6 Ways to Prevent Common Sports Injuries
As an Athletic Trainer and Strength coach, I'm often asked by coaches and personal trainers how to prevent injury in their athletes and clients. This...
Connective Tissue: The Key to Preventing ACL Injuries
The Anterior Cruciate Ligament, or ACL, is the last thing you want to hear your doctor tell you that is injured. Even though you can live life without...
Pre-Game Nutrition: What to Eat Before You Compete
Athletes are always told to "eat well" the day before and day of a competition so that they have energy to spare for the intense physical activity they...
Female Athletes: 4 Ways to Test if Your Knees Are Durable
This fall one of my newer athletes, a volleyball player, tore her meniscus – the cartilage in her knee.These are common knee injuries to a volleyball...
Why Your Shin Splints Aren’t Really Shin Splints
Junk terms do not exist in the context most people think. We use the term all the time and it's been an accepted injury. WebMD lists it as pathology...
The New Rules for Cryotherapy: Why You’re Icing Wrong
Athletes get injured in sports all the time, and when they do, their bodies release a number of chemicals that initiate the inflammatory response. These...
