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Reducing the Occurrence of Sports Injury
To an athlete, there’s nothing worse than being sidelined with a sports injury. Improper training, incorrect stretching routines, and a lack of a good warm-up can lead to an increased likelihood of sprains, strains, and muscle injuries. However, with the proper plan of action, many ...
Are Mobile Devices Causing Growths on Your Body?
Smartphones and tablets have long become a part of our everyday lives. We spend hours per day messaging with friends, playing online games, doing work-related activities, and using dozens of apps. Often, this is done with our necks bent forward, our shoulders rounded, and our ...
Avoiding the Runner’s “Wall”
Running a marathon can be a grueling test of endurance for world class runners, first-timers, and everyone in between. Chattanooga area athletes who want to compete in an endurance race, or simply want to move beyond their current limitations, need to plan ahead so they ...
Aging and Increasing Activity is a Critical Key to Longevity
Aging is an inevitable part of life, whether you're living in Chattanooga or Chile, but the way our bodies age can vary greatly between individuals. Much of this disparity is related to the care one takes in regularly performing healthy practices to maintain their physical ...
Chattanooga Area Athletes Improve with Help from CNS Orthopedics
Athletes are always looking for an edge to take their performances to the next level. No matter what sport you play, the competition is always getting bigger, faster and stronger which means you have to continually improve in order to keep up. Nutrition, enhanced training ...
Is the Recurring Pain in My Abdomen from a Hernia?
What runs through our minds when we have pain in the abdomen from physical activity is that we have somehow created a hernia, or tear in our muscles. Clearly, that is not always the case and pain will subside and disappear. However, some athletes may ...
MCL Sprains Are No Joke
Throughout life, our bodies can sustain many different injuries, some of which affect the musculoskeletal system, which is the system of bones, muscles, and connective tissues that give our body shape and movement. One injury that is often seen in people who regularly participate in ...
Went for a Run, Now I Have Back Pain
What just happened? You went out to make a go of some much needed exercise and to take advantage of better weather. You took your time, jogged a bit and then feeling really good about it, sprinted a little. Then, as you finished up, the ...
Sowing Spring Planting, Reaping Back Pain
Many of us love to garden and as spring rolls in, those who love getting into the dirt often reap the unwelcome result of sudden back pain. Bending, shoveling, picking up bags, even cutting the grass, all contribute to unexpected back pain. Just like any ...