Playground Injury Prevention Guide
Playgrounds are exciting, fun places for children. They can help to build dexterity, and they are a great place to make friends. Kids are marvelously inventive and use playground equipment in many different ways not intended by the ... [... more]
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Helmet Use
No matter what your age or level of experience, whenever you ride a bike, inline skate, ski, or engage in other activities during which your head is vulnerable to injury, a helmet should be worn. Children younger than 12 years should also wear ... [... more]
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Tips To Prevent Swimming Injuries
Each year, almost 150,000 swimming-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospital emergency rooms. For more information on "Prevent Injuries America!®," call the [... more]
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Dental Work After a Joint Replacement
Everyone knows that good dental health is important. But, for people with artificial joints, a visit to the dentist can be especially significant. The bacteria that cause infections in the teeth or gums can easily travel through the bloodstream ... [... more]
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Your Joint Replacement: Urological Procedures & Antibiotics
If you have had an orthopaedic joint replacement in the past, and you are going to have a urological procedure in the future, you may need prophylactic (preventive) antibiotics before the urological procedure. Antibiotics may be needed if one or ... [... more]
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Weightbearing Exercise for Women and Girls
If you want strong bones, you have to use them! Everyone needs lifelong weight-bearing exercise to build and maintain healthy bones. Girls and young women especially should concentrate on building strong bones now to cut their risk of ... [... more]
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Return To Play
Return to play refers to the point in recovery from an injury when a person is able to go back to playing sports or participate in an activity at a preinjury level. No one likes to be sidelined with an injury. One of the goals of sports medicine ... [... more]
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Tips To Prevent Gymnastics Injuries
Each year, more than 86,000 gymnastics-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms. Source: American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine; USA Gymnastics Safety ... [... more]
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Playing It Safe on the Baseball Field
Baseball is one of our country's most popular recreational sports with more than 40 million Americans participating in softball and baseball leagues. Where are most of the injuries occurring in baseball? Here are some areas that coaches, parents ... [... more]
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Tips To Prevent Baseball Injuries
Each year, almost 500,000 baseball-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers and hospital emergency rooms. Wear the appropriate mitt for your position. Catchers should always use a catcher's ... [... more]
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Tips To Prevent Basketball Injuries
Each year, more than 1.6 million basketball-related injuries are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospital emergency rooms. Incidence of Injury Preparation Dress Appropriately Focus on Technique ... [... more]
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Your Orthopaedic Connection: Football
Each year, more than 448,000 football-related injuries to youths under age 15 are treated in hospitals, doctors' offices, clinics, ambulatory surgery centers, and hospital emergency rooms. The total cost of these football-related injuries was ... [... more]
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