Head injury is one of the commonest injuries in sport. Most are mild but some can have serious outcomes. Sports medicine doctors should be able to recognise the clinical features and evaluate athletes with head injury. It is necessary during field assessment to recognise signs and symptoms that...
For future prevention, proper form must be observed during physical activities, while frequent breaks must also be taken between workouts to avoid overuse injuries. Eating foods rich in proteins will keep strong tendons resilient. Tendonitis can be an excruciatingly painful experience, but with proper ...
You may not always be able to prevent them. But it helps to know the risk factors. Falling is the leading cause of sports injuries. Other common reasons include overexertion and being struck by or against something. Here are some ways to avoid getting hurt: ...
RELATED:How to do HIIT Without Getting Hurt No one training routine can account for or prevent all of these circumstances from occurring; but athletes can take a number of simple steps to reduce common injuries in sports. Getting proper rest, eating appropriate foods, and taking in adequate hyd...
The majority of injuries during sport are to the lower extremity (more than 50%), most of which occur in children and young adults younger than 25 years and involve fractures, ligament injuries, or tendon injuries. This article discusses the etiology of some of the most common foot and ankle...
Injuries to the hip do not account for a large proportion of the sports physician’s workload, but may result in significant morbidity. The wide variety of acute, subacute and chronic injuries, affecting both the joint and surrounding soft tissues, can prove a diagnostic dilemma. The ...
Common peroneal nerve (CPN) injuries can be the result of several mechanisms and are the most common nerve lesions of the lower limb. Sports-related knee injuries are frequently associated with multiligament lesions and neurovascular lesions. Complete nerve injuries typically have a worse prognosis th...
The ability of doctors in primary care sports medicine to sift the evidence about the diagnosis and treatment of sporting injuries, identify the 'truth' and then implement this into clinical practice is limited by time and resources. This is especially true in rural areas or in the primary care...
Having had several overuse injuries, I am now much more careful in paying attention to my body. Have you ever had an overuse injury? stopsportsinjuries.org Feedback Junction Where Thoughts and Opinions Converge Haha I have a torn acl right now from playing soccer ! That picture though......
Water sports injuries are common in adolescents and uncommon in children The location and severity of injury depends upon the specific participation and the level of competition Plain radiographs, ultrasonography and MR imaging, have distinct indications CT is the method of first choice for imaging all...