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🏆TOP MLB INJURIES . It's the middle of baseball season⚾️, and inevitably if you have a favorite team one of your players will be on the disabled list this year . Baseball players have the biggest grind of any major sport. 162 games over the summer! The majority of these are overuse injuries (to pitchers) so off-season conditioning is really important. . Despite good conditioning, injuries happen. Some interesting trends in the MLB are that shoulder injuries are trending down ⬇️⬇️. They're down about 20% over the last 20 years. . But where is this wear and tear now happening? Likely the elbow (in the form of ulnar collateral ligament sprains). Over the past 20 years these are UP⬆️⬆️ 20% 🤔. . This is because as health professionals we are getting great and treating and strengthening the shoulder...and players are averaging faster pitches 🔥🔥year by year. . How do we prevent these elbow injuries from occurring? It's one of the great mysteries of sports medicine right now. Do you rest your all-star pitcher or risk losing the championship? There is no right answer. But regardless the cost of paying injured and replacement MLB players is more than $700 Million! 
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⚽️INJURIES AT THE WORLD CUP ➡️We have the biggest sporting event in the world happening for the next month.📆 Here’s the key info to know about injuries at the World Cup! (Stats from 2014) . 🔴Injuries (non-fake ones😅) occur on average every 30 minutes, or 2 per game 🔴Training injuries occur with same frequency as game-time injuries 🔴Lower body injuries occur 68% of time 🔴There’s been an overall decrease since 2002 by 37% . ⚠️The Top Injuries in International Soccer Include: 🔻Hamstring Strains 🔻Groin Strains 🔻Head Injuries 🔻ACL/MCL Sprains 🔻Ankle Sprains . 🎇They found the decrease in injuries over 20 years was due to a decrease in contact injuries. Rules changed where elbow to head tackled and tackling from behind were given automatic RED cards ♦️. Non-contact injuries (Hamstring tears) were shown to be the same. It shows how crucial refs are to preventing major injuries! . 📝WHO YOU CHEERING FOR THIS WORLD CUP?? Comment below⤵️ . Research: Junge et al, 2015, BJSM  ⚡️HAMSTRING STRAIN EARLY-STAGE EXERCISES . ➡️After the recent Chris Paul injury many asked about rehab you could do the first few weeks after hamstring injury: Here are some examples of exercises we do early-on after hamstring strains (disclaimer* get the injury assessed first before trying). . 🎆 Initially you would usually wrap the area, and NOT stretch in order to let the fibers reorient and rebuild, and to limit the buildup of blood at the injury site. After this is when you want re-activate the muscle again: . 🔴'The Extender' - lying on your back, start with knee bent and thigh pointed to the ceiling. Slowly extend your knee with control, aiming for full knee extension. This position simulates full-stride in running. Point your toe during the motion to avoid nerve tension . 🔴Standing Leg Curl - using gravity as resistance, flex your knee and slowly Lower back to the ground. Try to make the lowering motion nice and smooth. Great for reintroducing simple eccentric motion. . 🔴Seated Isometric Contraction - in sitting position, extend then flex your knee. Once your foot hits the ground, hold pressure of your foot here, feeling tension in the back of the thigh. Hold for around 5 seconds . 🔴Bilateral and Single Leg Hamstring Bridges - same as normal bridges except the feet will be placed farther from the pelvis (greater than 90 degree knee angle). At the top of the bridge, hold for around 5 seconds. ❗️When performing these, do them through a pain-free motion. GRADUALLY increase range of motion  |
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