Sports Medicine

If you are one of the many who've resolved to get fitter this year, then this is the one resolution you should try to keep. Only 40% of men and 28% of women take the recommended amount of exercise and according to the British Medical Journal, regular exercise reduces the risk of conditions such as heart disease and Type 2 diabetes by 20 to 30 per cent.

Sports Health: A Multidisciplinary Approach launches in January 2009 with an exciting, educational array of topics from ACL injury prevention, reconstruction, and management to concussion assessment, to the role of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in athletics, to fish oil use in professional football players. Editor-in-Chief, Edward Wojtys, MD and the editorial review board have lined up some of the most widely renowned sports medicine clinicians, including Frank R.

For some, wintertime offers an opportunity to stay inside with a blanket and a good book -- but for others, the season brings with it a whole new excitement of sports and outdoor activities for children and adults alike. Hockey, ice skating, sledding, skiing (http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.

For some, wintertime offers an opportunity to stay inside with a blanket and a good book -- but for others, the season brings with it a whole new excitement of sports and outdoor activities for children and adults alike. Hockey, ice skating, sledding, skiing (http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.

Experts from the UPMC Center for Sports Medicine urge over-40 men and women to enroll in Start, a lifestyle-changing fitness program that will help participants realistically incorporate exercise into their presently inactive lifestyles. Beginning Jan. 10, experts will guide participants through fitness and education sessions twice weekly for three months, preparing them to run or walk the Athletic Trainer River Run 5-K race in Pittsburgh on March 8.