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If you’ve ever been injured playing sports, chances are you’ve had a teammate hold you up and help you off the field. You’re a team – that means you play together in the good times and support each other when you’re down. That’s also the idea behind “buddy taping”...

A mild, short-term ache in the hand or wrist every once in a blue moon is often not much cause for concern. We might sometimes sleep on our wrist wrong, or just overworked ourselves for a day on an activity our hands or wrists aren’t used to. That said, there are...

If you want to send a chill down an athlete’s spine, just say, “Knee injury.” Knee injuries can come in several forms, from ligament tears to meniscus tears to fractures, and all of them can be terrifying. The pain and swelling that can happen is bad enough, but there...

If you have a child who has fallen in love with a sport or other activity, the last thing you want is to see them forced to sit out due to an injury. But while it can be easy to fall into thinking that kids have boundless energy and can shrug most anything off, that...

Children may often seem to have endless energy reserves, and that’s probably a good thing! Their bodies are growing fast, and a lot of that energy goes toward strong and healthy development. Unfortunately, that energy does not come with invincibility. Injuries can...

Our hips carry us through life – perhaps more than we really know, until chronic pain turns even simple motions and tasks into grueling ordeals. At Premier Podiatry & Orthopedics, we have seen and helped patients with a wide range of conditions at the source of...