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April 11, 2006

The last column discussed what sports injuries are and how to assess their severity. This column will tell you what to do when you have an acute sports injury. The three main goals... read more

April 11, 2006

Acute Sports Injuries are traumatic in nature. Some are very dramatic such as when Mike Foligno broke his leg at centre ice the season before last. Although his was a bone injury m... read more

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Acute Sports Injuries II | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The last column discussed what sports injuries are and how to assess their severity. This column will tell you what to do when you have an acute sports injury. The three main goals in treating acute soft tissue injuries are 1) To relieve pain 2) To reduce swelling 3) To return to full activity as soon as possible We can accomplish the first two by...

Acute Sports Injuries | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Acute Sports Injuries are traumatic in nature. Some are very dramatic such as when Mike Foligno broke his leg at centre ice the season before last. Although his was a bone injury most acute sports injuries are not. A sudden force to the body damages muscles, tendons, ligaments, bones, or joints. Most acute sports injuries fall into the sprain or st...

Helmets Helmets Helmets | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As spring approaches we see everyone outside being active. Along with the walkers and joggers I see a lot of cyclists and the new fad rollerbladers. The streets and parks are filled with people going faster and faster on their wheels. This brings me to the topic of this column; HELMETS. The most important part of our body and the most vulnerable i...

Golf Injuries | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As the snow melts the grass starts to turn green and many of us turn our eyes to the greenest of all grass which exists on the golf course. Golf has shown a large increase in participation in the last several years. Therefore in this article I will discuss golf injuries and some tips on prevention. Although golf does not seem that strenuous there a...

Tips on Prevention of Golf Injuries | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

1/ A good warm up including a stretching program should be done before you start to play. This should concentrate on the lower back and shoulders. 2/ A daily routine of a back flexibility and strength program incorporating the abdominals and the hips. 3/ An overall fitness program will help prevent fatigue and allow your to maintain your proper swi...

Exercise and Air Pollution | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As spring is here and summer is not far behind we now look more for outside exercise as opposed to the indoor work outs we did to avoid the cold and snow. For those of us who live in the larger or industrialized areas we have to think of another hazard. The air pollution problem has gotten worse in the last couple of decades and although there are ...

Tips of Minimizing The Risk of Exercise and Pollution | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

1/ Avoid exercising in peak traffic hours. 2/ Avoid exercising when the sun is brightest and the ozone levels are up. Pollution is lowest at sunrise or late in the evening. 3/ Listen to Air Pollution reports in the media and exercise appropriately. 4/ Exercise in open areas where there is better air circulation. 5/ Avoid exercising in shaded ar...

P.L.A.Y. | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

How would you feel as a parent if this happened to one of your kids playing sports?........How would you feel as a kid who is told to play the way these kids were told to play?......... Last season I was at a local arena to watch a group of eight year olds play a game of house league hockey. As I watched the game I soon realized that something was...

Cycling | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As the snow melts, the first thing people often think of is to get out their bicycle and experience spring. Their is nothing like cycling to get out those winter cobwebs. The wind in your face as you cruise along. Their are a few things you can do to prevent injury on your bicycle and that is the purpose of this article. Initially their was basica...

Exercise Induced Asthma | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As we exercise in the cold winter air we some of us will have difficulty breathing. Soon after we begin to exercise we start to wheeze, cough and have problems breathing so that it is difficult to continue to exercise. What can be the problem? It may be that you have a form of exercise induced asthma or as we doctor's like to call it ""hyperactive...

The Charley Horse | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As you drive toward the basket, the opponent cuts in to stop you from your lay up. Unfortunately, his knee drives into your thigh and you drop to the floor. You know you can not finish the game, but you limp off. It does not seem that bad, but after a restless sleep that night, you awake to find that you can barely bend your leg and the thigh is no...

Stress Fractures | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The Toronto Marathon is fast approaching on May 7. Your training is going extremely well. As you increase your mileage perhaps too quickly you develop a pain in your foot. Ininially the pain is not too bad and only there when you are running. After a couple of weeks the pain intensifies not only in your running but after you finish and even aches i...

Hamstring Tears | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The Super Bowl is played tomorow although many think the real Super Bowl was Is Dallas not playing in the Super Bowl tomorrow because San Francisco is a better team or because of that old finicky hamstring of Emitt Smiths.

Prevention | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

What is the most important concept in Sport Medicine? Without a doubt the most important thing is prevention. It is always advantageous to prevent an injury than to deal with the injured athlete after the event has occurred. Unfortunately, Sport Medicine is no different than most medicine in that we are much more geared to dealing with illness and...

Osteoporosis | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

We hear a lot in the media lately of this dreaded problem of osteoporosis. What was once considered to be an ""old ladies disease"" it is affecting not only the old ladies but the younger ones as well. Not only that many women are predisposing themselves to having osteoporosis at an earlier age than expected or to a problem that they might avoid to...

Marathon Sunday | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Tomorrow is the Toronto Marathon. Several thousand runner's will embark on the 26 mile course that starts in front of city Hall and winds it's way around the city to finish in front of Metro Hall on Wellington Street. At the same time many thousand more runners will complete a 10 k run through downtown Toronto with the same start and finish line. ...

Chronic Injuries | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The last two columns talked about acute injuries which occur suddenly through a specific event. Chronic injuries occur over a time period, not obviously related to a single isolated event. The symptoms develop slowly and will gradually worsen with continued use. Poor treatment or incomplete rehabilitation of acute injuries may lead to chronic inj...

Chronic Injuries II | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The last column talked about what chronic sports injuries were. I mentioned that the most important step in beginning to treat these injuries was to determine the main predisposing and precipitating factors for the particular injury. 1/ TRAINING -The most common cause of overuse injuries are in fact training errors. Most of us have fallen victim...

Chronic Injuries III Treatment | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The last column discussed the most common predisposing and pre- cipitating factors leading to overuse chronic injuries. This column will tell you how to treat these injuries. 1/MODIFY- It is important that you not continue to aggravate your injury. There are very few injuries where you can not do some form of alternate activity to stay active. Th...

Detraining | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

NHL players are out of shape. This is the result of the long work stoppage now into the second month. We have all heard about training for a sport, but what is detraining. Basically, when an athlete stops playing a sport and working out, there is a detraining process. How bad are the NHL players out of shape? One of the main tragedies of the delay...

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