Lifting Heavy and Staying Healthy: What Every Lifter Needs to Know About Shoulders and Knees
Barbells, dumbbells and loaded plates are excellent tools for a long healthy life — until the shoulder or knee decides it has had enough.
Barbells, dumbbells and loaded plates are excellent tools for a long healthy life — until the shoulder or knee decides it has had enough.
When a child or teenager tears an ACL or dislocates a shoulder, the stakes are higher — the growth plates are still open, the sport identity is real and the decisions require specialist expertise.
That pop you heard — and the knee that buckled — has a name. Here is everything you need to know about ACL tears in basketball, from court to operating room to comeback.
I have tremendous respect for CrossFit athletes. The dedication, the community, the willingness to push limits — it is genuinely inspiring.
Sand volleyball introduces a different challenge: the unpredictable surface forces constant postural adjustment, players typically cover more court with fewer teammates and the differing ball speeds often lead to more reaching, more diving and more awkward shoulder positions at contact.