Posts Tagged ‘sports injuries’

Answering Your Questions About Concussion in Sports 

Concussions are common in athletes.  They are common in contact sports, like football and hockey.  But, concussions also happen in…

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Concussion

Overcome 5 Common Barriers to Starting Your Exercise Program

Another new year is upon us and with it comes the resolution to get in shape, lose weight, or commit…

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Exercise

Calf Muscle Strains: Exercises for Your Best Recovery

Calf muscle strains are painful and very tricky to recover from.  Poor rehab often results in prolonged weakness and pain…

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Calf muscle strain

Knee Pain in Women: 5 Exercises for Less Pain

Nearly 1 in 5 women over the age of 18 have knee pain.  This prevalence of knee pain in women…

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Women with knee pain

6 of the Best Middle Trapezius Exercises

Your trapezius is a large broad muscle spanning your upper back.  It has attachments to your spine, shoulder blade, and…

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Middle trapezius exercises

Low Back Pain in Athletes: Exercises to Get You Back to Sports

Low back pain in athletes occurs at an alarmingly high rate.  Various studies suggest 1/3 to 2/3 of athletes will…

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LBP athletes

Hamstring Strains: 5 Important Exercises for Recovery

Hamstring strains occur at high rates in sports requiring running and sprinting. One of every 3 injuries in soccer is…

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Hamstring Injury

Painful Achilles Tendon? Learn the Right Exercises

Painful Achilles tendon problems are common in people who perform repetitive running and jumping activities.  It is also common in…

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Achilles Exercise

Kneecap Pain: How a Physical Therapist Can Help

Patellofemoral pain syndrome refers to pain in the front of your knee or around your kneecap (patella).  It is the…

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Exercise for knee pain

Ankle Impingement Syndromes in Dancers

Overuse injuries account for approximately 68% of injuries in ballet dancers.  Ankle impingement is an overuse injury from the repetition…

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Dance injuries