ACL Injury in Female Athletes

ACL Injury in Female Athletes

A healthy and functional anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is a requirement for run, jump, and pivot sports.  The complete rupture most often requires major surgery and rehabilitation.  Although the surgical techniques have dramatically improved, there remains the...
Drinking Your Way to Better Health

Drinking Your Way to Better Health

Did you know that 75 percent of the human body consists of water and only 25 percent solid mass? This statistic should stress the importance of water on our intricate internal systems. With the hectic lifestyles and time restraints in many people’s schedules,...
Don’t Wait for Your Doctor to Tell You to Exercise

Don’t Wait for Your Doctor to Tell You to Exercise

An issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, a national survey showed that only 28% of all physicians advise patients to become more physically active. Ask anyone who is physically active, and they will tell you exercise gives them an overall positive...
Can Exercise Reduce Your Risk of Catching a Cold?

Can Exercise Reduce Your Risk of Catching a Cold?

Sir William Osler, the famous Canadian medical doctor, once quipped, “There’s only one way to treat the common cold—with contempt.” And for good reason. The average adult has two to three respiratory infections each year. That number jumps to six or seven for young...
Over Training

Over Training

Over training, sometimes known as Over Training Syndrome, is a rather common problem among athletes. The over-trained athlete’s body has become abused and egulatory mechanisms of the body can not return back to “normal” during the one or two days of...
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