Am I Doing This Right? Your Guide To An Injury-Free Workout - Fingerlakes Bone & Joint Center | Orthopedic Surgeons in Finger Lakes & Rochester NY | Neck & Back Injury, Knee & Hip Replacement

Did you know that you don’t have to visit a Finger Lakes Bone and Joint Center location to enjoy

the services the doctors at FLBJC offer? You can actually get their professional help and advice

right here on the Internet!

Many injuries can be prevented through a consistent regimen of working out. Through working

out, your muscles and bones become stronger, which helps prevent slips and pulls when you’re

doing every day activities such as working in the garden or playing sports with friends or your

kids. However, almost as a catch-22, if not performed properly, it’s possible someone could

injure him- or herself while working out. The doctors at FLBJC know this possibility exists, so

we’ve taken the initiative to prevent workout injuries.

Fourteen free tutorial videos are collected in one place on the FLBJC website to help

demonstrate to our clients proper methods of injury prevention. From stretching poses to basic

workouts, Finger Lakes Sports Medicine has short, concise videos to show you how to safely

work out your body for optimal functioning health.

The Mayo Clinic states that “Stretching can help improve flexibility, and, consequently, range of

motion in your joints. Better flexibility may improve your performance in physical activities or

decrease your risk of injuries by helping your joints move through their full range of motion and

enabling your muscles to work most effectively.” However, you want to make certain you’re

not hyperstretching (overstretching) your muscles, which could lead to pulls or tears.

Clark Brown, of Brownstone Physical Therapy, explains the science behind the importance of

stretching and demonstrates a series of helpful stretches in less than 6 minutes in the short

Stretching Module video (11 th video). Other videos have more stretching demos, and for more

stretching help, classes such as yin yoga or a physical training session can help improve

flexibility.

We’ve written plenty over the benefits of core strengthening, but how about some actual

tutorials to show how it’s done? In less than a minute and a half, you can have five workouts

that focus directly on proper core care by watching the Core Basics Module (3 rd video).

Most people have knee problems at some point in their life (webmd.com). With that in mind,

the 4 th video on the Finger Lakes Bone and Joint Center Injury Prevention webpage is devoted to

the largest joint in your body. The Dynamic Knee Strength video gives you three simple

exercises to focus on your knees and keep them strong.

There are several more short injury prevention videos at your finger tips through Finger Lakes

Bone and Joint, so check out the videos ranging from lower and upper extremities strength

training to tennis and lacrosse modules to help strengthen your body and keep it strong for

years to come. If you have any other questions, call the doctors at the Finger Lakes Bone and

Joint Centers to schedule an appointment to find a strength training plan that is right for your

needs.

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