When it comes to winter sports, making sure you are properly hydrated and well-fed is important. Not doing so could make you feel fatigued and negatively impact your performance on...
Whether you find the snow outside delightful or frightful, you should probably try to avoid the cold if you have a frozen shoulder. A frozen shoulder is an often-painful condition...
It's important to stretch to maintain healthy joints and have appropriate mobility for physical activity. But how long should you stretch for? And, should you always stretch before you exercise...
Lacrosse is a thrilling, fast-moving sport to both play and watch. Although the rules of the game differ between girls and boys, all athletes are prone to injuries as they...
If you injure your finger while playing sports, rock climbing, or gardening, you may be unsure if you've sustained serious damage, such as a fracture, sprain, or dislocation. Or maybe...
Kids will be kids, playing, running, and jumping. But sometimes accidents happen. Many of these result in fractures of the arm, wrist, ankle, or leg. The good news is that...
Soccer injuries are generally either acute or cumulative. Acute injuries are traumatic while cumulative injuries result from repetitive stress on a muscle, joint, or connective tissue trigger that can progressively...
Staying active in the summer heat can be tricky, especially in many parts of the country with consistent triple-digit temperatures. Here are some injury prevention tips to help keep you...
Americans suffer approximately two million ankle sprains each year. While an overwhelming majority of patients recover quickly from these ligament injuries, a subset may suffer from recurring sprains.
Polly Creveling, a third-year medical student at University of Utah, was skiing through two feet of deep, fresh powder when her ski got stuck in the hard snow below. An...
You probably don't think about your hamstrings much unless you're an athlete, but this group of three muscles is responsible for movement when we run, walk, sit, or squat.
You're never too young or too old to be concerned about bone health. If you don't consume enough calcium in your diet, your bone density is reduced, and the risk...
