sports injuries


Why ACL Injuries Are More Common in Women

Although the knee’s only job is to bend and straighten the leg, it requires a vast collection of bones, muscles, tendons and cartilage to pull off this simple feat. And because it’s designed to stick to such a rigid path of movement, any little tweak puts all of those moving parts at risk for injury. […]


Pain Management in the Athlete

Pain management in the athlete represents a great challenge.  From an athlete’s perspective, pain is a reminder that the body has not yet healed from an injury.  Athletes place an extraordinary amount of stress and demand on their bodies.  Pain can thus be a result of bone trauma, muscle strain, or a soft tissue / […]


Hip Injuries and Pain Management

Hip injuries are a very common problem among people of all ages and become even more prevalent after the age of 50. They are most likely to occur in very active people from hard use, or very inactive ones, due to deterioration in bones and muscles. Hips are in constant use, only resting when you’re […]


Jumpers Knee (Patella Tendonitis)

What is Jumpers Knee / Patellar Tendinopathy? The patella tendon / ligament joins the kneecap (patella) to the shin bone or tibia. This tendon is extremely strong and allows the quadriceps muscle group to straighten the leg. The quadriceps actively straighten the knee in jumping to propel the individual off the ground as well as […]


Radial Nerve Dysfunction

Radial nerve dysfunction is a problem with the radial nerve. Damage to the radial nerve leads to problems with movement or sensation of the back of the arm (triceps), forearm, or hand. Causes Radial neuropathy occurs when there is damage to the radial nerve, which travels down the arm and controls movement of the triceps […]


Are You Making Your Pain Worse?

If you suffer from chronic pain, it can be disabling and disrupt your life. Although it is difficult to treat chronic pain, the pain can be managed through a variety of methods. However, during the course of your pain treatment, there may be some setbacks that you experience. Some things that people do can actually […]


Treating the Chronic Pain Patient With Analgesics

Millions of Americans suffer from chronic pain conditions every year. The first medications that are most likely to be prescribed for chronic pain, except pain that is obviously due to nerve damage, fall under the category called analgesics. “Algia” is the Latin root word that means “pain,” so analgesics are anti-pain agents. Most pain medications […]


Working Out With Chronic Pain

The superhuman ability to shrug off pain like an oversized jacket might seem like the domain of athletes—remember Keri Strug’s unbelievable one-legged vault in the ’96 Olympics?—but a new study in the journal Pain shows that anyone can boost their pain tolerance.   5 Best Workouts For Chronic Pain After analyzing 15 studies of athletes around the […]


What is Turf Toe?

Turf toe is an painful injury to the base of the big toe that typically occurs in athletes who play field sports, such as football, baseball or soccer. Turf toe describes an injury to the joint at the base of the big toe when an athlete forcefully jams his toe into the ground or bends […]


Barefoot Running: Worth A Try, or Just Another Trend?

Barefoot running becomes trendier as fitness enthusiasts search for innovative and efficient methods to maximize the benefits of their workouts. As its popularity rises, so do the voices of proponents and skeptics. Many fitness gurus advertise what they describe to be the undeniable benefits of barefoot running. Other medical and fitness experts advise against barefoot […]