Category: basketball
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NBA Misses at Shot at Preventing Basketball Injuries
The loss of Derrick Rose, sidelined with a meniscus tear, knocks a big hole in this year’s basketball season. And the injury to the Chicago Bulls’ star is only the latest in a series of injuries besetting the sport. A rotator cuff injury took the Lakers’ Kobe Bryant out in January. The list goes on,…
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How to Prevent Basketball Injuries
By Bert Mandelbaum The right exercises could prevent most basketball injuries. We know this both from studies on basketball injuries and on injuries in other sports.
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How Basketball Players Get Hurt
When University of Connecticut star Ryan Boatright rolled his ankle Sunday, he was treading on a well-worn trail. About 600,000 basketball players get hurt so badly they end up in U.S. emergency rooms each year. That’s more than any other sport. But a close look at how basketball players get hurt shows that many of…
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Recognize Concussion Symptoms
Recognizing concussion symptoms may save your life. For generations, athletes took blows to the head and kept right on playing. It’s easy to get caught up in the excitement of the game. Coaches, teammates and fans may depend on you. But getting hit again and again can permanently damage your brain. It can even kill…
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New Studies Show How to Prevent Hamstring Injuries
When U.S. national soccer team striker Jozy Altidore clutched his thigh and fell to the ground in the World Cup last month, physical therapist Holly Silvers thought once again of Russian hamstring exercises. No less than three other members of the team (Fabian Johnson, Matt Besler and Deandre Yedlin) reportedly suffered injuries to this muscle…
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Balance Training Reduces Ankle Injury
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…
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Increasing Power and Speed for Soccer Players
If you’ve been watching the World Cup, you may have noticed that the best soccer players often go airborne. That’s been true for a number of years, as you can see in this video of the top World Cup headers. But what goes up must come down, and how you land can determine how long…
