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Preventing Sports Injuries To Kids
More and more kids are enjoying organized sports at a younger age than ever before. While this is a wonderful way to introduce kids early on to healthy lifestyles, it also puts kids at higher risks for sports injuries. Here's how to keep children safe and having fun.
Preventing Hamstring Injuries
Chances are if you play sports or are a sports fan; you’ve seen it happen. An athlete sprints to first base, or down the sideline, and pulls up short limping in pain and grabbing at the back of their thigh. Hamstring injuries are a very common sports injury seen in professional athletes as well as the weekend warrior. Unfortunately, if this injury is not properly cared for, it can turn into a chronic problem.
Steroids For Dummies
Steroid use and abuse has been a hot topic for years. Yet, most people, congressmen and media types included, have a poor understanding of what steroids and other performance enhancing drugs actually do (versus Mother Nature). If they were more knowledgeable, they wouldn’t still be questioning whether or not athletes such as Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, and Sammy Sosa ever used performance-enhancing drugs.
Rehabilitation Of ACL Injuries
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are one of the most debilitating and common knee injuries in sports. Deciding on the best course of treatment, surgery vs. non-surgery, rehab vs. no rehab, can be confusing. Here are the keys to effective rehabilitation.
Children & Obesity
About one of five American kids is overweight enough to be considered obese. Obesity in childhood can lead to the development of a host of medical problems, including atherosclerosis, hypertension, respiratory infections, and sleep apnea.
Ten ways to protect your children from obesity:
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