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Tips for Athletes on How to Recover from an Injury Faster

Whether you’re an amateur athlete or an elite sportsman, you most likely agree that suffering an injury is one of the worst things you could ever go through. A sports injury not only shoves you to the sidelines; it also holds the potential to jeopardize your entire career. The silver lining to it is that

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Symptoms of a Damaged or Torn Rotator Cuff

If you have persistent shoulder pain and find it difficult to reach or move your arm from side to side, you may have a damaged or torn rotator cuff. Here are the symptoms of this common orthopedic injury and how your orthopedic surgeon can reduce your pain and help you regain shoulder and arm function.

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Common Shoulder Injuries in Athletes

In virtually all sports, the shoulders are called upon to perform feats of strength, speed, and endurance – feats for which they are not always well-suited. For example, a baseball pitcher is required to throw a five-ounce baseball as hard as they can, as often as 300 times a day. Gymnasts support their whole body

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What Sport Has the Highest Risk of Shoulder Injuries?

According to statistics, shoulder injuries account for up to 7.5 percent of all sports injuries, and they are prevalent among athletes 18 to 43 years of age. The most common shoulder injuries sustained during sports trainings and competitions include fractures, dislocations, rotator cuff tears, as well as sprains and strains. At Greater Chesapeake Hand to

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Upper-Body Injuries: When to See a Sports Medicine Doctor

Upper body injuries are extremely common in sports, such as those that involve overhead movements like tennis, basketball, and volleyball. A sports medicine doctor is a type of orthopedic physician who specializes in diagnosing, treating, and preventing musculoskeletal injuries affecting athletes and anyone who regularly engages in physical activity. A sports medicine doctor is essentially

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Reasons to See a Shoulder Doctor

A shoulder doctor is essentially an orthopedic physician who specializes in the diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries affecting not only the shoulder but of the entire upper extremity—the hand, wrist, fingers, arm, and elbow. While many shoulder problems can be handled by your primary care physician, they will most likely refer

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Painful Signs of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Your hand surgeon in Lutherville, MD, sees many cases of carpal tunnel syndrome, or CTS. Patients often complain of pain, poor hand function, and more. Without treatment, this common hand condition worsens over time. Here are the painful signs of carpal tunnel syndrome and how your hand specialist can help. Signs of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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Tips for Avoiding Hand Injuries

Albeit hand injuries aren’t necessarily life-threatening, they can render you incapable of carrying out your day-to-day tasks. They can also take long to heal given the fact that the hand is always mobile. If the injury involves a cut, the wound can open up and put you at risk of complications. Whether at work or

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Reasons Why Shoulder Injuries Are So Common

Among all of the joints in the human body, the shoulder is gifted with the most flexibility and greatest range of motion, allowing for a wide variety of movements, such as flexion, extension, neutral and horizontal abduction, neutral and horizontal adduction, neutral and horizontal internal rotation, among others. Such amazing flexibility and mobility, however, are

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Facts About Shoulder Arthritis

The shoulder is the most flexible and mobile joint in the human body. With such flexibility and mobility, however, also comes a greater susceptibility to conditions and injuries. Arthritis is one of the most common conditions affecting the shoulder. As it does to the other joints in the body, arthritis causes shoulder pain, swelling, stiffness,

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