Avid Sports Medicine Blog
Common Tennis Injuries and Treatments for Recovery and Prevention
Key Takeaways: Tennis injuries frequently result from repetitive stress and improper technique. Early intervention using physical therapy and shockwave therapy significantly speeds recovery. Integrative care combining advanced treatments helps tennis players...
Can Shockwave Therapy Help Shoulder Pain?
Key Takeaways: Shockwave therapy uses targeted acoustic waves to stimulate natural healing and relieve shoulder pain. It effectively treats conditions like rotator cuff tendinopathy, calcific tendonitis, frozen shoulder, and bursitis. Patients typically...
What to Do When Your Knees Hurt After Running
Post-run knee pain commonly arises from training errors, biomechanical imbalances, or inadequate recovery that overload joint tissues. Early management with activity modification and gentle mobility drills curbs inflammation while maintaining fitness. Persistent or...
Managing Pain with Shockwave Therapy
Key Takeaways Shockwave Therapy is a non-invasive treatment that uses acoustic pressure waves to stimulate healing and reduce chronic pain at its source. It effectively treats a wide range of musculoskeletal conditions, including plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow,...
Golfer’s Elbow
Key Takeaways: Golfer’s Elbow comes from repeated wrist-flexing actions and can strike anyone, not only golfers. Warning signs include inner-elbow ache, forearm fatigue, grip weakness, and morning stiffness that worsen without rest. Persistent pain often improves with...
Platelet Rich Plasma for Chronic Tendonitis
Key Takeaways PRP packs your own growth factors into stubborn tendons, restarting collagen repair where blood flow is scarce. Clinical trials show PRP eases Achilles, patellar, and elbow tendon pain longer than steroid injections. Active people who haven’t improved...
Top Tips for Preventing Tennis Injuries
Key Takeaways Consistent strength and conditioning training improves muscle stability and overall resilience on the court. Recognizing early signs of discomfort and taking immediate recovery actions can prevent minor issues from...
Overcoming Running Injuries in San Francisco with Avid Sports Medicine
Key Takeaways: Runners face shin splints, runner’s knee, plantar fasciitis, and Achilles tendonitis. Early diagnosis through assessments and gait analysis is crucial. Avid Sports Medicine provides tailored treatments like physical therapy, PRP, and shockwave therapy....
Dance Injuries: Prevention and Treatment
Key Takeaways: Common dance injuries: sprains, strains, stress fractures, tendonitis, and bursitis. Causes: overuse, improper technique, inadequate rest. Treatment: Physical therapy, shockwave therapy (EPAT). Recovery: customized rehabilitation plans Dance injuries...
Preventing Tennis Injuries
If you’ve ever picked up a tennis racket, you know that tennis is far more than just a mental game. From repeated serving to rapid sprints and pivots, the sport challenges your entire body. But rather than let potential injuries keep you off the court, you can stay...
Common Sports Injuries in San Francisco: What You Need to Know
Sports bring us together. They challenge our minds and bodies. But injuries can sideline even the most dedicated athletes. Many of us in the San Francisco Bay Area juggle work, family, and our athletic pursuits. Our active lifestyles often mean a higher risk of strain...
Hamstring Injuries: Causes, Prevention, and Recovery
Hamstring injuries affect many active people. They’re not limited to professional athletes. They can happen to anyone who pushes their lower body hard during exercise, physical work, or daily routines. And they often catch you by surprise. That surprise can be a sharp...