No matter what your gender or age, lifting weights is a great way to increase your resting heart rate, lower body fat, improve balance and motor coordination, and enhance joint stability. However, it’s easy to make common mistakes that can cause injuries or delay the results you hope to achieve.
If you're thinking about letting your child resume sports while the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage, a leading pediatricians' group says there are a few things you should consider.
Ice application has been thought to help decrease inflammation and alleviate pain, but there are some details to icing an injury that can make the treatment safer and more effective. Learn how to properly ice your injury to help get you on the road to the fastest possible recovery.
If you experience soreness, a strain, or a tear in your groin, you must take steps to heal. This involves taking a break from activities that aggravate your condition and doing exercises to repair and strengthen your groin.
Once you know you can safely exercise the main thing to remember is that you need to progress slowly. The 10 percent rule is a guideline many fitness experts use to help both experts and beginners avoid injury, yet they still see continual improvement in performance.
Tight calves can be uncomfortable and cause difficulty walking. Tight muscles may result from overuse or cramps, but several treatments and stretches can help.
Hip pain is surprisingly common in kids, and most often, it is caused by injuries. These injuries—while fairly easy to detect in older children and adolescents—are much harder to detect when infants, toddlers, or preschoolers get hurt.
Patellar tendonitis is the condition that occurs when the tendon becomes inflamed and irritated. This problem is most often seen in athletes who do repetitive jumping, the reason patellar tendonitis is often called "jumper's knee." Patellar tendonitis is most often seen in participants of sports such as basketball and volleyball, although it can also be seen in runners and other types of athletes.
Hamstring muscle injuries are common, especially in athletes. Most often, hamstring muscle injuries are partial tears of the muscle. These types of injuries, called muscle strains, occur when the fibers that make up the muscle are stretched beyond their normal limits. Symptoms of a hamstring muscle strain can include pain, bruising, swelling, and difficulty with certain movements, particularly athletic activities.
College athletes participating in indoor sports, especially African-Americans, might be vitamin D deficient and put themselves at risk of injury or poor performance according to a study recently published in the journal Nutrients.
