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Study Shows Lace-Up Ankle Braces Prevent Most Acute Ankle Injuries
Lace‐up ankle braces are designed to prevent acute ankle injury in amateur athletes. But until now, that statement wasn’t backed up with any hard‐core evidence. A recent study, the most extensive of its kind, shows that lace‐up ankle brac...
Traveling athletic trainers helpful to small schools
By Andrew Spence, Med, ATC, CSCS, Bassett Healthcare Network, Cooperstown, New York Having a certified athletic trainer (ATC) in every school in the country would go a long way in ensuring more scholastic athletes are properly cared for, treated a...
Helping Prevent Knee Injuries In Teen Athletes
Wall Street Journal, Katherine Hobson
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903374004576580963558652364.htmlA torn knee ligament is one of the most debilitating injuries that routinely hit young athletes. Now, medical researchers are dec...
Utah State Involves All Student-Athletes In Concussion Research
MarketWatch
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/utah-state-university-launches-unique-concussion-research-involving-all-student-athletes-2011-09-07LOGAN, Utah, Sep 07, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Athletics Department Will Collaborate with Communicati...
Ankle Braces May Help Teenage Basketball Players According To Study
Reuters
http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/sns-rt-us-anklestre77e0kh-20110814,0,1657957.storyNEW YORK (Reuters) - The ankle braces many basketball players strap on to prevent injuries may actually work, according to a study of teenaged basketb...
Football Practices Begin – How To Deal With The Heat
Indianapolis Star, Kyl Neddenriep
http://www.indystar.com/article/20110801/SPORTS02/108010321/Beating-heat-takes-higher-priority-football-practice-begins?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Fever|pTwenty-four football players have died due to heat-related...
SportsMed: Dealing with overuse injuries
When the summer approaches, many student-athletes ask teammates the question: What are you doing to get better this summer? A desire to improve performance initiates the process of planning for a strength-and-conditioning program that will meet ...
Sports Medicine: Conservatively manage concussions
Think back to when you were a competitive athlete. How many times did you suffer a concussion? None? Once? Twice? More than two times? How many times did you experience headaches, dizziness or nausea after receiving a blow to the head? Did you hav...
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