Injury Prevention Article Index - A Look at Common Athletic Injury Treatment Here is a look at the steps you can take to identify and recover from most non-serious athletic injuries. - Risk for Sudden Cardiac Death in Athletes May be Missed by Present Tests Believe it or not, young athletes are at risk of exercise related heart problems. Studies show that new testing is needed to effectively diagnose abnormalities. - Excess Weight linked to Arthritic Knees A new study has found that, compared with individuals of normal weight, obese patients were eight times more likely to have arthritis in both knees. - Healing Sports Injuries with Gene Therapy? The new technique of gene therapy, where a viral or other vector is used to change the genetic makeup of certain cells, may someday help to heal an athlete's badly damaged muscle, fractured leg or blown-out knee. - Alternative Therapies Are Becoming Mainstream Recent survey findings indicate that 9 out 10 Americans believe that alternative medicine may help a wide variety of health conditions. - Preventing injuries while weightlifting Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale's professional advice on helping a sports injury heal - Types of weight training injuries Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale on types of injuries and what you can do to avoid them. - Weightlifting Injuries Dr. Di Pasquale discusses weight lifting injuries in general - The two best ways to avoid injuries when strength training Two common sense methods to avoid injury while weightlifting - Paintball OK as Long as the Eyes Aren't the Target Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale's note on the dangers of paintball. - Soccer Headers Don't Hurt Your Brain… Or Do They? Headers are quite common in soccer, and they don't always feel good. However, a study shows that "headers" don't seem to affect the brain in any adverse manner. - Recovery Times for Anaerobic Running Coach Tuten explains how and why you should monitor your recovery time between sprints during anaerobic conditioning. - Work Around Your Rotator Injury: Chest Exercises Many of the people suffer from rotator cuff pain. This pain is only elevated when these individuals do chest exercise. Here are some ideas to help alleviate the pain. - Five Questions with Mark Asanovich: Injury Prevention Coach Asanovich answers five questions about common football-related injuries and steps you can take to prevent them from happening to you. - Full Face Shields Prevent Hockey Injuries The use of half face shields greatly increases a player's chances of acquiring a facial injury in a hockey game. - Flexibility: An Overview - Conditioning Plays An Important Role In Injury Prevention Coach Alejo takes a look at how proper conditioning can help prevent today's youth from unnecessary sport-related injuries.