World’s Most Horrific Sports Injuries
Sports injuries are injuries that typically occur while participating in organized sports, competitions, training sessions, or organized fitness activities. These injuries may occur in teens for a variety of reasons, including improper training, lack of appropriate footwear or safety equipment, and rapid growth during puberty. Often overuse injuries seem less important than acute injuries. You...
Groin Pulls Can Happen Doing Simple Things
Even the slightest movement can cause a muscle pull if your body is not ready. Watch as this skateboarder pulls a groin muscle doing a simple trick. There can be many causes of a groin pull. To learn how to treat symptoms and recover faster see our groin pull treatment tips.
Injury Prevention for Children
When I was a young gymnast, my mother had trouble watching me compete on the balance beam. She said the beam just looked so big and I looked so small, and a fall from that height seemed dangerous. Fortunately, I grew and the beam remained the same height. Yet, as I got older the injuries were much more frequent due typically because of overuse. These injuries included sprains, pulled muscles...
Muscle Pulls Plague Pros and Amateurs Alike
Injury comes with the territory of being an athlete. No matter what age and what level, injuries of varying severity are likely to occur. Professional athletes are no exception. They train day in and day out with considerable pressure to perform. How well they perform can dictate how well they are paid, and one of the greatest roadblocks to performing at their best includes injury. In fact,...