Special applications to sports and auto injuries

A Short Intro to some special types of injuries:

Golf Injuries

As an avid golfer I hate to see fellow golfers suffer unnecessarily. Golfing injuries are most often repetitive strain type injuries. Common sites are shoulder, elbow, knee and low back. The tissues involved are almost always ligaments and tendons and Prolo/Biosurgery are the treatments of choice. I recommend a good quality arnica either by gel or by mouth. Avoid anti-inflammatories as this might perpetuate the problem. and avoid any steroid injections until you make a thorough evaluation as steroids can often weaken the structure involved. Heat and massage are often helpful. If the pain persists more than a couple of weeks find a connective tissue specialist for evaluation. Also, don’t forget to try and understand where the injury came from. We often develop less than optimal swing patterns that might put undue strain on certain structures. Review your swing with a good teaching professional to see if you can fix any faults.

Tennis Injuries

Tennis, like Golf, tends to lend itself to repetitive strain type injuries. Common sites are wrist, elbow, shoulder, knee, ankle and low back. All of these are readily addressed with Regenerative Injection therapies, whether Prolo or Biosurgery. Sometimes braces can be helpful to prevent further injury. Avoid pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories like Alleve as this interferes with the body healing itself. Instead use Arnica, Tylenol or tylenol with codeine to help with pain control. Try and start your Prolo as soon as possible as it may take six or eight weeks before the tissues can heal. Heat and massage are helpful. TRy and massage the affected region yourself before activity and several times per day. If you can find a painful trigger point, that’s the area you need to address with your massage (and that’s the area that needs injection!)

Auto Whiplash

Common areas involved are neck (whiplash), shoulder, wrist, low back, knee. If x-ray fail to reveal any fracture, the majority of the injuries are likely connective tissue and muscular structures. Because muscle has good blood flow this will tend to heal readily with a little massage and time. If the pain persists more that 2 or 3 weeks we ae likely dealing with sprains and strains of ligaments and tendons and these may never heal by themselves. Again, avoid pharmaceutical anti-inflammatories but use tylenol and tylenol with codeine (prescription required for the latter). Find a connective tissue specialist who can properly diagnose the affected structures. Massage, heat (hot showers and baths) and arnica can be helpful. If the pain persists proceed with Prolo/Biosurgery treatments to get the healing rolling.