The sport of hockey has a large presence in the United States with 547,429 registered
athletes according to USA Hockey. 2 With the increasing
number of participants in the sport it is important to
understand the most common forms of injury. Through direct
and indirect forces, AC-joint sprains account for about 7.3% of
injuries seen at the NCAA collegiate level. The most common
source of these injuries is direct forces seen in player-player
and player-boards impacts.
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Read MoreIn a nutshell, running is one of the most popular recreational activities enjoyed by people around the world. It is unique in the fact that you are not limited to inside, outside, trail, mountain road, or grass. You can run anywhere. However, an estimated 50% of runners become injured annually with an overwhelming amount of those injuries being overuse injuries (1). So what does that mean? An overuse injury typically occurs when musculoskeletal structures such as muscles, ligaments, and/or bones are overloaded (2). Those structures become overloaded with repetitive microtrauma over a long period of time, (2) including running mile after mile, day after day, month after month training for race day, compounding into an injury.
Read MoreSkiing has become a popular sport in the last several years. Unfortunately, injuries have become much more prevalent in professional and recreational skiers. The lower extremities are the most common areas of injury for skiers, but head and upper extremity injuries are also common. These injuries often require proper medical management including initial assessments and treatments performed by physical therapists and other rehabilitation professionals.
Read MoreBlood Flow restriction (BFR) training has been around since the early 1990’s but has gained popularity in the rehabilitation and athletic worlds more recently. This is largely due to further research on safety, mechanism, protocols and implementation of pneumatic tourniquet devices.
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