School Bus Safety Steps for Kids
Review these safety tips with your child before riding the bus.
Category: Injury Prevention
7 Common Injuries That Happen at Home
An ER doctor shares what injuries she’s seeing most during the pandemic and how to avoid them.
6 Things an Orthopedic Surgeon Wants You to Stop Doing
These habits are no-nos if you want to avoid pain and injury.
Prevent and Treat These 9 Most Common Sports Injuries
Read this before your next jog, game or trip to the gym.
How to Reduce the Risk of Workout-Related Injuries
What you do before, during and after exercising can minimize your risk of injury.
Five Tips for Avoiding Youth Sports Injuries
More than 3.5 million kids under age 14 are sidelined by sports injuries every year. But there are steps your young athlete can take to help prevent them.
Spice Up Your Fitness Routine with Cross Training
Cross training improves fitness and reduces injury
Understand ‘Dry Drowning’ and Know the Signs
You may have heard terrifying stories of children dying long after being submerged in water. Here’s how to keep your children safe.
The Right Car Seat for Your Child at Every Age and Size
Confused about car seats? Here’s a guide to keeping babies, toddlers and kids safe on the go.
How Exercise Can Prevent Falls
The Otago program’s at-home exercises build strength, balance and a better life for seniors.
Can virtual reality help us prevent falls in the elderly and others?
Every year, falls lead to hospitalization or death for hundreds of thousands of elderly Americans. Standard clinical techniques generally cannot diagnose balance impairments before they lead to falls. But researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State Unive
Muscle Fuzz
Post by Amy Slater - In order to move efficiently, muscles must be able to slide and glide against one another. The more you move, the more efficiently your muscles are able to move. When you go for long periods without movement, your muscles become less efficient. One of the reasons for this is that the muscle tissue actually grows fuzz that prevents them from sliding and gliding against one another...