Search Results for: injury prevention
Free ACL injury prevention course available from NFHS
A new online education course regarding ACL injury prevention is now available on the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Learning Center, thanks to a partnership between the NFHS and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS). Th...
Survey: Prep coaches uninterested in injury prevention programs
A new survey of high school coaches found that less than 10 percent of them implement injury prevention programs as designed. The study looked at 66 basketball and soccer coaches at 15 Oregon high schools who completed online surveys questioning t...
SportsMed: Minimizing back injury risks in the weight room
Weight training programs should result in reduction of injury-risk, along with gains in muscle strength, power, endurance and improvement in sport performance. But weight training can cause injury, with the low back being particularly vulnerab...
Study: Specialization before age 12 increases risk of injury
A study conducted by Emory Sports Medicine recommends that young athletes should not specialize in sports before age 12, train more hours per week then their age, and should limit training to less than 16 hours per week to avoid injury. Physician ...
Retired NFL Players Lend Support To Student-Athlete Injury Bill
LATimes.comReporting from Sacramento —The NFL is lending its public relations muscle to a proposal that would require California student athletes who leave a game after a head injury to get written medical clearance before returning to the fiel...
Using AI to innovate ultrasounds for sports medicine professionals
Innovations in AI are allowing ultrasounds to reach its full potential in optimizing performance and recovery in a proactive manner for athletes. Ultrasounds, or musculoskeletal (MSK) ultrasounds can assess injuries by visualizing muscle, tendon, li...
Recovery Technology Education Platform Developed for NFL Athletic Trainers
Hyperice, the industry leader in recovery technology and pioneer of percussion, vibration, dynamic air compression, and thermal technology, recently announced the launch of athletic trainer education courses with PFATS, the Professional Footbal...
Study: Severity of injuries increasing in high school athletics
While the overall number of sports-related injuries is decreasing, the severity of those injuries and the number of head and neck injuries are on the rise, according to a study presented at the 2023 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) A...
Gathering physiological data doesn’t have to be complicated – especially when it comes to the data found in VO2 Max testing. ![]()
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Join Daniel Crumback, (Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and Sport Physiotherapist), as he walks through VO2 Max testing on KORR Medical Technologies, Inc.’s CardioCoach software, demonstrating how easily valuable information can be extracted from the results. After this webinar, you’ll feel confident in knowing how to incorporate critical physiological data into each individual athlete’s training program.![]()
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