Wrestlers: Scale back on extreme weight-cutting methods

Wrestlers spend the off-season trying to build muscle and get stronger. The muscle-building process involves adding some body fat. Wrestlers often want to lose that extra body fat to…

7 common summer sports injuries

Summer is perfect for outside sports at home, in the park or on the water, or at leagues and camps. Unfortunately, summer is also primetime for sports injuries. With…

Stay in the game: Preventing Little League elbow

Medial epicondyle apophysitis, more commonly known as Little League elbow, is an overuse injury usually seen in baseball pitchers younger than 16. Dr. Laurel Rudolph, sports medicine physician at…

Memory clinics offer coordinated care after traumatic brain injuries

Each year an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI), ranging from concussion to severe brain injuries associated with significant disability. Interdisciplinary specialty care teams offer…

Tips for preventing pitching-related injury

An increase in pitching-related injuries is an issue for all levels of play within the game of baseball. Athletic directors, coaches, parents and players in school and club sport…

Mouth guards in sports: Preventing chipped teeth or worse

Dental injuries are common in sports. Wearing a mouth guard reduces an athlete’s risk of chipped teeth, lip or tongue injuries, jaw injuries and damaged braces. “Dental trauma can…

Can your ears cause vertigo?

What’s causing your vertigo? It may start in your ears

Use well-child exams to evaluate fitness

With summer youth sports league and camp sign-ups in full swing, your child may need a sports physical (pre-participation medical history and evaluation) prior to the start of the…

Did I break my wrist? Common symptoms of a scaphoid bone fracture

Did you fall on your outstretched hand and now have pain at the base of your thumb? You may be experiencing the painful symptoms of a wrist fracture, commonly…

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