Delia Roberts PhD., Researcher and Founder of the Fit For Snow program, will be discussing her research on the importance of nutrition, hydration and sleep for snowsports performance and injury prevention.
With aging, many adults experience decreased muscle mass and strength known as sarcopenia. In older adults, muscular strength is a major predictor of health outcomes such as falls, fractures, and mortality (1). It is therefore important to maintain adequate muscular strength to limit these poor health outcomes.
Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction is currently the gold standard of care for ACL injuries, particularly for young, active individuals and athletes who plan to return to a high level of sporting activities. In ACL reconstruction, the torn ACL tissue is surgically removed and replaced with another tendon or “graft”.
In his latest Bow Valley Crag & Canyon article, Banff Sport Medicine Physician Dr Andy Reed, reflects on his recent injury.
Each year, our team provides unique experiences to medical, allied health, and other university students to complete supervised research placements. In addition to working on research projects, students are able to shadow the clinicians at the BSM Clinic and observe functional testing clinics, new patient assessments, and orthopaedic surgeries! One of the goals of these…
Ankle fractures are usually the result of a harsh rotational force. For example, if you over-roll your ankle in a trip or fall. A person with an ankle fracture will not tolerate weightbearing activities, so until treated, this injury will prevent a person from standing on the injured foot or walking.
This is a common question asked by patients that have injured or torn their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) when considering reconstructive surgery as a treatment.
