Low Impact Summer Sports
There’s never a good time to sustain an injury, but being injured can be especially hard during the summer when the beautiful, sunny weather is calling to you to get outside and be active. Luckily, there are plenty of low impact outdoor activities that you may be able...
Avoid Aches and Pains While Gardening
Gardening is a great way to spend time outside during beautiful summer weather. But if you’ve ever spent hours pulling weeds or planting flowers, you know just how hard it can be on your back, knees, and neck. Here are some quick tips to make sure that you stay pain...
Sports and Spine Orthopaedics Featured in Southbay Health Magazine!
The article highlights Sports and Spine Orthopaedics’ use of the latest medical technologies to stay on the cutting edge of the industry and provide the best possible care for their patients. It also outlines each team member's role in the practice and speaks to the...
Why do my Hips Hurt After a Run?
Hip pain is a common complaint among runners, and that’s because the repetitive motion of running puts a lot of stress on the bones, muscles, and tissues in the hip area. That stress often results in injuries that get worse as the intensity and frequency of runs...
Why is Rest After Exercise so Important?
It’s easy to get into a rhythm in your workouts and not want to take a day off. It’s also common to fear that taking days off from your workout schedule will cause you to lose all of the progress that you’ve made. But it’s important to remember that rest is a vital...
Keeping Your Neck and Back Healthy at Work
Sitting at a desk all day may not seem like the most physically demanding task, but doing it day after day for multiple hours on end can actually be pretty hard on the body. In fact, people with desk jobs commonly complain of back and neck soreness that results from...
How to Avoid Trail Running Injuries
Not all types of running are created equal. Running on pavement is much different than running on a trail, and each surface offers its own unique set of obstacles and quirks. Trail running, for example, challenges the muscles of your lower legs much more than if...
ACL Injury Prevention in Athletes
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) provides stability and support to the knee joint. It connects bone to bone and prevents the lower leg from sliding too far forward as well as preventing excessive motion in the knee. Unfortunately, ACL sprains or tears are one of...
Should You Pop a Dislocated Shoulder Back in?
The shoulder joint has the greatest range of motion of any of the joints in our body. That’s great for free movement, but it also means that it’s incredibly prone to injury, especially dislocation. In fact, shoulder dislocation is the most common joint dislocation...
Stretches to Help Ease Sciatica Pain
The sciatic nerve starts in the lower back and branches off to run down both legs, ending in the feet. If any sort of pressure is put on the nerve it results in pain referred to as sciatica. When a disc in the spinal column becomes diseased or starts to deteriorate,...
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