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29 Apr , 2015

Healthpointe Medical Southern California

Healthpointe’s La Tijera Clinic is Now Offering Treatment for ACL Tear and Other Baseball Injuries

With the arrival of baseball season comes baseball induced injuries. Healthpointe’s newest clinic in La Tijera is now ready to quickly and effectively treat any sports related injuries including bursitis, tennis elbow, and ACL tears among several o...

27 Apr , 2015

Runner Injuries: Achilles Tendon and Knee Pain

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

While you may want to run away from your running-related injuries, such as an achilles tendon injury, there’s just no doing so for obvious reasons. You must stop running away and start seeking treatment from Healthpointe doctors and surgeons at the...

21 Apr , 2015

The Spine: Bodybuilders’ Friend and Foe

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

16 Apr , 2015

Five Common Ballet Injuries

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

15 Apr , 2015

Reducing the Risks for Muscle Cramps for Dancers

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

15 Apr , 2015

Runners Are Vulnerable to Arm Injuries Too

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

14 Apr , 2015

Sports Hernia: Diagnosis and Treatments

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

9 Apr , 2015

Healthpointe Now Treating Hip Dislocations, Hip Fractures, Hip Bursitis, and Hip Strains at Locations in Southern California

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

9 Apr , 2015

When Rest Is Not Enough For Wrist Pain in Baseball Players

Healthpointe

Sports Medicine

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...

1 Apr , 2015

Diving Injuries

Kristin Minasian

Sports Medicine

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...

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