Posts Tagged: sports injury doctor

Top 9 Things to Know About ACL Injuries

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Baseball and Softball, Basketball Injuries, Cheerleading Injuries, Dance Injuries, Female Athletes, Football Injuries, General Orthopedics, Hockey Injuries, Injury Prevention, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Leg Injuries, Soccer Injuries, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury, Traumatic Injury.

Anterior Cruciate Ligament, often referred to as ACL injuries, are the most common knee injuries athletes suffer. While an extremely active individual could possibly suffer this type of injury, an ACL tear is most common in athletes. This is because of the stop and start movements associated with sports such as football, basketball, hockey and more…. Read more »

Sports Injury FAQs

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Basketball Injuries, Concussions, Female Athletes, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury, Traumatic Injury.

Sports injuries, such as concussions and injured Anterior Cruciate Ligaments (ACLs), are common occurrences across a wide variety of sports. While both injuries are well known, Sport Injury FAQs are helpful in learning about cause, prevention, and treatment among athletes. One very common topic of sport injury FAQs are concussions. They are very common injuries in sports… Read more »

ACL Tears and ACL Injury Prevention

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, ACL Tear and ACL Injury, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Sports Injury and Children / Teens.

Preventing ACL Tears in Kids – Find Out More from the Latest Research A clinical report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is working to cut down on the risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears for kids, especially girls. ACL tears are a common sports injury for people of all ages, and… Read more »

Common Tennis Injuries from Serving

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Sports Medicine and Sports Injury, Tennis Injuries.

Tennis Injuries from Serving the Tennis Ball – An Analysis of 3 Types of Tennis Serves Researchers led by Dr. Geoffrey D. Adams and colleagues at Stanford University looked at three different types of tennis serves to see if certain serves were more strongly associated with musculoskeletal injury. The three types of tennis serves considered… Read more »

Baseball Injury and Softball Injuries include Ball-Related Facial Fractures

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Baseball and Softball, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Baseballs and Softballs Linked to Facial Fractures – Sometimes kids suffer from a sports injury like a baseball injury or injuries from softball involving a facial fracture. A study published in the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery led by Dr. Lorelei Grunwaldt and colleagues in Pittsburgh at the Children’s Hospital looked at around 167… Read more »

Sports Injuries – Comparing Children and Teens with Sports Injuries

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under ACL Surgery, Meniscal Tear, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Sports Injuries in Kids – Researchers Compare Young Children with Teens – Sports injuries are very common among children, and a concern to parents, coaches and doctors. Sometimes when we talk about sports injuries and kids, we refer to kids as a group as though they are all the same. New research is looking more… Read more »

Sports Injuries in Children – Learn more about Common Sports Injuries for Kids

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Head Injury, Injury Prevention, Kids and Physical Activity, Knee Injuries and Knee Surgery, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Sports Injuries in Children – Learn More With around 7.6 million high school kids in the U.S. participating in some type of sports activity, sports injuries in children are a genuine concern. There are a number of common sport-related injuries impacting this youth population during athletic participation.  While many sports injuries in children are considered… Read more »

Pain on Inner Elbow? You May have Golfer’s Elbow or Medial Epicondylitis…Learn more from Sports Medicine Doctor

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Golf Injury, Golfer's Elbow, Hand, Wrist, Arm and Elbow Injuries, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Golfer’s Elbow, or Medial Epicondylitis, is an overuse injury involving chronic inflammation of the medial collateral ligament. People suffering from golfer’s elbow typically experience pain on the inner side of the elbow but swelling does not normally occur. If you think you may have medial epicondylitis, it is advisable that you seek out a professional… Read more »

Brain Injury in Sports – Ice Hockey identified as Sport with Comparatively High Risk for Kids

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Concussions, Head Injury, Hockey Injuries, Injury Prevention, Sports Injury and Children / Teens, Sports Medicine and Sports Injury.

Brain Injury in Sports Canadian researchers examined sports injury data about 13,000 Canadian children and teens and found that ice hockey accounted for around 44% of all brain injuries among kids. For kids 11 and older, the game was responsible for more than two-thirds of brain injuries. Player to player contact, getting hit into the… Read more »

Attention Contact Flag Football Players! Researchers Suggest Ways to Prevent Injury

Posted by Orthopaedic Specialists & filed under Football Injuries, Injury Prevention.

Kaplan and colleagues (2012) recently published suggestions in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine to reduce the number of moderate to severe injuries among contact flag football players. Recommendations include the following: 1) Enforce the no-pocket rule on players’ pants to avoid injuries to hands and fingers.