Dialysis is a rough procedure and many patients spend hours in bed during their time on in it. This leads to both muscle wasting and the possibility of infected bed sores. Molsted, et al 2013 wanted to determine if strength could be maintained or improved during dialysis treatments. 29 patients undergoing dialysis were selected. They(…)
Taping has been a part of sport for decades. It provides support to joints that are unstable or loose. We’ve all seen athletes lightly sprain an ankle in an important game and rather than sitting out and starting rehab, taping it up and running back in as soon as they can tolerate it. With athletic(…)
Anyone who has seen athletes in the middle of a game know that most will downplay an injury if they believe they can still, regardless of the consequences. We’ve all seen an athlete sprain an ankle, get knocked down and struggle to get up and keep playing even when common sense says that it’s better(…)
Tae Kwon Do (TKD) is a dynamic Olympic sport practiced throughout the world. Many children participate in it but few continue on to the elite levels (as with most things). Interestingly, while injury rates in European and American football are regularly talked about in the media at large, injury rates from martial arts never seem(…)
Dancers get chucked in the non-athlete category often enough but few realize the thousands of hours they spend devoted to their craft, transforming their bodies in a way which is very similar to that of an athlete. Like athletes, dancers avoid back pain as it can destroy careers. Gildea et al, 2013 decided to study(…)
One of the main reasons exercise is heavily pushed for athletes and for the weekend gym goer, is the injury prevention effect of training. On top of the physiological effects, the psychological effects and even the social component- injury prevention is generally mentioned. Van Beijsterveldt, et al; 2013 performed a literature review on this very(…)
Faigenbaum and Myer, 2009 completed a literature review of youth involved in resistance training. As anyone in the field can observe, younger and younger children are weightlifting and more children are participating in sports. Resistance training should be used to prevent injury and enhance sport performance at that age- not the other way around. It(…)
Park et al 2013 completed a review of 17 trials involving acupuncture and ankle sprains. Of those, only 3 met inclusion criteria. These studies used randomization and sham treatment. Acupuncture was added on to traditional physiotherapy and exercise rehabilitation. The 3 studies indicated that acupuncture relieved pain better than therapy alone (rr = 0.61) and(…)