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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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Killer's Concussion | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Doug Gilmour skates across the centre ice neutral zone looking back after passing the puck. A freight train heading east(alias Luke Richardson) hits Gilmour and he crumples to the ice. As Joe Bowen so aptly put it ""Doug Gilmour was seeing stars and he wasn""t even at the Academy Awards."" He had a concussion; the most common head injury in sports...

Head Injuries In Soccer | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

While we Canadians often consider hockey as the only real sport in the world, the fact is that soccer is by far the most important sport world wide. Soccer is the number one sport in the majority of countries in the world. The World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world next to the Olympics. It is a great sport that combines all the attrib...

Concussion | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

It took until the last game of the season when I had to go on to the ice at Maple Leaf Gardens to help an injured player. Cam Russell was involved in an altercation with a Mr. Domi and ended up hitting his unprotected head on the ice. He was immediately unconscious and the medical team responded instantaneously to attend to him. Fortunately, he reg...

Neck Injuries In Sport | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

having the extra the protection. A player feels very safe with a helmet and facemask on. This leads to more aggressive play and to play with less regard for their own body. Many physicians and other people involved in sport have responded to these potentially severe tragic injuries. You only have to see one quadriplegic as a result of a sporting ...

Burner's Stingers | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Sheila enjoys high school rugby. As she makes a tackle her head is forced to one side. She gets immediate pain shooting down her arm to her fingers. As soon as she really starts to worry about the pain a minute or two later, it goes away as quickly as it came. She shakes her arm a few times to see if it still works and gets back into the game. She ...

Cholesterol | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Recently I was approached by a company to do a video on the role of exercise in cholesterol. My first reaction was excitement as anytime I can promote exercise in the general population I will. I have expounded on the benefits of exercise in previous articles. The theory with cholesterol is that cholesterol is bad and will lead to hardening of the ...

Fluids And Exercise | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The perennial water bottle is always visible on any sporting event that you see. Fluids go everywhere. They go on heads, over the body, in the mouth and over coaches victorious heads. This shows the importance of fluids in sports. The question is what is in those bottles and do they help performance. As you exercise, you lose fluids as you sweat....

Eat Eat Eat! When What During Exercise | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

There is nothing more important to people than food. It perhaps our biggest preoccupation. The question for athletes is when and what to eat before, during, and after exercise. How can they optimize their performance by their food intake and how soon can they replenish their energy. THE PREGAME MEAL The foods we eat before competition will vary ...

Tournament Energy | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

You are in the middle of a weekend tounament. One game is finished and you are feeling a little tired. What and when should you eat to get the most energy for the next game. What should you drink during the game and what should you eat tonight to prepare you for the games tomorrow. A lot has been written on the pre game meal. In fact I wrote an a...

Drink Drink Drink | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Drink, drink, drink!!!! This is what Sport Physicians and Sport Nutritionists are constantly telling athletes. Athletes are bombarded with information from professionals and now with the media from the makers of all those sport drinks on the market. But what is the truth? How much should athletes drink and why are everyone encouraging them to drink...

The Best Foods For Sports | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Every athlete is always looking for the competitive edge. The most obvious way is simply hard work, but there are other things you can do to optimize your performance. Perhaps the most important thing is the food you eat. Every athletes from your high school player to your professional has their own reasons why they can not eat their optimal diet. ...

Sports Foods | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

If only we could take something that would guarantee that we would go faster, jump higher, or go longer. There are many supplements on the market today that makes these claims. The number of sport foods have increased dramatically over the last couple of years, but what actually works ? What can we spend our money on that we will not simply be was...

Banned Substances | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Canada is shocked when our Silken tested positive with a banned substance. How can this be? Perhaps our best athlete who holds the Olympic ideal of clean, fair and even competition is caught ""cheating"". Does this place her in the same category of all those previous athletes that have been caught taking anabolic steroids. We all now know that she...

Creatine Supplements | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Creatine supplementation has been the most talked about and used supplement in athletes in years. Athletes are always looking for an edge to improve performance. Above being born with the right tools and the hard work of training, athletes look for an edge. There are many claims that tell how this particular supplementation is the key to improved p...

Food To Get Big | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

The summer time is when I get the most questions on how to gain weight. Most of the sports in Canada excp[t for maybe soccor or baseball take place during the school year. Therefore the sumer time is the best time to prepare for the fall sports. For some of the sports like football and hockey and basketball many kids want to gain weight. I get more...

Exercising For Two | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I often see women who are pregnant who want to know what they can or can not do while they are pregnant. The most important thing to realize is that in most circumstances pregnancy is a healthy state and not a disease state. Nonetheless pregnancy is a stress to the body and the health of the mother and baby must be taken into consideration. In es...

Exercise In Pregnancy | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

This weekend we had our annual staff picnic. From our small clinic at The Sport Medicine Specialists there were 26 children under the age of seven. Needless to say we have seen a lot of pregnant woman over the last few years. These are an active group and woman who were used to a regular dose of exercise. All of them wanted to continue their exerci...

Women In Sport | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I was interviewed this year by a television reporter at the Toronto Marathon at which I am the Medical Director. One of the main questions that I was asked was what the difference was between the genders. She wanted to know if women could ever run at the same speed or even faster than their male counterparts. The other question was if they had a di...

Health Benefits Of Exercise | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

I am a physician of sports medicine. The people I deal with an a daily basis are generally people that are committed to exercise. For one reason or another they have decide that exercise is an important part of their life. This article is not for these people as that is like trying to convert the already converted. Although this will provide confir...

How Much Should I Exercise | Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Last week I wrote about the benefits of exercise. After reading that article most people hopefully will realize that regular exercise will not only allow them to live longer and healthier, but to enjoy life more on a daily basis being less sick and having more self esteem. Now the decision is what should you do and how often. The benefits of exerci...
 
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