Femoroacetabular impingement has recently become an epidemic in youth sports. We are starting to see more and more young athletes suffering from groin/hip pain caused by these abnormal bony changes. At this point, this condition is still poorly understood in terms of cause and prevention. But the only way to find the root cause of […]
Unfortunately, overuse hip labrum injuries are very common in cutting sports. The cause is generally unknown. However, I came across this flow chart recently that I felt did a very good job in describing the process of hip labrum overuse injuries. There are typically 2 mechanisms, abnormal morphology and repetitive low load on the hip, […]
Following up on last week’s article on the role of the hip labrum (if you missed that one, check it out here), we are talking about the the next layer of stabilizing structures of the hip – the capsuloligamentous complex. This big word simply means the ligaments and capsule that surround the hip. The Capsuloligamentous […]
Hockey players can suffer from a wide variety of injuries ranging from head to toe. Because hockey is a physical sport, lots of these injuries are caused by trauma, or a blunt force distributed to the body. One of the common contact injuries to the upper body is AC joint injuries aka shoulder separation. In […]
Femoroacetabular impingement (FAI) is a hot topic right now for sport performance and rehab. In this series of articles, we will be discussing FAI in great detail to give you a better understanding of what it is, where it comes from and why we need to be concerned about it. In this first article, we […]
