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Opening day of baseball season is almost upon us– is your arm ready? Throwing balls can put a lot of strain on your shoulders and before heading to the mound, you should prepare safely. In this video, Dr. Haim Hechtman demonstrates variations of shoulder external rotation routines that can help you get ready for theRead more

Summertime means long, exuberant days spent outside playing, exercising, and just enjoying. But it also comes with increased injuries. In fact, emergency rooms experience nearly 34,000 visits just in summer alone, particularly on weekends. They range from grill and open fire burns to near drownings, dehydration and heat stroke, insect bites, and sports injuries. WhatRead more

With the Winter Olympics coming up, we’re always inspired by athletes who have dedicated their lives to their sport. Here in our own DC region, we’re cheering on speed skaters Thomas Hong of Laurel, Maryland and Maame Biney of Reston, Virginia. Today we’ll take a look at what’s involved in speed skating – a fast,Read more

Each year, 2.6 million children between 0 and 19 are treated in the emergency room for athletic and recreational injuries. They range from broken fingers and sprained ankles to concussions and spinal injuries. The statistics are growing: kids and parents are more invested in the sport, kids are training longer and harder, and sometimes areRead more

Photo credit: GCSC Think you’re too old to become an athlete? That your knees “can’t take running” or that you simply don’t have the stamina? Hardly. Studies have shown that exercise—even a few days a week—can increase longevity, assert independence, reduce risk of falling, improve cognitive skills, reduce risk of heart attack and stroke, and provideRead more

Exercise is critical for kids, as we all know. However, according to The New York Times, many kids’ active lives drops off at age seven. More than 2/3 of American children hardly get any exercise, and obesity and Type 2 diabetes are prevalent among children as early as six years of age. According to a newRead more

by Point Performance team Little league baseball injuries are becoming far more common today. Why? Kids are practicing more often than before, and sometimes year-round. More than 110,000 children visit the emergency room each year for baseball-related injuries, usually related to being hit by a ball or bat. However, an increased number of kids agedRead more

Osgood-Schlatter disease is a possible condition for kids with knee pain. It may be difficult to discern since the pain is caused by similar movements: jumping, running, and sudden changes in direction. Not only that, the sports all cause similar movements, such as soccer, ballet, football, basketball, running, or cheerleading. Younger teens and pre-teens, however,Read more

Today’s athletic kids are even more active than the previous generation. Not only are many of them playing sports every season; some are playing more than one sport at a time or overlapping sport seasons. Some even have regular sports practice combined with individual private coaching. About 30 million kids participate in organized sports. Currently,Read more

Tearing an ACL is not uncommon in sports like lacrosse (Photo by Krista Fancher)   by Louise Kelley, DPT During one of my daughter’s recent lacrosse games, her teammate, attempting to deny the opposing team an open pass, quickly pivoted to the right. Her left foot and leg, however, stayed planted, and she fell toRead more