PREVENT SPORTS INJURIES

Sunday, March 25, 2012

Chiropractors and the United States Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Program

U.S. Olympic Committee Medical Director: a chiropractor
http://www.teamusa.org/news/article/902

Medical Director, Sports Medicine Clinics: a chiropractor
http://www.teamusa.org/resources/usoc-sport-performance/sports-medicine/clinics-staff

Nuf Said!

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Functional Movement Screen

Protect your child and yourselves!

Read about the Functional Movement Screen and why EVERY ATHLETE must have this done - click here.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Great Used Weightlifting/Powerlifting Equipment

I met Jim Gross yesterday from Sterling, VA and picked up a great set of weight plates. The money Jim makes goes to Meridians Recovery for those recovering from substance abuse. To contact Jim:
jim@meridiansrecovery.org
703-434-9009

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

ACL SURGERY - YES OR NO?

I was listening to this podcast today -
Return to exercise after ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury, with Dr Richard Frobell

- and I was blown away by this question and answer exchange:

Interviewer to Dr. Frobell: "You are now not so young anymore. So if you had your ACL torn in Alpine Skiing in Sweden, what would you do with it?"

Dr. Frobell: "I would most definitely wait with an ACL reconstruction. I would try rehabilitation at first [my emphasis]. If I still would experience instability because I am an active guy, I like to do sports, and if that would decrease my ability to do sports I would seriously consider a reconstruction. But I would never perform that at first. [my emphasis]"

WOW! What a change in thought. And what a concept.....rehab first!

Injury care = rehab = sports performance. I have been saying this for decades! Surgery is always an option.... but as a last resort if all else fails.

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Technique - It has always been and always will be about technique

Listen to Dr. Anthony Beutler talking about ACL Injury Prevention at the British Journal of Sports Medicine's podcast page - The JUMP-ACL study with Anthony Beutler

"There is no magic in the exercises....What really seems to be magic is the coaching [my emphasis]. Is actually getting people to change the way they perform these tasks, so that they do them in a more biomechanically sound [manner] with a movement pattern that is less risky for injury puts them at less risk for injury. That really seems to be the key so we emphasize good form, your knees need to be in line with your hips, your knees need to be in line with your toes, your toes need to be pointed straight forward and that you land softly."

Like I said, it always has been and always will be about technique.

EVERYONE NEEDS A KNOWLEDGEABLE COACH!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Field Hockey Injuries: Care, Prevention, Training

Seminar: Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Champions Field House in Rockville from 5pm to 6pm.

For the past month we have had a wonderful intern from Syracuse University, Shannon Connolly. She played field hockey at Springbrook High School and went on to play three years at the Division 1 level. She is now looking at sports medicine as a profession and is compiling sports injury data on the sport of field hockey.

Shannon and I are going to make a presentation on Saturday which will review all the current research on field hockey injury care, prevention, and training. The seminar is FREE so please join us!

Check out Shannon's new blog: Live, Learn, and Play Hockey!