Category Archives: Sports Injury

Four Reasons Not to Put Off Treatment of Sports Injuries

Athletes want to maximize their physical strength and perform at their best. When your body is healthy and well cared for, you’ll have the capacity to reach your full athletic potential. Unfortunately, as with any athletic pursuit, injuries are inevitable. While some injuries are minor and may only require minimal treatment, others are debilitating and need extensive medical care.

While athletes are often inclined to “push through” an injury and continue to test their physical limits, it’s essential to treat a sports injury as soon as possible. Here, we’ll review the importance of immediate medical attention for sports injuries and how athletes can get back to their training regimen as soon as possible after an injury.

Four Reasons Why You Should Treat Sports Injuries Immediately

  1. By starting treatment sooner, you’ll start improving the injury, rather than exacerbating it. If an injury is left untreated, it will only get worse and will require a more extensive recovery process. The longer you spend in recovery, the less time you’ll be able to spend playing the sport you love.
  2. When you’re injured, your ability to play your sport will suffer. Treating the injury promptly will help preserve your physical ability to play the sport well.
  3. Injury treatment can address biomechanical issues that could cause discomfort or put you at risk. The sooner these problems are addressed, often through physical therapy treatment, the more able you’ll be to maintain a healthy, active body in the long term.
  4. Injury treatment will help you strengthen areas that are weak and need specialized attention. This process will enhance your athletic abilities and minimize the stress exerted on your joints.

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Injury Prevention Programs Are Reducing Injuries and Costs in Youth Soccer

Professional football isn’t the only sport that places players at risk of injury. Even youth soccer puts children in danger of experiencing injuries while playing. A Swiss study recently investigated the potential to decrease the likelihood of injuries in young athletes by implementing an “11+ Kids” injury prevention program. The results prove that typical athletic… Continue Reading

Pro Athletes Saved By PRP

There are few things more important to pro athletes than safeguarding the ability to play their sports. If an injury occurs, the first question is usually, “Will I still be able to play?” In the past, many injuries required invasive treatments that forced players onto the bench for months at a time. All of that… Continue Reading

Effectively Treating and Preventing the Progression of Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is a common yet bothersome condition that many runners and other athletes experience on a daily basis. As an inflammation of the plantar fascia ligament that runs from the heel bone toward the toes, plantar fasciitis causes extreme discomfort and often interferes with athletic goals. The prevention and treatment methods most frequently suggested… Continue Reading

Common Tennis Injuries: Prevention and Treatment

Tennis is a popular sport around the world, but unfortunately its appeal and excitement come with drawbacks. People who frequently play tennis are at high risk of tennis injuries that affect the shoulders, wrists, and elbows. The most common injuries include rotator cuff tears, tennis elbow, and ankle sprains. Fortunately, there are effective prevention and… Continue Reading

Why Today’s Top Athletes are Looking to Stem Cells Instead of Surgery

Top athletes in sports ranging from soccer to golf are hardly strangers to joint, muscle, and ligament pain. Uncomfortable and debilitating injuries, from tennis elbow to ACL tears, have the potential to not only exclude players from their favorite games, but also put them at risk of suffering through risky and inefficient surgeries. This is… Continue Reading

Sports Injuries: The Increased Role of Stem Cells in Treatment

levitra go Over the last ten years, stem cells have evolved from an unknown scientific entity into the foundation of regenerative sports medicine treatments. More than ever before, doctors and scientists understand how stem cells can be utilized to treat sports injuries. From cartilage damage and tennis elbow to bone repair and torn ligaments, there’s… Continue Reading

What’s Most Important to Know about Sports Medicine?

Sports injuries are among the most prevalent day-to-day injuries in America and many other sports-heavy countries. An entire branch of expertise called Sports Medicine has developed over the years to address the multitude of injuries faced by athletes, from cartilage wear and tear to torn muscles and bone fractures.  Just about everybody knows someone who… Continue Reading

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