Winter can be a tough season to navigate as an active individual. Here are some things to consider this season to ensure you are at the least risk of injury.
Here is a quick and easy warm up you can do before you play pickleball to help reduce the likelihood of injury and improve performance!
Spring is here and with it, the start of another softball season. Baseball tends to get a lot of attention for injury prevention and pitch counts while softball is too often ignored. So today, I’d like to review some common softball related injuries and a few tips to help reduce the risk of injury.
Spring marks the beginning of the baseball season, but along with the crack of the bat and smell of the fresh cut grass, we also see a significant rise in injuries. In fact, we see more injuries early in the spring season than any other time of year.
Proper preparation will help you avoid back problems when shoveling snow and Complete Game Physical Therapy offers some tips to help you.
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At Complete Game Physical Therapy we are dedicated to not only providing excellent care to athletes and active individuals following injury or surgery but also to helping reduce the likelihood injury occurring in the first place. We are currently working to help identify and address injury risk factors associated with adolescent baseball pitchers.
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This time of year, many people are focused on fitness so it's worth taking a look at what fitness really means. The dictionary defines fit as "sound physically and mentally healthy." Using that definition, many "fitness" routines fall short of the goal. If you don't enjoy running and dread every workout, you're probably falling short of the "sound mentally" portion. Exercise should be enjoyable, reduce stress, and leave you feeling better, not worse.
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The kinematic sequence or kinetic chain concept is gaining popularity in baseball and softball for both performance enhancement and injury prevention. Studies in biomechanics dating back to the 1980’s and continuing through today have given us a model for efficiency with the throw and swing.
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Fall will be here before you know it and with it comes the start of a new sports season. Soccer has become one of the most popular youth and high school sports and, as with all popular sports, injuries do occur. Several different kinds of injuries are common in soccer, from concussion to ACL tears to ankle sprains.
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Most articles on injury prevention in baseball and softball are designed, however, for youth players or high level professional, college or high school players. This article will give some tips to the recreational players who truly just play for the love of the game.
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Every year we see patients come into the clinic who had the best intentions with New Year’s resolutions to get in shape, but who, instead, end up injured. We’ve seen muscle strains, tendonitis, back injuries, and even tendon and muscle tears in people who overdo it with their fitness resolutions
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