator cuff allows a person to raise and rotate their arm.
Proper nutrition is essential for any athlete, but becomes a more relevant topic when discussing sports with weight classes for competition. Athletes who participate in sports with specific weight classes can often become victim to focusing on their weight rather than their sport.
It has happened to all of us at some point. You’re playing sports and a ball glances off the tip of your finger. Or you reach for something and jam the tip of your finger. Typically there is a lot of swelling and discomfort afterwards.
Sports participation results in 70 percent of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears and the majority of these occur in 15 to 45 year olds. Approximately 70 percent of ACL injuries are noncontact injuries that occur during a sudden change in...
Athletes participating in outdoor winter sports, such as alpine and cross-country skiing, snowboarding, and mountaineering, are at an increased risk for developing frostbite. Frostbite is a condition in which prolonged exposure to cold...
