Category Archives: ankles

ankles, elbows, knees, tennis

How Tennis Players Get Hurt

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Heat. Fatigue. A strained thigh. Eugenie Bouchard had plenty of reasons to explain her defeat in the fourth-round of the U.S. Open tennis tournament yesterday. And anyone who plays tennis regularly can sympathize. Even though you don’t have the opportunity to crash into another player the way you do in a team sports, you can easily get hurt.

Eugenie Bouchard in 2013. Photo by Carine 06. Some rights reserved.
Eugenie Bouchard in 2013. Photo by Carine 06. Some rights reserved.

Of course every vigorous sport takes its toll. But researchers are beginning to pinpoint the biggest risks for each and figure out how to prevent them.  While they’re not as far along as soccer researchers,  tennis experts have already scored some important points. Continue reading How Tennis Players Get Hurt →

ankles, basketball, soccer, volleyball

Balance Training Reduces Ankle Injury

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Knee injuries may grab the headlines more than any other type of athletic injury, perhaps because they can end an athlete’s career. But ankles get hurt more often, and these injuries can be pretty devastating, too.

Many of the same exercises that we’ve discussed for knee injury prevention can help protect ankles as well.

But you can do some other things to save your ankles. Continue reading Balance Training Reduces Ankle Injury →