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Check Your Head

Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0

CONCUSSIONS : Hunter Greene, M.D.    It’s hard to make the concussion statistics any scarier than they already are. Millions of traumatic brain injuries occur each year in sports and recreation-related activities. Many concussions are difficult to detect and many athletes underreport their injuries.    Concussions that are unrecognized... Read more

Build the Brakes

Health & Fitness February 13, 2012 0

ARM/SHOULDER STRENGTH : Justin Dudley     The decelerating muscles of your arm, the brakes for your arm, need to be the primary focus for all baseball players. Strengthening these vital decelerating muscles will protect your arm from injury as well as increase your throwing velocity.    Yes, you heard... Read more
HEALTH WATCH: JAMIE FAISON     A key part of the sports medicine chain of care is the coaches who are working with the athletes every day.     Coaches are working with the athletes for hours every day and are vitally important to help identify athletes who are limited in... Read more
TRISTEPS: LIZ ELLIOTT     The Off Season is important for any triathlete. A time to rest your body, and mind, to rejuvenate your love of movement and sport.      During the triathlon season that is February through September, you need to focus on all aspects of triathlon “”... Read more

Team Snap

Blog February 13, 2012 0

State of Play By Mark Tennis    It won’t be known until early July who will be the 2013-14 State Athlete of the Year, but for someone who put in the effort to excel in three different sports, a special tip of the hat should go to Miramonte’s Drew... Read more
  TOP 5 BAY AREA vs. SAC-JOAQUIN GAMES SINCE 2009   De La Salle-Concord 49, Folsom 15 (12/8/12)  Much-hyped and highly-anticipated game was the first Open Division Regional bowl game to determine the NorCal berth to the CIF State Bowl. Folsom entered with a 14-0 record and a desire... Read more

One More Round

Golf February 13, 2012 0

Foot Health : Dr. David E. Oji    A Lisfranc injury is the result of bone or ligament injury or combination of both in the middle of the foot, usually due to a twisting injury, fall, or high-energy trauma. The severity of the injury can vary from a pure... Read more