Tennis elbow, whose medical name is lateral epicondylitis, occurs when the tendons in your outer elbow become irritated or inflamed due to overuse. The pain from tennis elbow can be felt from the bony bump of your elbow to the wrist, and it hurts to make gripping motions. If you have pain in your Read More
Sports Medicine
How to Avoid the Most Common Summer Sports Injuries
The beautiful sunshine and long days of summer invite fun activities for family and friends outdoors. But while everything seems perfect, injuries can happen if we’re not careful. It’s ideal to prevent injuries from happening in the first place if we can help it. Let’s take a look at some of the Read More
Joint Replacement: What are Artificial Joints Made Out of?
Every day, people all over the world need to get some form of joint replacement. In the United States alone, a whopping one million people will have a total joint replacement procedure, and the numbers are expected to rise above four million per year in the next two decades. For an aging Read More
Preventing Sport Injuries with Stretching
We’ve all heard everyone say that stretching is a vital part of the exercise routine, however, many of us think of stretching as something to do with the extra time we may have left at the end of our routine. It is important to note that stretching may help improve your athletic performance when Read More
