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Think of the spine as a friend and foe of bodybuilders and you will have an idea of its importance in the sport. On one hand, your spine serves as the anchor for your weightlifting movements, thus, making it your friend in achieving a lean and mean...

Ballet dancers may have the most graceful movements but they also have a high risk for physical injuries. Many of these ballet injuries can actually be devastating to their careers. Fortunately, ballet injuries are treated by Healthpointe doctor...

Professional dancers have enviable grace, flexibility and strength that mere mortals admire to attain. However, their physical fluidity in movements can become irregular because of muscle cramps. Muscle cramps, after all, can be excruciatingly pain...

While arm injuries are less common than leg, knee and feet injuries among runners, runners should also be just as aware of their vulnerability to arm injuries. This will lead to a productive career and peak fitness levels. The higher prevalence...

Although you should trust your doctor about his professional competence, you should also be an informed patient as well. You and your doctor can then be on a better footing about your options – and this is true for one of the most common sports inj...

Healthpointe’s team of hip specialists is now treating hip injuries at all of their clinics. Specialties include hip dislocations, fractures, bursitis, sprains/strains, and other injuries or disorders. For athletes with hip injuries, Healthpoint...

Among baseball players, wrist pain is one of the most common injuries aside from shoulder and arm injuries. This is because the wrists are in constant torque during play and practice, often in all different directions and in unnatural ways. The...

While diving may appear as a relatively safe sport – divers do not engage in contact sports or put their bodies through physically demanding movements – this is not so. Divers are still prone to injuries when diving off the board, said injuries of...