Injury Articles

08 Nov

The following is taken from an article on Mercola.com http://fitness.mercola.com/sites/fitness/archive/2014/11/07/10-ways-stress-affects-workouts.aspx?e_cid=20141107Z1_DNL_art_1&utm_source=dnl&utm_medium=email&utm_content=art1&utm_campaign=20141107Z1&et_cid=DM59456&et_rid=720474903   1.  Stress impairs your memory.  It slows down your processing.  This stress can slow you down mentally and physically, causing fatigue. 2.  Stress affects concentration.   High stress can negatively impact cognition, perception, and focus. 3.  Stress impairs...

Repetitive Motion Injuries (RMI, also known as RSI, CTD, CTS) have become a pandemic in sports, especially for endurance athletes like runners and triathletes.  This class of injuries and illnesses are the result from weeks, months or years of overuse of joints. Connective tissues in...

by Dr. Matt Fontaine How we move directly impacts the quality of our life.  The following article discusses understanding Human Movement The basic tenet is this:  Moving poorly with load causes injury over time. Moving correctly requires physical intelligence.  Simply stated, we need to...

27 Aug

by Dr. Matt Fontaine "THE MOST COMMON PATTERN OF MOVEMENT DYSFUNCTION WE SEE IN RUNNERS AND ATHLETES IN GENERAL IS POOR MOVEMENT, A LACK OF STABILITY & MOBILITY AND MOTOR CONTROL, RESULTING IN REPETITIVE MOTION INJURIES AND JOINT PAIN SYNDROMES" -DR. MATT FONTAINE It is...

For decades, Athletic Trainers, Physical Therapists, Orthopedists, Chiropractors and other Sports Medicine Healthcare professionals have used ice to treat acute injuries from sprains/ strains to fractures and dislocations.  But a closer look back into basic science reveals that by icing we are actually blocking the...

By Dr. Matt Fontaine In countries where people spend a great deal of time squatting on their heels with their feet flat, there is a much lower incidence of low back pain and degenerative disc disease.  The squatting posture separates the interspinous space between...

by Dr. Matt Fontaine, CEO/ Clinic Director for Potomac Chiropractic & Sports Medicine Perfect Synergy for Diagnosing and Resolving Muscle and Joint Pain Syndromes  In the series I  detail the secret to resolving muscle and joint pain syndromes.  What makes a "sports Chiropractor" different from other...

Tips on dealing with migrating pain during return to activity There are some key points to keep in mind when an athlete returns to sport after an injury.  Consider the scenario of the runner returning to sport completing a treatment program for a shin...

"Adversity is preparation for greatness." ~ Andy Andrews If you are a runner and anything like the thousands of runners I have treated over the years, you have probably never heard a physician to tell you to "keep running". For most runners, running is as much...

The Selective Functional Movement Assessment, SFMA is the evaluation tool used by elite athletes to identify biomechanical dysfunction and increase perform-ance. If your goal is to reduce the likelihood of injury and unlock the key to peak performance, then take advantage. Essentially what we do...