Sports with a lot of overhead motions can lead to shoulder pain, and could mean rotator cuff injuries.  Shoulder Injuries | Dr. Hunter Greene    Rotator cuff injury and inflammation is one of the most common causes of shoulder pain. Sports that involve repetitive overhead motion, such as... Read more

   Malnutrition in female athletes can lead to a series of conditions ending in bone weakness. Bone health | Dr. Mo Mortazavi     Female runners and coaches often believe that missed periods and abnormal menses is a normal adaptation to training and exercise. Let me dispel this myth. It... Read more

   Motion analysis can help young athletes of all sports determine their risk of ACL tears, or their readiness to return to action.  Injury Prevention | Dr. Nirav Pandya    We are inundated on an almost daily basis in the media about professional and collegiate athletes who tear their... Read more

Playoffs can force team from their status quo, and sometimes players are caught in the middle.    I started all year for our basketball team and we did pretty well. We made it into the section playoffs and won our first game — and then the coach told me... Read more

We’ve ramped up our annual Camps & Clinics guide, and it has us excited for so much more.     Sometimes everything falls into place. The very week that the days grew longer, and the sunshine and 75-degree weather arrived, we found ourselves compiling our biggest Camps & Clinics Special... Read more

I ran cross country in the fall and played JV basketball. Now I want to run track but I’m really, really tired (and a little behind on my schoolwork). But I’m afraid to ask the track coach for some time off – she’s pretty scary. What can I say... Read more

Current CIF Open Division seems to do more harm than good to NorCal basketball     I’m trying. I am.     Nearly a year ago, at the conclusion of the CIF State Basketball Championships, I wrote in this space that I may have been a little too harsh on the... Read more

Achieving your goals can be a lot easier if you have a strong, calculated method of setting them.  Get Mental : Erika Carlson     As athletes, I know you hear about goals — A LOT. I know you set them, but the truth is, most athletes fail to accomplish... Read more

It’s the triathlete’s tune-up month. Here are some tips to make getting to February that much easier. TriSTEPS : Liz Elliott    Happy New Year, and new triathlon season! Triathlon season is February through September, and officially begins February 1.        Most of you have been working out... Read more

   Coaches who universally enforce their team rules may be hurting the team in the process.    My sister’s orthodontist appointment took a lot longer than expected, so my mom was late — and then she had a flat tire. By the time I got to practice, there were... Read more