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Sports Injuries

Health Encyclopedia: Anterior Knee Pain

Alternative Names

Runner's knee

Prevention

Proper warming up before exercise, stretching after warm-up or exercise, and cooling down after exercise can help prevent sports injuries.

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Expert & Community Posts

Instead of Dementia, Memory Loss May Be Caused by a Forgotten Traumatic Brain Injury

By Dorian Martin , Health Expert

...traumatic brain injuries from long-forgotten falls, sports injuries or other accidents that... Read more »

5 Risks Factors for Osteoarthritis

By Matthew Thompson , Health Expert

People are sometimes told they are "at risk" of developing arthritis at some point in the future. ... Read more »

Hypogonadism, Testosterone and Erectile Dysfunction

By Dr. Justin Harmon , Health Expert

To continue the discussion of causes of erectile dysfunction, we were focusing on situations that... Read more »

Youth + Speed = Pain

By Christina Lasich, MD , Health Expert

Pediatric trauma surgeons are sounding the alarm about the increasing rate of accidents and risky... Read more »

I Can't Exercise Because...

By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

Almost every day I hear the discussion of why people perceive that they can’t exercise. This is... Read more »

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Health Guide

...addition to car accidents, whiplash can be caused by roller coasters and other amusement park rides, sports injuries, or being punched or shaken. (Whiplash is one of the hallmarks of shaken baby... Read more »

Bruise

...bone bruise being the most severe and painful. Causes Bruises are often caused by falls, sports injuries, car accidents, or blows received by other people or objects. If you take a... Read more »

Spinal/neck injury

Your spinal cord contains the nerves that carry messages between your brain and body. The cord passes through your neck and back. A spinal cord injury is very serious because it... Read more »

Blindness

...leading causes are diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and accidents (such as chemical burns or sports injuries). Worldwide, the leading causes of blindness are cataracts, onchocerciasis... Read more »

Causes and Risk Factors of Spinal Cord Trauma

...caused by any number of injuries to the spine. They can result from motor vehicle accidents, falls, sports injuries (particularly diving into shallow water), industrial accidents, gunshot wounds,... Read more »

Images

Radial head injury

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Injuries can be a part of any child's athletic experience, but researchers at the University of Michigan have found that one injury may have... Read summary »

Secret Injuries: Retired Footballers Suffer Depression

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