Sports Medicine

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Sports Medicine

Sports medicine focuses on helping people improve their athletic performance, recover from injury and prevent future injuries. NIOS specializes in sports medicine to help all kinds of people, not just athletes.

In addition to helping reduce neck and back pain, NIOS care can improve digestive function, reduce headaches and improve your overall immune function. Through our Non-Invasive Orthopedic procedure of the musculoskeletal system, we can help athletes decrease their injury downtime, boost their overall performance and keep them in optimal condition while reducing sports related injuries.

Why Athletes Should Consider NIOS Care for Sports Injuries

– Increase Flexibility
– Improves Injury Prevention
– Improves Strength
– Enhances Sports Performance

Common Sports Injuries

Common sports injuries that can result in seeing a sports medicine specialist are knee and shoulder injuries, fractures, ankle sprains, concussions, cartilage injuries, and more. Here at NIOS, we can also be seen for advice in other areas of health, like nutrition, exercise, supplements, and how to prevent injuries before they occur. We also work to help make the performance of the athlete more advanced, as well as ensuring their safety while performing the activity

How to Prevent or Reduce Sports Injuries

Plan to have at least 1 day off per week and at least one month off per year from training for a particular sport to allow the body to recover.

Players should wear appropriate and properly fit protective equipment such as pads (neck, shoulder, elbow, chest, knee, shin), helmets, mouthpieces, face guards, protective cups, and eyewear. Young athletes should not assume that protective gear will prevent all injuries while performing more dangerous or risky activities.

Conditioning exercises during practice strengthens muscles used in play.

Stretching exercises after games or practice can increase flexibility. Stretching should also be incorporated into a daily fitness plan.

This should be reinforced during the playing season.

Rest periods during practice and games can reduce injuries and prevent heat illness.

Strict rules against headfirst sliding (baseball and softball), spearing (football), and checking (in hockey) should be enforced.

By drinking plenty of fluids before, during and after exercise or play; decrease or stop practices or competitions during high heat/humidity periods; wear light clothing.

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