{"id":17523,"date":"2021-09-02T13:14:44","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T18:14:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutsmh.org\/?page_id=17523"},"modified":"2022-03-28T02:30:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T07:30:39","slug":"sports-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aboutsmh.org\/sports-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Knee & Shoulder Injuries<\/h3>

According to Dr. Kasik, knee and shoulder injuries are also common. Dr. Shin adds, \u201cThe most common injuries typically seen in a sports medicine office would be rotator cuff injuries, shoulder labral injuries, ankle sprains and knee injuries and including meniscal tears and ligament tears.\u201d He goes on to explain that most often, these injuries happen after a blow or force (such as getting tackled in football). He further adds that chronic overuse injuries, such as stress fractures or tendonitis, occur due to repetitive training like running, throwing a baseball or swinging a tennis racket. However, injuries can happen simply from abnormal twisting, bending, reaching or falling as well. Sometimes, you may not even realize what you did to cause the injury.<\/p>

Because your knees and shoulders endure a lot of impact, weight and use during sports and recreational activities, as well as, work-related tasks and home projects, many people injure one or more at some point in their life.<\/p>

Tennis Elbow (Epicondylitis)<\/h3>

Athletes aren\u2019t the only people who get \u201ctennis elbow.\u201d Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is inflammation or microtearing of the tendons that join the forearm muscles on the outside of the elbow. Many people with tennis elbow participate in activities that require repetitive and vigorous use of the forearm muscle or repetitive extension of the wrist and hand. According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, painters, plumbers and carpenters are prone to developing tennis elbow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Are You Injured?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Whether you are just a beginner, an intermediate or a pro athlete, there\u2019s always a chance of injury. Many injuries that fall under the specialty of sports medicine don\u2019t always occur during sports. Injuries can happen in whatever you are doing if one moves wrong, trips and falls or makes sudden contact with the ground or another individual. Injuries can happen just as often while doing household tasks as they can on the field or court. Our sports medicine specialists are here to help get you back to doing what you love.<\/p>

While this is not a complete list of injuries our sports medicine specialists treat, here are some of the more common ones encountered by our specialists:<\/p>

Strains & Sprains<\/h3>

\u201cThe most common injuries in sports medicine are sprains and strains (pulled muscles),\u201d states Connor Kasik, DO, board certified orthopedic surgeon at St. Margaret\u2019s. \u201cMost commonly, this occurs in the ankle or hamstring,\u201d he continues. Strains happen when you overstretch a muscle or tendon and a sprain is the stretching or tearing of ligaments, which are the tough bands of fibrous tissue that connects two bones. Sprains can be painful and take longer to heal than strains.<\/p>

According to Michael Shin, MD, another one of our board certified orthopedic surgeons, if you have an injury, it is important to begin Rest-Ice-Compression-Elevation (RICE). He explains that RICE, along with over-the-counter (OTC) anti-inflammatories can work for many issues.\u00a0 However, Dr. Shin emphasizes \u201csevere pains and pains that have been going on and not improving or [are] getting worse over a period of time should be seen.\u00a0 Some of these sports medicine-related issues are typically easier and quicker to treat the [sooner] we get to them.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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