Category Archives: Sports Medicine

Exercises for lower back pain are designed to stretch and strengthen the three types of muscles supporting the spine, including: extensors (gluteal and back muscles), flexors (iliopsoas and abdominal muscles), and obliques (side muscles). Before...

Athletes have higher risks for suffering from moderate to severe lower back pain because of the movements that their spine, hips and entire back have to undergo during practices. Fortunately, the frequency, severity and duration of lower back pain...

Among athletes, overhand throwing motions place very high stress on the shoulders, particularly on the parts that keep them stable. With repeated throwing motions, the risks for a wide range of overuse injuries increase until such time that surgery...

Athletes have higher risks for injuries because of the nature of their movements. Because injuries usually result in pain, athletes will turn to painkillers. Painkillers not only allow an athlete to perform normal everyday activities without the...

Many office workers live a sedentary workweek and become weekend athletes, be it getting in 36 holes at the golf course or hitting the weights at the gym. But like professional athletes whose lives largely revolve around strenuous physical training...

Bicycle seat neuropathy, according to sports medicine professionals, is a common injury among cyclists because of their prolonged periods spent on their bicycles. While researchers have yet to determine the exact cause of the injury, several theori...

Before the advent of sophisticated surgery for hip inuries, very few tennis players made a successful professional comeback after suffering from a hip injury. The extent of the hip injury coupled with the post-operative complications made it challe...

To the uninitiated, billiards players may not be at high risk for personal injuries that athletes in contact sports, such as football, basketball, and wrestling, are exposed to. However, according to sports medicine doctors, this is not so because...

A wrist injury among athletes comes from overuse of the joint, such as in the case of players in tennis, baseball, and billiards, with a few cases of trauma. Fortunately, wrist injuries can be effectively treated with a combination of the REST prot...

Jumping injuries are common among athletes, and most often present as Jumper’s knee. Jumper's knee is considered a common tendinopathy that affects skeletally mature athletes with as many as 20% of athletes affected by it. The medical condition is...