Hockey is known as the fastest game on earth. And it continues to get faster. The sheer speed and physicality of the sport puts players at high risk for some serious collisions. Most of the brunt force of these collisions is absorbed by the upper body, particularly the shoulders. Unfortunately, this makes the shoulder prone […]
Hip arthroscopy has been one of the fastest evolving orthopaedic surgeries of the past few decades, with incidence rates increasing upwards of 600% (Reiman, 2015). Due to higher rates of FAI, labrum tears, and chondrolabral damage, more and more athletes and active individuals are opting for hip arthroscopy (Reiman et al., 2016). Most will undergo […]
Hip and groin injuries are common in change of direction sports. Hockey in particular, has a high percentage of hip and groin issues. Worner et al (2019) have shown that >50% of hockey players suffer from hip and groin issues over the course of a season and those who reported worse long term hip and groin function tended to […]
Hip issues in sports have become much more prevalent in recent years, along with an exponential increase in hip surgeries. We are seeing more athletes training around hip/groin injuries and rehabbing post hip arthroscopy. I recently read a systematic review that concluded that core strengthening was an integral part of management of FAI prior to […]
This week’s post is actually a guest post I wrote for Dean Somerset’s blog. If you don’t follow Dean, you totally should. He is the master of hip training and he’s also Canadian! And the man can squat LOW!! Click the link here to check out the post, and make sure you check Dean out on […]
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 […]
Ankle sprains are a very common injury in both youth and elite sports. One may think that hockey players may be protected from this type of injury because they wear a solid boot covering their foot and ankle a.k.a a skate, but this may make them more prone to a different type of ankle sprain: […]
Discharging patients is always hard for me. It’s almost like when your high school hunny moves away to college after high school. You have so many memories of the good times and the bad, and there is potential to create so many more. But they just up and leave, moving on to bigger and better things without you […]
