How to Safely Run Outside In the Winter
Winter running can be very enjoyable: it’s a great way to keep warm, it helps keep your body in shape, and it gets you out of the house during cold weather. It’s important, however, to be aware of potential pitfalls. Check your shoes. You need healthy feet...
Hockey Ankle Injuries and How to Treat Them
Hockey Ankle Injuries and How to Treat Them Perhaps the most common hockey injury of all, ankle sprains occur when the ankles roll outward, causing the connecting ligaments to stretch or even tear. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore the causes, symptoms,...
Properly Protect Feet and Ankles During Football Season with These Tips
Football is back, and for your kids or teens, that means excitement, enjoyment and enthusiasm. It can mean the same for you – but it can also mean the worry of injury to their feet and ankles like turf toe or nail trauma. Happily, it’s possible to...
Stretches to Help Prevent Common Running Injuries
Recent studies indicate 3 most common general running related muscular-skeletal injuries are: *medial tibial stress syndrome, or “shin splints” (9.5% prevalence *Achilles tendonopathy- inflamed or degenerative changes (6.2-9.5% prevalence) *plantar fascial pain-...