Medic Please

Medic!

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 06:53:21 +0000

YOU KICKED ME! YOU KICKED ME RIGHT IN THE SHIN! THIS REALLY HURTS!

These are articles that I've found relating to soccer specific injuries. Please post anything that you've found helpful in diagnosing and treating injuries here.

*Disclaimer: These are just articles that I've found. Nothing that is posted here is guaranteed to cure you from the injuries you incurred when you fell down all by yourself on a break away towards your own goal to win the game. Maybe this will make you better. Maybe it wont. Either way I recommend that you try not to fall down again.*

Four Common Myths About Nutrition Among Soccer Players

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:13:28 +0000

There are more myths that coaches, players and parents may be following, but below four of the more common myths are dispelled. By following the nutritional guidelines below, players, coaches and teams can put themselves in an advantageous position before the match starts.

Strength training: OK for kids when done correctly

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:08:46 +0000

The young athlete in your family is disciplined and devoted, squeezing in practice whenever he or she can. Now your child wants to start strength training. You've heard coaches and other parents talk about strength training, but you wonder — is strength training really good for a child? The answer is yes. Strength training exercises that are supervised, safe and age-appropriate offer many bonuses to young athletes.

Will weight training stunt a child's growth?

Andy Kaasa — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:06:31 +0000

Will external resistance stunt children’s growth? In short, the answer is no. The chances of the forces imposed by external resistance training compressing your joints and damaging your epiphyseal cartilage plates is minimal. That is of course if you perform motions with the correct biomechanics and load. Look at it this way - Certain sport specific actions, such as jumping, can impose a force of more than 10 times your bodyweight onto your joints, tendons, muscles et cetera. Below thanks to Avery Faigenbaum there are over 100 studies stated, of which all provide positive results, backing external resistance training for the youth population.

Female Athletes Bear Brunt of Concussions

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:51:35 +0000

While concussions are on the rise among all young athletes in the United States, girls may run a higher risk of suffering concussions than their male counterparts engaging in the same sports, researchers say. Concussions result from a blow to the head that causes the brain to slam against the inner wall of the skull. Bleeding or tearing of the nerve fibers causes symptoms such as headaches, dizziness, confusion, loss of consciousness and amnesia.

Sever's Disease

Andy Kaasa — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:18:49 +0000

http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191444

Has anybody heard of this? It seems more like an over-use condition combined with growing than an actual disease that seems to effect 9-14 year olds. I noticed that from being the leading scorer on his team in the fall to not a goal this spring that he started running like he had a stick up the back side. He eventually told me that his heels (end of ) were hurting pretty bad. This has obviously slowed him down considerably....I asked his Texans 94 coach about it and he said he noticed it also and immediately told my son is it was Sever's. Has anybody else run into this with their youth select players and did the pads...R.I.C.E. or other methods work on correcting or at least help with it. We have the North Texas State Cup coming up in a couple of weeks and then Surf Cup in California....I want my son to be in the best shape possible for these important tourney's but I sure wouldn't want to risk hurting it more for a short term goal. It's hard to trust what you read on the net...
Concerned father and coach

Girls Are Often Neglected Victims of Concussions

Andy Kaasa — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:10:31 +0000

Hannah Stohler sat beside the piano she could no longer play, in the living room that spun like a carousel, in the chair in which she tried to read but could not remember a word. Ten months after her third concussion while playing high school soccer knocked her into a winter-long haze of headaches and dizziness and depression that few around her could comprehend, Stohler recalled how she once viewed concussions. “I thought they were a football injury — a boy thing,” said Stohler, a junior at Conard High School in West Hartford, Conn. “Those guys are taught to hit hard and knock people to the ground. But anyone can get a concussion, and I don’t think a lot of girls recognize that. They have no idea how awful the effects can be — it changes your life.”

Injuries and the women's game

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:53:17 +0000

There are many myths about injuries to women playing football. Often a famous case leads to wrong perceptions. Overall, with a few exceptions, the injury rate for women is in fact somewhat lower than the rate for men.

DT Study Says Soccer Is Better Than Jogging

Andy Kaasa — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:36:19 +0000

There's a new slogan for weight-watchers: Burn it like Beckham. A friendly game of soccer, a new study has found, works off more fat and builds up more muscle than jogging. Danish scientists, who conducted their research on 37 men, also found the soccer players felt less tired after exercising than the joggers because they were having more fun.

A Supple Casing, Prone to Damage

Andy Kaasa — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:41:44 +0000

Grimly determined this past summer to enjoy myself and humor my family, I foolishly ventured outdoors during daylight hours on multiple occasions, including three pointless trips to the beach. Although I always wore sunscreen, sunglasses, a hat and as much clothing as I could get away with and not look like a homeless person, I nevertheless ended up with a few unwanted solar souvenirs. There’s a kind of a praline speckling to my forearms now, reverse sandal stripes on my feet, and a bright white wristwatch outline should I ever need help accessorizing in a cave.