Baseball Injuries

Baseball is America’s pastime.  Thousands of athletes from the young to old participate in baseball every year.  However, according to the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission, more than 282,000 treated players were 18 years old or younger.  Overuse injuries has Continue reading →

Key Points for Running Nutrition

It’s our mission to improve the health and wellbeing of all our athletes so this month we asked Coach Copley for some key nutrition points and tips to keep running athletes healthy. Here’s what he had to say about sprinters Continue reading →

What is Overtraining?

All athletes are familiar with sore muscles, fatigue, and the occasional aches and pains after a hard work-out or training session. Those pains typically resolve within 1-2 days (sometimes longer if you are older) of active or passive rest and Continue reading →

Stay Tuned: Our Research Foundation will be sponsoring its second annual Athletic Trainers Seminar for our Loudoun County and surrounding area Athletic Trainers…..July 29th from 8am-5pm at the Lansdowne Resort

'Our Research Foundation'
'Our Loudoun County and surrounding area Certified Athletic Trainers 2013'
'Our Fabulous Corporate Sponsors: DePuy Synthes_Mitek Sports Medicine'

Sport Specialization in Young Athletes and Promoting Long-Term Athletic Development

Collaborators: Nicole Schapiro MSAT, LAT, ATC, David C. Johnson MD, Timothy S. Johnson MD, Shannon L. Nicholson DNP, FNP

Editor: Briton Schaeufele, ATC, Daryl Copley CSCS

Affiliations: The National Sports Medicine Institute

What is Sports Specialization?

Sports specialization is the Continue reading →