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How are muscle strains graded or classified?
A FIRST DEGREE strain is a minor trauma to the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) resulting in mild pain, swelling, and disability, but usually does not disrupt the athlete’s ability to produce a normal (albeit...
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What is the most common body part injured in basketball?
The ankle is the most frequently injured part of the basketball player”s anatomy, with the acute sprain of the lateral compartment ligaments being the most common injury. Other regions involved (in...
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What is “Iliotibial Band Syndrome” (I-T Band Syndrome)?
ITB syndrome is lateral knee pain related to irritation and inflammation of the distal portion of the iliotibial band. It is often seen in runners and is often due to training errors (e.g. sudden...
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What is “Golfer’s Elbow”?
Medial epicondylitis, also known as “golfer’s elbow,” usually results from an overuse injury to the forearm, specifically, the muscle-tendon attachment(s) of the flexor/pronator muscle mass to a bony...
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What is “Runners Knee”?
The correct term for runner’s knee is “patellofemoral syndrome.” This is the most common injury in runners and it accounts for up to 30% of running injuries. It is characterized by dull knee pain...
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45% of People With Chronic Neck Pain Attribute Their Pain To a Past Car Accident
People hurt in car crashes, especially rear impact crashes, often complain of neck pain, headaches, dizziness, memory problems, unsteadiness, fatigue, and low back pain. Very often, these symptoms do...
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Understanding Hip Flexor Tendinitis And Finding Relief
Hip and pelvis injuries represent 2 to 5% of all sports injuries. Among these injuries, groin and upper thigh area pain is the most common finding. The most common sports related injuries in the hip...
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Depression and Pain: What We Can Learn From Retired Pro Football Players?
Retired professional football players experience levels of depressive symptoms similar to those of the general population, but the impact of their depressive symptoms is compounded by high levels of...
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Knee Osteoarthritis and the New AAOS Treatment Guidelines
The newly revised 2013 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clinical practice guidelines for knee osteoarthritis (OA) has become a focus for discussion in both the orthopedic and general...
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Painkiller-Related Deaths Among Women Are Skyrocketing
The number of women dying from overdoses of opioid painkillers increased 5-fold between 1999 and 2010, according to new data released on July 2, 2013 by the US Centers for Disease Control and...
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Stop Doing Exercises That Hurt You!
by Dana McDaniel, Strength & Conditioning Coach at Performance Sport-Care In our facility, corrective exercise and strengthening exercise is an important part of our treatment of patients. In the...
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Have you or someone you know sustained a “SLAP tear”?
A “SLAP tear” is a crack or breach of the upper portion of the cartilage “ring” that lines the socket of the shoulder joint. It is generally caused by repetitive stress on the shoulder from sports or...
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What is the most common type of exercise related headache?
Tension headaches! Yes, tension headaches occur as commonly in athletes as they do in the general population. The pain is described as a dull, constant, band-like pressure originating in the back of...
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Creating a strong, fit back and avoiding injury with “dead-lifts.”
The deadlift is considered to be one of the “basic exercises” in weight training. It falls into this category because of the large number of muscles it involves to perform this exercise. For this...
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How are muscle strains graded or classified?
A FIRST DEGREE strain is a minor trauma to the muscle-tendon unit (MTU) resulting in mild pain, swelling, and disability, but usually does not disrupt the athlete’s ability to produce a normal (albeit...
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