You Can Prevent Seasonal Sports Injuries
If you or your child play sports, injuries are a risk of the game. While it’s impossible to prevent all accidental injuries, many common sports injuries can be prevented....
Sports Medicine Benefits For Any Athlete
You don’t have to be a professional athlete to seek the help and healing of sports medicine professionals. At Summit Orthopedics, we believe everyone who participates in physical activity—including...
Safely Returning to Play After Athletic Injuries
If you participate in sports, you know how frustrating it can be to sustain athletic injuries that keep you from the sport you love. But returning to physical activity...
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Different Shoes for Different Activities
Listen to Summit Orthopedics’ experts share insights on athletic shoe choice to help protect you from injury during your favorite activities. Good walking shoes are not the best gym...
Steps to Take for Minor Injuries
Living an active life can lead to the occasional injury—it’s just part of the game. But what can you do to help yourself heal when an injury occurs? Whether...
When to Seek Care for Sports Injuries
Injuries happen, and playing sports comes with risks. But deciding when to seek care for a sports injury or related condition can be tricky. You don’t want to take...
Heat or Ice for Sports Injuries
Which Is Better: Ice or Heat for Injury From Playing Sports? For sports-related pain, ice and heat both have their merits, but for acute, or sudden, injuries, ice is...
Female ACL Injury Risk
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are one of the most common knee injuries in female athletes. Studies show women and girls are at particularly high risk for injuries, with...
Repetitive Strain Injury: A Risk of Playing the Same Sport All Year
Playing sports offers many rewards. Children in the St. Paul area and beyond learn to play well with others, exercise in a fun way and improve hand-eye coordination and...
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