Injuries

Preventing Swimming Injuries

November 7, 2010
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Preventing Swimming Injuries

     Most people don’t think of swimming as a very injury prone sport.  Because of the low impact nature of swimming it is true that swimmers usually do not undergo as many traumatic injuries as athletes in most other sports.  The repetitive nature of swimming does, however, place swimmers at an increased risk of...

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Preventing Volleyball Injuries

October 2, 2010
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Preventing Volleyball Injuries

Volleyball is a complex sport comprised of many different motions that have the potential to cause either traumatic or overuse injury to many different joints in the body.  The shoulder, knee, and back are common places to get injuries while playing volleyball.  Imbalances in strength and flexibility are at the center of many overuse...

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Exercise Cures Common Health Problems

August 9, 2009
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Exercise is often prescribed as a means to assist in the healing process. In fact, at each stage of recovery, activities should be carried out to effect a change in the status of the involved part, the adjacent and even more distant body regions. Generalized conditioning programs assist all physical therapists to accomplish faster...

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