Category: Injury Prevention

2903, 2021

How does sleep affect your bones?

Our bones are constantly being remodeled.

At night, when we’re asleep, the fixer-upper cells in our bones go to work.

Special bone cells called osteocytes regulate the body’s calcium levels, repair microscopic bone cracks, and heal fractures. These project-management cells direct the remodeling process. They signal cells called osteoclasts to remove minerals from the bones when the body’s calcium levels dip too low. They also send messages to bone-building cells called osteoblasts when cracks and breaks need repair.

Much of this activity happens overnight and into the early morning hours when we are supposed to be asleep.

But most […]

2801, 2021

Common injuries with home-exercise programs

If 2020 taught us anything, it was how to exercise at home.

But without access to weight machines and personal trainers, the risk of injuries from video-based work-out programs has increased.

People injured during home-exercise routines seek treatment for:

• Shoulder pain, strains, and tears in the rotator cuff
• Low-back pain caused by improper form
• Knee pain from jumping and other high impact exercises
• Ankle sprains and strains
• Hand and wrist tendonitis
• Elbow pain from repetitive movements or hand weights that are too heavy
• Shin splints
• Hip and groin pain from hyperextension or overexertion
• Chest pain […]

2801, 2021

Avoid these six common snow shoveling injuries

Shoveling snow isn’t particularly difficult, but it is fraught with injuries.

In 2018, the U. S. Consumer Product Safety Commission reported that medical professionals treated 137,000 people for snowblower or snow shoveling injuries.

Some people will hurt their hands and wrists; others will injure their back and shoulders. A few will experience life-changing injuries through a serious fall or heart attack.

If you’re older than 50 years old and are prone to shortness of breath or chest pain, talk to your doctor to make sure you are healthy enough to shovel snow.

To avoid some of the more common […]

2912, 2020

Avoid winter sports injuries

With basketball, wrestling, and other indoor sports on hold, people will seek outdoor adventures this winter. And with more outside activities, there are bound to be more winter-sports related injuries.

Here are a few things to keep in mind as you hit the slopes, glide across the ice, or swoosh through the trails.

No matter how you choose to get outside and enjoy the fresh air, take a few precautions, and stay safer as you enjoy Wisconsin’s wintery weather.

Check the Conditions – Whether you are venturing to wooded cross-country ski trails or you’re snowshoeing across a […]

2110, 2020

Train well to run well

So, you’ve decided to start running this spring.

If you’re healthy, it’s a great way to relieve stress and get exercise while you practice social distancing.

Why not set a goal to compete in one or more of the many races hosted throughout Central Wisconsin this fall to keep your training on track?

You’ll carry the memories of training hard and finishing a race for the rest of your life. But we warn you, running and racing against your own time can be addictive.

To finish, you must start well.

And that means training.

Whether you have your eyes set on […]

2809, 2020

Five things your sports medicine specialist wants you to know

Sports medicine specialists are experts in body mechanics. They know how each joint, ligament, and tendon work together, so you can bend, flex, and twist your body. These orthopedic specialists focus on the treatment and prevention of joint-and-muscular conditions and sports-related injuries.

They have some advice to share about treatment and prevention.

1. Sometimes, you can do just as much at home as we can in the office.

Minor sprains and strains require RICE – Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. In real life, that means you:

Rest – Take time off from activity
Ice – Apply ice to the injured […]

2008, 2020

Would an ergonomic assessment help you enjoy less stress while working from home?


Have you noticed a pain in your neck, back, shoulders, knees, or hands since the pandemic started?

It may be your workspace:

  • A low chair strains your knees.
  • A poorly positioned monitor leads to neck pain.
  • The wrong seat height or chair pitch can create painful back conditions.
  • Incorrect keyboard placement causes pressure and pain in the wrist.

Sitting for hours with your body in the wrong position plus the stresses and strains of working from home, and you have a recipe for tight muscles and pain.

Ergonomics is the study of designing equipment to work with the […]

306, 2020

Walking may be the key to avoiding osteoarthritis in your knees

You’ve heard that walking 10,000 steps is the best thing you can do for your health. But when you have sore knees, walking five miles may seem impossible.

The good news is that as few as 1,000 steps every day helps maintain mobility in your knees.

According to a study of 1,788 people with an average age of 67 years and a body mass index considered obese, walking just 1,000 steps each day made a difference. The daily exercise lowered the risk of loss of mobility by 16 to 18 percent——even when they were at risk of […]

3004, 2020

Is working at home becoming a pain. . .

In your Neck? Back? Or Shoulders?

It could be, if you’re working at your kitchen table, on your couch, or while sitting in your favorite chair.

With “Safer at Home” orders extended, and classes canceled, more people are working at home. Don’t create extra problems by sacrificing ergonomics.

Ergonomics is the science of designing a comfortable environment that lessens the stress and strain on our joints and muscles.

When it comes to the home office, setting up an ergonomically correct workstation is just as important as it is at a traditional office, maybe even more so.

Let’s look at some […]

1911, 2019

Minimize holiday injuries

Almost any holiday-themed comedy you watch will likely contain scenes of decorating
disasters:

  • Christmas trees bursting into flames
  • Fathers falling from rooftops while stringing lights
  • Parents throwing out their backs while lifting over-sized turkeys from the oven

As funny as these scenes seem on the big screen, the truth is holiday-related injuries are no joke.

According to the latest figures from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, more than 15,000 decorating injuries were seen in emergency rooms during November and December 2012. As the number of outside decorations grows, so does the number of holiday decorating-related injuries. Most emergency […]

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