Archive for Injuries
Soccer Star Ali Krieger Joins Fans at Concussion Education Event
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US Women’s soccer player Ali Krieger signs autographs for fans during the PACE - Protecting Athletes through Concussion Education - event at Dick's Sporting Goods, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, in Gaithersburg, MD. Krieger and Dick’s Sporting Goods have teamed up to raise awareness and provide baseline testing for concussions among young athletes. Visit DicksSportingGoods.com/PACE for more information. (AP Images for Dick’s Sporting Goods)
US Women’s World Cup Soccer player Ali Krieger joined fans at a free concussion screening and testing event in a Gaithersburg, MD Dick’s Sporting Goods store to help spread the word about the new PACE (Protecting Athletes through Concussion Education) program. Through PACE, up to one million young athletes across more than 3,300 middle and high schools nationwide will receive free concussion education and ImPACT testing, making it the largest concussion baseline testing initiative ever created.
From now through September 12, Dick’s Sporting Goods will donate $1 to the PACE program for every pair of athletic shoes purchased in any of its 449 stores or online at DicksSportingGoods.com. In addition, they have pledged an additional $1 donation for consumers who post about PACE on the Dick’s Sporting Goods Facebook page, tweet about PACE with the #DSGPACE hashtag, or check-in to a Dick’s Sporting Goods location on Facebook Places or Foursquare.
For more information on the PACE program and concussion education, visit the PACE informational site.
Preventing Cheerleading Injuries
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As the debate as to whether cheerleading is a sport continues and as cheerleading statistically continues to be considered one of the more dangerous high school sports, it is important to note that many cheerleading injuries can be prevented. STOP Sports Injuries, a campaign started by famous sports professionals and well-known national organizations, has an entire section of their website devoted to sports specific injury prevention, treatment guidelines, videos, and resources. Cheerleading is one of the sports for which they have valuable information for parents, coaches and cheerleaders.
The information available on STOP Sports Injuries that pertains to cheerleading specifically, includes:
- What types of injuries are most common in cheerleading?
- How can injuries be prevented?
- How are cheerleading injuries treated?
Visit the site and download the printable cheerleading injury fact sheet for more information.
Hop 100 Times a Day – It Will Help Keep the Bone Doctor Away
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to Dr. Susan Brown in her OsteoBlast newsletter, hopping 100 times a day will help bones get stronger, making them less susceptible to injury:
Remember jumping rope and playing hop scotch as a kid? Well, it’s time to think about those activities again, because hopping and jumping are great bone builders. As it turns out, bone strengthens in response to the load placed upon it, and high-impact activities like jumping load bone much more than low-impact activities like walking. Studies among children and adults show the bone benefits of this simple form of high impact exercise. Ten to 15 minutes of heel drops, hopping, or jumping three days a week helps to increase bone density and strength.
Coaches – you can help your athletes get 100 hops in by setting up return stations and drills that incorporate jumping, bounding, punching through the feet and hopping on one foot. Make an obstacle course, draw a hopscotch field, or come up with your own version of Simon Says.
Athletes – you can certainly get hopping on those days off! Grab your jump rope, make your own jumping circuit or make a game of hopping everywhere a few minutes each hour.
Don’t forget to stretch before you start and your bones will thank you!
