The shoulder and wrist also sustain a fair amount of trauma with sports as well as the lower back. Dr. Colbert A sprain is where ligaments become stretched and a strain is where muscles become stretched or partially torn. The initial treatment is if you follow the acronym for RICE, rest, ice, compression and elevation. Elevation and ice are important to reduce the amount of swelling that occurs following an injury. These type of injuries generally progress over a period of three to four weeks and the activity level is gradually increased.
Generalized conditioning is important to follow with stretching and strengthening program.
What's always important to remember is moderation with sports activities to prevent injuries. Most sports injuries that we see are in what's called weekend warriors. These are individuals who don't have time to condition themselves on a regular basis but then enthusiastically participate in their desired sport on the weekends, and they are the ones most vulnerable to injuries. Dr. Colbert Diet needs to be balanced as far as nutrition and vitamin intake and the diet needs to be age appropriate far as the caloric intake is concerned and one's activity level. There's reasonably good studies that show that vitamin C and E have beneficial effects as far as the immune system's concerned.