Sports Medicine

Sports Medicine

American football players positioning for a play
August 14, 2023

Tips for avoiding sports-related injuries

Playing sports is fun, but sports-related injuries are not. To help you keep the fun going uninterrupted, UAB Medicine experts shared the following safety tips for protecting the eyes, mouth, and body from sports-related injuries.
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January 20, 2023

Getting Back in the Race After In-Marathon Femur Fracture

On Feb. 17, 2020, the starting gun fired for the start of the 19th running of the Mercedes Marathon in Birmingham. Veteran ultra-runner Donna Arrington, age 55, was in the field. She was on pace to finish strong until, at the halfway point at mile 13, Arrington began to feel sharp pain in her right leg.
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January 20, 2023

“Exercise is Medicine” Program Helps Patient Move Toward Healthier Lifestyles

When Jeremy Pritchett first visited the family medicine clinic at UAB Medicine’s Hoover location, he was thinking mostly about his kidneys. He had just had a kidney stone and Sumayah Abed, M.D., a practitioner at the Hoover clinic and assistant professor in UAB’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, was running follow-up tests.
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Weekend Warrior
July 8, 2022

5 Tips to Help Weekend Warriors Avoid Injury This Summer

Many adults are “weekend warriors”, in the sense that we pursue our most energetic activities and passions in our time off. Staying active whenever possible is important, but are you taking the most basic steps to limit your risk of injury and remain healthy in the weekends to come?
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February 24, 2022

Asif Answers Questions About Taking Care of Heart Health During Exercise

Being physically active is an important part of heart health, but how should one take care of their heart while playing sports or exercising?
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January 2, 2020

10 Training Tips to Prepare for the Mercedes Marathon

The holidays are over, and now it’s training season for the 2020 Mercedes-Benz Marathon — a three-day event that caps off with the full 26-mile run on Sunday, February 16 at Railroad Park in downtown Birmingham.
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