This site shows the different types of hot and cold modalities that are used by athletic trainers and physical therapists. It is cool to see the type of technology used to help improve injuries. This site also shows the price of each modality.
This site shows the benefits of massage therapy and what it can do to help the body. There are also different types of massages that can help reduce pain or relieve stress. This is very interesting and shows how manual massages can help with pain.
This is a very interesting article about high school athletic trainers and the things they go through to try and prevent injuries, especially head injuries. This article also explains the responsibilities of the high school athletic trainers and it shows the importance of the job.
This site breaks down the career of physical therapists with information like education, salary, work environments, and required skills. Very informative site if you are interested in becoming a physical therapist.
This site is very useful for people who are interested in applying to graduate school for physical therapy. It lists all the accredited programs in the United States and gives a link to the schools to further look at the program. It gives all the information you need and is very reliable since it was created by the American Physical Therapy Association.
This site gives a good outline of when the whole steroid era in baseball all began. It is very interesting and gives good descriptions of what players admitting to it and why it is against the rules.
This site is letting the public know about the recent controversy of head-to-head contact hits that the NFL is trying to crack down on. These hits are causing more and more serious concussions and the NFL has now put into their rule book the penalties if these hits continue by any player. They are trying to prevent the number of head/neck/spine injuries that NFL players are having.
Carolina Sports Medicine is a group in Wilmington, NC that specializes in rehabilitation of injuries to athletes and to the general public. It is very well known and highly recommended here in Wilmington. Contact information and services provided are easily found on the site.
Safe Kids USA is a nationwide network of organizations working to prevent unintentional childhood injury. This site offers programs, education, and researching latest techniques to try and help prevention of injuries for kids ages 11-14. The site is easy to find info about a Safe Kids program in your state.
The North Carolina Physical Therapy Association gives a calendar of events and the latest news in the field of physical therapy going on in North Carolina. One can become a member to get emails updates about new information that could affect physical therapists. The website itself is very easy to maneuver and gives great info.