Tag: sport injuries
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Addressing 5 Common Causes of Leg and Muscle Cramps
Leg Cramps, we’ve all experienced them. It could be a minor discomfort or pain so bad that it takes your right off your feet. They can happen late at night while you are sleeping, or after you have had a long run or walk, after not doing any activity at all. You can get these…
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The RICE Method: How This Popular Method Of Treating Injuries Actually Slows Recovery
So why – in the face of expert advice against the practice – do people still turn to ice to treat an injury or swelling? Usually, the goal when using ice is to numb the immediate pain, but this method will only relieve the pain for a moment and will not treat or take away…
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Is There Really A Hockey Off-season?
In the past few years, I have noticed that the typical off-ice rest period that occurs during the spring and summer off season is being replaced by spring and summer leagues or tournaments, prospect games, and players starting back up skating programs three to four times each week. Essentially, there is a much shorter, or…
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Time off the Skates: The Benefits of Off-time for Young Athletes
In my 30+ years of experience, there is one sport that this commitment and dedication from not only the athletes, but their parents, stands apart from the rest. I think more than any other sport, hockey is the one that parents really push their children, from an increasingly young age, to pursue and excel at.
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Esport: A Real Sport?
Esports is one of, if not the fastest growing discipline in the sporting industry on the planet however, the classification of Esports as a legitimate sport has been controversial. So, the debate persists, is Esport a real sport?