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Sports Therapy - Articles
2010 Sports Physical Therapy Team Concept Conference
by
Mike Reinold
Posted
Thu 26 Aug 2010 3:00am
Registration has begun for this year’s Team Concept Conference by the Sports Section of the American Physical Therapy Association. This is a great course that I... the course:
Join practitioners on the leading edge of sports physical therapy at the 2010 Team Concept Conference! Clinicians from around the world will gather in Las Vegas
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Sports Massage Therapy 101: Interview with an Expert
by
Side of Sneakers
Posted
Mon 22 Nov 2010 6:02am
started in massage therapy?
When I interned as an Athletic Trainer at Maryland (College Park 2001-2005), I was shown basic massage techniques to help athletes deal with swelling... an athletes need to recover from challenging workouts and the high intensity demands of competition. Aside from nutrition, rehab exercises and mental mapping – I used massage therapy. I
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Physical Therapy in Sport
by
Mike Reinold
Posted
Mon 05 Oct 2009 10:01pm
immersion for athlete recovery: a review
Physical Therapy in Sport, Volume 5, Issue 1, February 2004, Pages 26-32
Effect of pelvic, hip, and knee position on ankle joint range... with plantar fasciitis? A meta-analysis
Physical Therapy in Sport, Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2009, Pages 12-18
Strategies used by physical therapists in the U.S. for treatment
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Athlo Enlists Expert Advice In Sports Medicine and Physical Therapy
by
Ryan K.
Posted
Sun 30 Nov 2008 12:15pm
My brother Patrick graduated from Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh in 2007 with a Masters in Sports Medicine and Athletic Training. He is a certified athletic trainer and works for Advance Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine. Advance has 12 clinics in multiple cities throughout the midwest. He currently resides in Quincy, IL.
Patrick will join
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Laser Therapy for Sports Injuries. It's more than just treating pain
by
Dr. Eben Davis
Posted
Mon 01 Mar 2010 12:00am
from LiteCure . Deep Tissue Therapeutic Laser is one of the most advanced forms of treatment for sports injuries. In fact, quite a few professional sports franchises swear... therapy session. The key is to address dysfunctional painful (DP) patterns in combination with the dysfunctional non-painful (DN).
This makes total sense since many sports
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Is testosterone therapy the new fountain of amateur sports youth?
by
Roman M.
Posted
Mon 18 Jan 2010 2:13pm
of testosterone therapy for amatuer athletes and if and how it can help to restore youth and vigor. This long story follows one man's quest to stay young and fit by paying about $10,000.00...
Since embarking a regime of testosterone therapy one year ago John Bellizzi had "seen his
weight drop to 165 pounds from 181; body fat to 15 percent from 27
percent. His
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Sports Injuries, Treatments and Medical Tourism
by
Healthbase O.
Posted
Wed 28 Jan 2009 8:16pm
to the treatment of sports injuries and is called sports medicine. While minor wounds can heal in a few days or weeks, major ones may require surgical attention. However, just like any other surgery, surgical treatment of sports injuries may be expensive in the United States and other Western countries. But thanks to medical tourism, now these treatments can be obtained
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Chiropractic in the Treatment and Prevention of Sports Injuries
by
David C.
Posted
Fri 07 May 2010 10:07am
The study aims to investigate whether chiropractic manual therapy intervention protocol provided in addition to the current best practice management could prevent... Rules football athletes, matched them in several ways and randomly placed them in one of two arms of the study. All received the usual and customary management and medical care
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Treatment of Sport Injuries requires PRICE not just ICE.
by
Carol Grant
Posted
Mon 14 Mar 2011 8:21am
important is treatment of sport injury is elevation. This also reduces swelling which speeds up healing. The area must be elevated above the heart to aid in the passive removal...
Most of us remember the basics when it comes to treating sports injuries which includes ICE: ice, compression and elevation. But as a Chiropractor, I believe
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