Commonwealth Sports Medicine

There are three kinds of athletes: those that have been injured, those that are injured, and those that will be injured.  To excel in competitions athletes must push themselves to their limits.  To train for competitions they must overload their physical systems in order to obtain a training adaptation.  It’s at these times that injuries [...]

Dana Blackmer, Sports Psychologist is here with video’s of the upcoming Jefferson Cup Road Race, with an additional kick: tips on how to use imagery techniques while watching the videos to improve mental preparation and enhance performance.  Dana additionally gives you turn by turn video narration highlighting many facets of the course from former winner Gary Hoffman’s [...]

Here is an article that patient passed on to me this past week…..Dr. Stadler Personal Best But First, Doctor, What Was Your Marathon Time? HIPPOCRATES THE OLYMPIAN Athletic patients may want to find physically fit physicians. YOU are an athlete, or, at least, very active. Should you seek doctors who are athletes, too? After all, [...]

Overuse of ligaments and tendons often results in long-term injuries.  These so called chronic “soft tissue” injuries have relatively low blood supply.  However, healing a soft tissue sprain or strain requires good blood supply; for blood carries the much needed “inflammatory factors” that promote healing. We have conventionally treated soft tissue injuries with anti-inflammatory medication [...]

What Should I Do When I Have a Cold? . Burrr! It is getting cold for Richmond’s athletes. Fortunately, cold weather and wet hair are not part of the current viral theory for causes of the common cold (sorry Mom!). Working out in the cold is however immunosuppressive. In other words, it decreases your ability [...]