Tag: knee injury
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How Soccer Players Should Build Muscles
“Can’t I get in shape for soccer just by playing more soccer?” my son asked me recently. It’s a natural assumption. After all, your body does adapt to whatever activity you do. But the answer is “no.” Think about it. Professionals — the people who play soccer the most — still get hurt doing it.…
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Are Sports Doctors Sexist?
When I started to write about sports injuries, I envisioned my reader as someone like me: a former college athlete, middle-aged and, well, male. But women immediately started telling me how much they care about the subject. A bookstore owner talked about injuries on her softball team. A literary agent told me upper body training…
