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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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Exercising In The Cold | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I am one of those people who enjoy the winter. We spend so much of our time indoors that exercising outdoors is one of the ways to be outdoors and get some fresh air and light. Too much darkness in the winter is not good for you and there is a syndrome called SAD(Seasonal Affective Disorder) where people get depressed from not enough exposure to li...

The Bad Wheels | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Every day in my office I see many athletes of all shapes and sizes. Little developing athletes and masters athletes. Perhaps the most discouraging problem I see is the masters athlete with a degenerating joint. Here is a person keen to participate but is limited by a part of their body that is breaking down. This person has developed osteoarthriti...

The Beginning | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I always enjoy the beginning of the season. All athletes are keen and ready to go. Winners can still taste the success of last seasons victories and previous seasons losers are starting with a fresh slate. All past mistakes and performances are temporarily forgotten in the anticipation of greatness in the coming year. This past Tuesday the Leafs r...

The Dreaded Mono | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

One of the worst words you can tell a young athlete is that they have ""Mono"" v. The diseaese infectious mononucleosis will caused them to be unbelievalbly tired and be out of competetive sports for an extended period of time. Their friends and teammates will avoid them in the fear that they will catch this incredibly ""infectious disease"" ...

The Bionic Athlete | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

As the advances in Sport Medicine grow at an exponential rate we tend to think of ourselves as more and more invincible. There is nothing we can do to our bodies that doctor's can not fix and get us back participating at the same level as before. If Bo Jackson can play with an artificial metal hip; is there any thing that will stop us from playing?...

Todd's Quad | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Last week Todd Warriner became another victum of a Darius Kaspiritis hit. While his name sounds like an illness, his low hits have become known around the league as something you have to watch out for. Todd was hit and had to be helped to the bench. He certainly could not continue to play. We immediately took him into the dressing room to examine ...

New Years Column 1998 | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

My favorite column of the year is always the New Year's Column. I enjoy the time to reflect on the previous year and more importantly to put some thought on the upcoming year. Life generally is so busy that it takes times like this to create an opportunity to reflect on your life. Recently, an executive came to see me at my clinic for a sore back...

Fitness Follies | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The summer is now over and everyone is back to the grindstone. We all looked great on the beach this summer after our spring fitness endeavors, but we are starting to get a bit flabby now. The fall is the beginning of the school year and once summer holidays are over everyone?s life is in order and many of us embark on a fall fitness program or sta...

Women's Weight Lifting | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

This week two great femle athletes were inducted into the sports hall of fame. Silken Lauman and Myriam Bedard have both exemplified the modern female athlete who have dedicate dtheir lives to hard work and dedication to achieve their goals. This week while there is no professional males playing basketball, there is the WNBA starting to play with...

Osteoporosis In Active Women | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Last month I receoved a frantic phone call from a friend of mine. This was a dancer who danced proffessionally for years and had maintained her fitness over the years. Two years ago she competed for Canada in the world triathlon championships. She had been to her physician and had been told that she had osteoporosis. After sitting in the waiting ro...

Fractures/Breaks | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Is it broken or just fractured? This is a common question and what is the difference?As I read through the NHL injury reports this week I read about a lot of players out with fractures. With all this talk about reducung slashing and hacking there stil seem to be an ongoing problem, and we have one of our better defenceman out now with the Leafs wit...

Sick!!! Do You Exercise? | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

You come into my office and ask ""Doc, I have a cold. I feel terrible but I have a big game this weekend. Do you think I can play? I'll do anything to get me out there."" Well, do you think you are the only one asking me this qustion. Noooo, I get asked this a thousand times over the winter months. As we are now into the winter season, it is also ...

Osteoporosis | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Post menopausal women have a tendency to develop brittle bones or osteoporosis. Regular weight bearing exercise such as walking or jogging has been shown that along with a good calcium intake to help preserve bone density and strength. ELDERLY: Among the other benefits exercise helps preserve the blood flow to the brain in a similar way it improves...

Imaging Tests In Sports Medicine | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

How often do you hear after a game""The player was injured tonight and they will go for x-rays or some other test tomorow to determine the extent of the injury.""? Not only do proffessional athletes have tests done quite often, but imaging of the body such as an x-ray are used to a great extent by Sport Medicine Physicians. I am often asked by the...

Cycling Injuries | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

A previous article talked about the various types of cycling and how to choose a bike for the type of cycling that you want to do. Cycling is one of the great sports as it is fun and easy on the body. We generally do not see a lot of injuries directly from cycling but there are certain problems that do occur with cycling. Cycling is a repetitive mo...

Cheer Leading | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

This might seem an unusual column to use with regards to sport medicine, but in fact cheer leading has become a sport unto itself. As the fall approaches we think of sports such as football and hockey. Now we are seeing less football played in Canada there is still a strong following. Along with football we associate cheer leading. In years gone by...

Summer Hockey Conditioning Program | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The Leafs have now bowed out in the semi-finals for the second consecutive year. This is excellent considering the lack of play-off exposure for the several years previous. The goal now is to do better next year. In years gone by, hockey was a eight month sport. The players would finish their season in the spring and would barely think about hockey...

Slapshot Gut | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

What do Tom Fergus, Basil McRae, Mike McPhee, and Todd Gill all have in common. The have all had some form of the ailment called ""Slapshot Gut"" They were all off playing for an extended period of time and some of them even required surgery to help them get back on the ice. We have all heard of a hockey player or some athlete have a groin strain ...

Altitude | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

You have slaved away at your desk for the last several months and you are now going on a holiday. You relax on the plane in great anticipation for the slopes that await you. The plane lands in Denver and soon you are on the ski slopes. As quick as you can you strap on those new boards and hop on the chairlift. But something is not right. You have a...

Overtraining | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Jane Smith is training for the Toronto Marathon. The training is going very well, when slowly but surely she starts to not feel so well. She finds that she is going slower and slower each day, It is hard to get motivated for her once energizing runs. She is dragging at work during the day and has caught several colds over the last couple of months....
 
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