Posted on May 13th, 2010 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Developed and led by St. Luke’s – Elks Rehab Certified Athletic Trainers for the Idaho Steelheads, Idaho Stampede and our Sports Outreach Program, this camp focuses on dynamic training drills that help develop fundamental skills required to succeed in all sports. The camp is designed to break athletes out of their regular training routines, teaching [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2009 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
So you have a disc bulge in your back…
What does this mean?
Let’s go through some anatomy first. Your spine is comprised of a few different levels to include the Cervical (neck), Thoracic (mid back), Lumbar (low back) and Sacral (pelvic/tailbone).
We will concentrate on the Lumbar, or low back area, in this particular blog.
There are five [...]
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Posted on May 26th, 2009 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Now that the weather is getting warmer, we are starting to see the benefits of living in Idaho. People are getting outdoors to hike, bike, swim, and run. Baseball, softball, and other summer sports are starting, and so are the injuries that accompany them. At the beginning of the spring season, orthopaedic centers and physical [...]
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Posted on March 19th, 2009 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Core strengthening, training, and stabilization have become popular terms in exercise discussion. However, they are often misused or referred to incorrectly. Core exercises are often thought of as exercises of abdominal muscles (crunches, etc), or back muscles (lat pulls, rows, roman chair, etc.). Although these are great for strengthening certain muscles of the trunk, they [...]
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Posted on October 20th, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
To all you skiers and snowboarders out there!! Are you ready to hit the hills or do you need some “tuning up” like your skis?
We are offering a sking/snowboarding injury prevention and training course that will help you to find what your weaknesses are that may lead to an injury and how to strengthen/stretch them [...]
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Posted on May 13th, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
If you are an athlete, you are at a higher risk of injuring a knee when the hamstring muscles are much weaker than the quadriceps. This is why strength and flexibility are great for preventing injury to the hamstrings and/or the knees.
Athletes are also at risk for hamstring and knee injuries when the gluteal muscles [...]
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Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Your outfit should be snappy, not your hips. Unfortunately with marathon season underway that is exactly what ends up happening in many recreational runners. Robie Creek anyone?
Many runners begin feeling a snapping, popping or sometimes a painful sensation in their hips whenever they run, squat or stand up. This is because tendons of the [...]
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Posted on April 14th, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Spring is in the air and so are little kids – when they jump on trampolines that is. They may be fun, but they can also cause some major injuries. To avoid injures you should NEVER let more than one person jump at a time. If there is more than one person, the lighter of [...]
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Posted on March 28th, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
The term ‘shin splints’ is a catch-all phrase for lower leg pain that occurs below the knee, usually on the inner edge of the tibia (‘shin’ bone). Medial tibial stress syndrome is the most common cause of shin pain. This pain originates from an inflammation of the outer layer of the tibia and/or the connective [...]
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Posted on March 24th, 2008 by St. Luke's-Elks Rehab
Tendinitis is an inflammation of the tendon. Tendinitis of the ankle can involve the Achilles tendon, the posterior tibial tendon, or the peroneal tendon. This condition usually results from trauma but can result from underlying inflammatory diseases or illnesses such as reactive arthritis (formerly called Reiter’s syndrome), rheumatoid arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis. All forms of [...]
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