The New Year is here!  Every January I’m inspired by enthusiastic people sharing their New Year’s resolutions with me.  It is very apparent that the fitness business booms in January.  With an increase in fitness related activity, inevitably, there is   a rise in injuries a few months down the road, usually in March or April.  [...]

Thank you for reading!  You know working out in addition to your team practices is important for keeping your body strong and healthy, but why else should you want to?  Your parents, coaches, teachers, and friends all expect stuff from you.  So asking you to exercise is no big deal, right?  Well exercise is a big deal.  Keeping [...]

Post by Jay William, Ph.D
August 21 2009
The number of young athletes who are lifting weights as part of their training is steadily increasing. In past years, many discouraged weight training in children and young adolescents. This stemmed, in part, from the fear of injury and adverse effects on growth and development. We now know that [...]

ACL Injuries
Jim Brown January 22, 2009
Overview
There are approximately 200,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries every year and between 80,000-100,000 involve partial or complete ligament tears. Yet more than half of them are self-inflicted. They involve no contact with another competitor, and they occur in a disproportionate number of female athletes—a problem that still persists though [...]