Posted in ACL tears, Safety, ankle sprains on Apr 20th, 2008 No Comments »
Years back, when I lived in Iowa and coached at the U of Iowa, I almost took a job with AAI in Ames. I was so interested in helping to prevent injuries through better equipment and safety issues. I just couldn’t see myself sitting at a 9 to 5, so I moved to another university […]
Posted in Physical Therapy, ankle sprains, crutches on Apr 17th, 2008 No Comments »
I never dreamed that walking on a college campus would be hazardous to my health.
Both ankles were bad. My left ankle was so shot. I didn’t use crutches after I sprained as a kid (big mistake!), I did use DMSO on it and compete on it, and I sprained it at least 12 times.
When I […]
Posted in ankle sprains, hip flexors, lordosis on Apr 8th, 2008 No Comments »
The first ankle sprain happened on a beam mount. It was a jump to handstand off the spring board onto the end of the beam, walkover out. I remember trying to keep from falling, but landing on the side of a hard 8-inch mat that was under the beam. My ankle rolled hard and I […]