Sneakers (sports shoes) have been around since the end of the 19th century. However, it was not until the 1940′s (1924 – Adidas) that truly modern running shoes came to the world.
Although various shoe manufacturers claim very different technologies, there are actually some basic shoe characteristics that are common to all companies (brooks, nike, adidas, saucony etc.). Having said that, most serious athletes tend to hone in on one shoe type that suits them the best and in which they feel the most comfortable and safe from injury.
Shoulder dislocations are a common sports injury. It is said that the gleno-humeral joint is a balance between stability and movement. Most shoulder dislocations are traumatic, and most are anterior. The minority of shoulder dislocations are non-traumatic (some due to shoulder hyperlaxity or shoulder inborn instability). Some are posterior. The term ‘shoulder dislocation’ is broad, [...]
Flexibility is the ability of a joint to move in its normal physiological range of motion. Laxity is the ability of a joint to move that is more than its normal physiological range of motion. Laxity is asymptomatic, as opposed to instability which is symptomatic. Flexibility is dependent on the muscles, soft tissue and a [...]
The adductor muscles of the leg include the adductor longus, adductor magnus and adductor brevis, gracilis and pectineus muscles. Their job is to move the leg inward – adduction. Injury to the adductor muscles of the legs is possible especially in sport fields that involve kicking and especially soccer. This is commonly referred to as [...]
