Sports Medicine and Health
Check out our informative articles from Hampton Roads' leading sports medicine practitioners - Physicians, Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Certified Athletic Trainers, Nutritionists and more. Look at our weekly video on rehabilitation, recovery, or regeneration; or, if you need advice, post your question on our discussion board, where you will get expert advice from our SportFit panel of medical professionals.
This Week's Video: Thoracic Mobility for Golfer's (or any other rotational sport!)
Have a nagging injury? Need advice on rehabilitation? Need to know who in this area is certified in a certain medical technique? Find the answers to all of your sports medicine queries in our discussion forum.
Superfoods for Health Jen Van Horn, DT, MS HS Imagine a superfood -- not a drug -- powerful enough to help you lower your cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease and cancer, and, for an added bonus, put you in a better mood. There are no side effects and you can get most of these all at your local grocery store. Even people who are healthy can make a few tweaks and the impact can be amazing. I'd say that 50% to 70% of suffering could be eliminated by what people eat and how they move: heart disease, diabetes, cancer, hypertension can all be impacted. . . . keep reading
Supplements for Health - Why take supplements and which ones should I take? Jen Van Horn, DT, MS HS Good nutrition is no longer available in our commonly eaten foods unless it is 100% organic or home-grown. This deficit in America creates often-severe health problems. We need whole-food nutritional supplements and high antioxidant foods to make up for nutritional deficiency of foods. . . . keep reading
Improve Your Glute Function (Get Your Butt to Work!) Chris Ullom, ATC, CSCS One of the biggest problems I see when assessing an individuals injury or functional movement, is their lack of glute function. The gluteals (butt muscles) are the most powerful muscles in the hip . . . keep reading
Grafts for Knee Ligament Reconstruction Sheldon Cohn, M.D. "You have torn your anterior cruciate ligament". After receiving that diagnosis from your Orthopaedic Surgeon you have discussed your treatment options and during that discussion you were told that if you have surgery that your ligament would be replaced by a graft. . . . keep reading
Single Leg Plyometrics for Injury Prevention Chris Ullom, ATC, CSCS Are you a runner, team sport athlete, or anone who enjoys fitness? If you are, chances are pretty good that at some point in your career you have experienced some type of lower extermity injury. I . . . keep reading
Understanding the Sacro-Iliac (SI) Joint Dave Volkringer Of all injuries, low back pain (LBP) is easily the most frequently suffered, with ~80% of the population having an episode at some time in their lives. Of those, it is estimated that 90% will suffer a recurrence of the problem. . . . keep reading
Meniscus Tears Viginia Institute for Sports Medicine Our knees take quite a beating. Whether during an athletic event or during the course of normal day to day activities, we put a tremendous amount of stress on our knees. They hold up our (sometimes considerable) weight, allow us to run, kick, bend, squat, twist and turn. . . . keep reading
Nutrition Feature: How Can You Recover From Injuries? Jen Van Horn, DT, MS HS If you strain a muscle, you probably don't wonder, am I drinking the wrong protein shake or am I having enough nutrients in my diet? But it's not a silly question. Why? Because the rate of your recovery from an injury is all about supplementation and nutrition. . . . keep reading
