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1- Why female athletes at the high school and college level are 4-6 times more likely to suffer a serious knee injury than their male counterparts? 2- Can cartilage be regenerated and transplanted? 3- What makes ice a good choice for relieving pain and swelling? 4- When should the helmet of a hockey player suspected of having a head injury be removed?

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Over the past twenty years, the annual incidence of hockey related spinal injuries has increased markedly. The most common injury is to the cervical spine, which can result in paralysis or even death.

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The incidence of serious knee injuries among female athletes at the high school and college level is four to six times higher than that of their male counterparts. Most of these injuries involve tears of the anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, which is the central ligament in the knee and provides strength and stability to the joint.

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Several clinical studies have documented the effectiveness of using ice and compression after knee surgery, which decreases narcotic consumption, hospitalization, pain, swelling, inflammation, hematoma formation and drainage while it increases range of motion, compliance, and weight-bearing tolerance of the patient.

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Team physicians, coaches, athletic trainers and other health professionals working with athletes now have well-defined parameters for treating and managing athletes with concussions.

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Ankle sprains can sideline an athlete for weeks or months and make him or her more susceptible to reinjury, according to a new report published in the November/December 1999 issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine.

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In an attempt to build a "buff" physique with "cut" muscles, many men turn to weight lifting. Specific exercises like the bench press, which targets the pectoral muscles, may come with certain hazards. Trying to lift too much or doing too many repetitions of the exercise can lead to rupture of the pectoralis major muscle.

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/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco.

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Primary Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction improves quality of life and sports functionality for athletes, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.

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/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it comes to treating people with hip pain, physicians should not replace clinical observation with the use of magnetic resonance images (MRI), according to research being presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Specialty Day in San Francisco, CA.