bibliography #5

Dushan, Henry. Adductor tenotomy: its role in the management of sports-related chronic groin pain. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery 130.8 (August 2010): p965(6). This article approaches the difficulty of groin injuries. There is little that can be done in a case of a strain or tear of the groin muscles. This tackles another possibility of surgery as an answer to heal an injury. It compares activity capability before injury, after injury, pre and post-surgery. Before injury the muscle is at the best function output, after surgery the muscle is significantly weaker and the muscle never seems to regain full function. This helps the better understanding of injured groins and surgery outcomes. This is aimed at patients of groin injuries and physicians that need more information. This provides quality information about the groin muscles and their functionality. This being a critical muscle that not only athletes, but all people, need to have healthy, I needed this as a source.

bibliography #4

Sander, Libby. Colleges Struggle to Protect Athletes From Concussion and Its Aftermath; Research shows the head injury is far more common, and more complex, than previously thought. The Chronicle of Higher Education 57.06 (Sept 22, 2010)(2030 words) Sanders main point is how serious concussions can be. There are a lot of reasons to be cautious of someone with a potential head injury, due to it being the most important thing in your body. This article goes through what to look for in a possible concussion victim and how to go about treating the person. Also some of the problems that can come about a concussion. Again aimed at anyone with past, present or future concussion and health care officials that need information. Provides exceptional information about concussions and how to go about dealing with them. This is another subject that I wanted to hit due to its importance.

bibliography #3

Mankske, Robert and Prohaska, Daniel. Superior labrum anterior to posterior (SLAP) rehabilitation in the overhead athlete. Physical Therapy in Sport 11.4 (Nov 2010): p110(12). This article was the results of testing shoulder injuries. More specifically superior labral anterior to posterior (SLAP) lesions, which is a serious injury that usually requires surgery of some kind. This injury doesn’t always require surgery and sometimes can heal with therapy. This article takes data from shoulder injuries, whether or not it had surgery or not and how it recovered. This is to inform anyone that wants to know whether or not to undergo shoulder surgery after an injury. Again, aimed at anyone how withstood a shoulder injury or a doctor that may want more information on the effects of surgery. This proves great points to both rehab and surgery as viable options to recovering from an injury. This provides valuable insight to both surgery and rehab and supports my thoughts on both subjects.

bibliography #2

C. M. Askling, J. Nilsson and A. Thorstensson.  “A new hamstring test to complement the common clinical examination before return to sport after injury.” Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 18.12 (Dec 2010): p1798(6). This article tested hamstring flexibility of someone who recently strained their hamstring. It showed how the injury effected the flexibility of the patient. Eleven people were tested with and without the injury, but only when people were completely recovered from the strain. The point this article was trying to prove was flexibility in relation to when the athlete is able to compete again. It is aimed at anyone who has had a hamstring injury. This is another great article on another part of the body and telling how a hamstring injury affected flexibility.

Running durring winter months

Winter is just around the corner. Everyone knows that staying in shape requires effort, time and sometimes equipment that is required. Running is one of the most effective forms of exercise that helps with flexibility, strength, lung capacity, and helps maintain a healthy heart. During the winter months it is quite a bit harder to find a way to stay in shape. Treadmills can help but can be dangerous and cause injuries. It doesn't matter what type of shoe or how long you run on a treadmill, the constant even pounding can cause certain joints to wear down and become irritated. Finding an indoor facility is probably one of the best bets for someone looking for a place to run, but nothing can beat warm cloths and going outside for a run. Sweating helps lose some body fat and is harder, and not recommended, during cold weather. If your cloths get wet they can freeze and causing sickness. Running in cold weather is much different then summer when you can just throw on some shorts and go running. Getting too many or too few cloths can be bad.

bibliography #1

I was looking for an article regarding scopes, this provided some great insight on the effects and benefits. 
Pennington, William. Sytsma, Mark. Gibbons, David.  Bartz, Brian. Dodd, Maggie. Daun, James and Klinger, Jonathan “Arthroscopic Posterior Labral Repair in Athletes: Outcome Analysis at 2-Year Follow-up.”  26.9 (Sept 2010).  This article was written September of 2010 on the effects of arthroscopic surgery, usually referred to as a scope. This article covers the effects of a scope on the injury of someone’s isolated posterior labral. Surgery is very painless and most people recover from this procedure very quickly and can get back to competing in a short time. The idea behind this article is to compare the outcomes of scopes on different patients with the same injury. This is mainly aimed at athletes and other doctor. This data is very specific and provides great insight on surgery as recovery. This covers ways to recover from a more serious injury and what comes with the surgery.

Dangerous

Unknown to most, cross country and track is a very physical sport. Although contact during a race is prohibited it happens in every race. Most cross country races have far to many people in them for officials to keep an eye on all runners. Most are small gestures like running a little close to someone and maybe pushing the other person with an elbow. There are however many more way that a runner can be seriously hurt. At the beginning of any race there is a struggle for position, and that includes a lot of pushing and shoving. While running it is difficult to keep your balance while being completely surrounded by other runners, and people do fall. When someone falls it can be dangerous. Most runners run with spikes on the bottom of the shoe that are very sharp, and if someone was stepped on multiple times it wouldn't feel good.
A few years ago I saw a guy in front of me that got boxed in and ran into a tree. There wasn't a lot he could do because there was a person that was blocking his view of the tree and moved at the last second, he didn't finish the race. I found out that if you run close enough to someone and a bit behind them, you can clip their back leg as it comes up making the person face-plant. This was used in the following video, but in a steeplechase race at the world games a few years ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_s6ahuPCwQ