Blog Entries With Tag: sport

Blog: A Knee Perspective

From: LisaMM

Knee injuries are among the top four loss injuries in soccer according to USSoccer.com. However, knee injuries are the main concern for both athletes and physicians regardless of the . The research feature on USSoccer is a bit technical, but the main aspects on prevention for both weekend worries and pro-athletes are as follows

1. Warm-up your body/muscles.
2. Stretch your body/muscles.
3. Strengthen your body/muscles.
4. Do special exercises:  Plyometrics, Agilities

The International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) created “The 11+”  a complete warm up program which is supposed to prevent injuries by 50%.

If you are tough enough or need extra motivation to follow a strict and regular prevention program, you might want to check out some of the worst soccer injuries ever. I saw some of the scenes on TV, it was pretty scary – in particular with sound.

Below is my fav picture of the series :)

source: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3138/2989015986_ff7d37c217_o.jpg

World Cup Countdown: 121 days

Blog: Mom's blog

From: supermom912

My daughter was recently diagnosed with type 1. She passed out one night at home and we had to rush her to the emergency room. After talking to her doctors and looking back over the weeks leading up to her diagnosis she may have shown some subtle signs we missed.

I would imagine that's not unusual - especially with teenagers. She's always running around involved in tons of activities. Getting up early, staying up late - studying, sports, being with friends and family. Did she appear more tired than normal? Not that we could tell. If you are the parent of a teenager you also know how much they can eat and drink and that it can wildly fluctuate from week to week. My daughter is never without a bottle of water. Does that mean she was exhibiting excess thirst? I think we missed it.

Now that diabetes has become an official member of our family we're doing everything we can to minimize its impact on our daughter's life. We're also considering counseling to make sure we're not ignoring the emotional aspects of the disease. I've been reading a lot about the links between diabetes and depression and I want to make sure we're giving our daughter all the tools she needs to stay healthy.