Major rule changes in sports don’t come along often, but when they do, it’s usually because of incidents involving high profile athletes. The words Tuck Rule and Tom Brady have become synonymous, and just two years ago, Major League Baseball announced that home-plate collisions would be banned after one of their biggest up-and-coming stars suffered […]
Minnesota’s Augustus Out With Ankle Sprain
The Minnesota Lynx cruised to a 22-point victory over the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday despite being without the services of Seimone Augustus, who missed the game because of a sprained ankle. Augustus injured her ankle in the second quarter of Sunday’s 32-point rout of the Phoenix Mercury. There was some initial fear about the severity […]
Foot Injury Leads to Lower Back Injury for Oklahoma Man
An Oklahoma man whose workers’ compensation claim was denied had the ruling vacated after the Oklahoma Court of Civic Appeals ruled that his injury occurred before the state raised the burden of proof associated with compensation claims. Court documents revealed that Charles Prince injured his right foot in November 2008 while he was working for […]
Joint Injuries in Athletes
Guest blog by Elizabeth Carrollton, a medical writer for Drugwatch.com Joint injuries are a very common problem in athletes, especially in weight-bearing joints. Sprains and strains are common in knees and ankles, while hips are more prone to overuse injuries, like bursitis and tendinitis, as well as muscle strain and stress fractures. All of these […]
Peroneal Tendon Tearing
How do they tear? Most commonly the peroneal tendons tear by fraying. They are placed under repetitive stress and have tears within the tendon that slowly tear apart. Symptoms are not always clear. Since tendons themselves have no nerves inside them, pain is often transmitted to other areas. Tendons connect muscle to bone. The muscle […]