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Why Adrian Peterson Thinks He’ll Rush for 2,500 Yards This Season
Over the course of his college and NFL careers, Adrian Peterson’s body has done its best to keep one of the best running backs in recent memory from reaching his [...]
5 NBA Players Who Found Their Game After Losing Weight
When you see a guy like LeBron James streaking down the court for a one-handed tomahawk slam in the waning moments of the fourth quarter, it looks easy. In reality, [...]
Will Joel Embiid Be Able to Succeed in the NBA?
Even while recovering from a recent foot surgery and back injury Joel Embiid was chosen number three overall by the Phildelphia 76ers in the NBA draft...
Why a Sports Hernia Won’t Ruin Jadeveon Clowney’s Rookie Season
Jadeveon Clowney, the number one overall pick in the 2014 draft, signed his contract on June 6th, one of the fastest such signings of a first pick in...
New App to Help Pitchers Avoid Tommy John Surgery
Photo via ESPN With Tommy John surgery—a procedure that replaces an injured ulnar collateral ligament in the elbow—being performed with increasing frequency on young baseball pitchers, Dr. James [...]
Tommy John Surgery 10 Times More Common Than a Decade Ago
If you play baseball year-round, you might want to skip a session in the batting cage and schedule one at the doctor’s office. According to the May 2014 issue of [...]
Fitness Fail Friday: The Greatest Mascot of All Time
The Toronto Raptors have a chance to make some noise in this year’s NBA Playoffs. That’s great news not only for the City of Toronto, which has gone six years [...]
Can a 10-Minute Warm-Up Prevent ACL Tears?
Risk of injury is something all athletes face when they put on a uniform. Some injuries—like ACL tears, for example—require expensive surgeries and prolonged rehabilitation—meaning weeks or months away from [...]
What’s an Avulsion Fracture?
Avulsion injuries occur when tendons or ligaments, attached to a specific bone along with a piece of that bone, gets pulled away from the main part of...
Ischial Tuberosity Pain: More than a Hamstring Pull?
The Ischial Tuberosity is a bony prominence on the pelvis where the hamstring muscles and the adductor magnus muscle attach and is the region that we...