Selecting a shoulder brace is not an easy process. You can select a shoulder support for any shoulder injury and in varying support levels for each injury. Shoulder braces are also difficult to size correctly because every person has a different body type (i.e. thin/heavy,short/tall,male/female,muscular/normal). Since most shoulder braces are sized using simply chest circumference [...]
Postural issues are a big contributor to many different injuries. Poor posture itself can be caused by many things, but in most cases, a very sedentary lifestyle, poor training techniques and the use of high heels etc are the main culprits. Injuries related to poor posture tend to be overuse injuries which build up over [...]
If you spend a lot of time doing repetitive motion hand or wrist tasks in your job, hobby or sport, chances are you will experience the numbness and pain caused by carpal tunnel syndrome. If you are able to identify and treat it early on you will save yourself a lot of pain and aggravation. [...]
Although athletes and physical therapists have known how to use heat therapy for many years, there is a new “leading edge” product that will set a new standard. This new product combines the benefits of Far Infrared Ray Heat Therapy with the latest rechargeable battery technology to provide “pain relief on the go” with cordless [...]
OK, so you’ve never heard of Chondromalacia Patella either? It’s funny that as you get older you start getting all these odd sounding injuries. Believe it or not, Chondromalacia Patella is a fairly common knee injury resulting from wear and tear of the cartilage behind the knee cap (patella). Normally the patella slides over a [...]
Athletes know that sprained ankles should be treated immediately to prevent further injury and reduce swelling. In past blogs I have discussed the benefits of using the RICE treatment approach. For treatments of sprained ankles I’ll suggest using the PRICE technique along with some simple rehab and prevention suggestions: Protection: Immobilize the sprained ankle with [...]
When you suffer the inevitable muscle strain, sprain,pull or tear it’s important to limit further damage, control swelling and improve recovery time.The most common treatment regimen used by athletes around the world goes by the acronym RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation). If you remember this simple acronym you will spend more time competing and [...]
One of the most important things you can do when you get a muscle or joint injury is to apply cold therapy. Most experts say that cold therapy should be applied as soon as possible following a soft tissue injury and repeated at regular intervals for 48-72 hours. Cooling the area after an injury relieves [...]
As I mentioned in my last blog, the local sports doc gave me a cortisone shot and told me to take 2 Aleve tablets twice a day for treatment of my tennis elbow. He also told me not to start any rehab for two weeks. It is now two weeks and my tennis elbow pain [...]
Like most older tennis players, I have suffered with tennis elbow many times. Tennis elbow is caused by repetitive stress to the tendons of the wrist extensor muscles, just below the elbow. The injury is called “Tennis Elbow” because the majority of cases are caused by the sport of tennis. For tennis players tennis elbow [...]
Welcome to my Return2Fitness Sports Medical blog site. We discuss Sports Medicine topics including injury resources and information about braces, supports,insoles,cold & hot therapy, electrotherapy, inversion therapy, wobble boards and more...If you have any any ideas for future topics or anything you'd like to share about what I've posted please let me know.
~Bruce the Old Jock - "A 60 year old still competing thanks to modern sports medicine & rehabilitation"
