Get the Waterskies Out and Be Safe This Summer
Waterskiing and wakeboarding are exhilarating water sports where the athlete is pulled by a motorboat while holding on to a rope. A water skier stands up on either two skies or one ski (slalom), while a wake boarder puts both feet into bindings on a single board, with both feet pointing sideways similar to positioning of the feet in snowboarding. It has been estimated that there are more than eight million water skiers and more than three million wake boarders in the United S
Achilles Tendon Tear Treatment Difficult
With Kobe Bryant’s return to the NBA this season after tearing his Achilles tendon last spring, there has been increased attention on this injury in basketball players. Basketball athletes are at an increased risk for Achilles tendon tears due to the demands of the sport, including repeated acceleration, change of direction and jumping. 1 Older athletes also face a higher risk of Achilles tendon tears, 2 making this a particularly relevant injury for the mature competitive an
