Archive for January, 2010
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
As Olympians push their bodies to the extreme during the upcoming Winter Games in Vancouver, professional and amateur sports enthusiasts alike will be watching their favorite televised sports...
Tags: Amateur Sports, American Academy Of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Extreme Games, Gold, Olympians, Sports Enthusiasts, Televised Sports, Upcoming Games, Vancouver, Winter Games
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Saturday, January 30th, 2010
The past decade has seen a significant reduction in the number and severity of spinal cord injuries in Canadian ice hockey, reports a study in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine...
Tags: Canadian Hockey, Canadian Ice, Decade, Hockey Canada, Hockey Players, Ice Hockey, Medicine, Severity, Spinal Cord, Spinal Cord Injuries, Spinal Injuries, Sport Medicine
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
The Sports Medicine Clinic at the University of Virginia Health System is using a cutting-edge therapy called platelet rich plasma (PRP) to help heal injured ligaments, tendons and muscles. PRP therapy has gained some national media attention because of its use in high-profile, professional athletes...
Tags: Cutting Edge, Medicine, Muscles, National Media Attention, Plasma, Professional Athletes, Sports Medicine, Sports Medicine Clinic, Sprains And Strains, Tendons, Treatment For Sprains, University Of Virginia, University Of Virginia Health System, Uva Sports, Virginia Health System
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Children who cycle to school are more physically active and fit than those who use other modes of transport, according to new research from the official journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. The findings are based a study of 6,000 children, ages 10 to 16, from the eastern region of England...
Tags: American College Of Sports Medicine, College Of Sports Medicine, England, Medicine, Modes Of Transport, Sports Medicine
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
An international team of researchers suggests that running barefoot may be better for the feet and joints of the lower limbs because they found people who run barefoot or in minimal shoes strike their foot on the ground in such a way that they have almost no impact collision due to "heel-strike", unlike people who run in modern running shoes where the impact of the mo...
Tags: Barefoot, Feet, Joints, People, Running Shoes
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