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The Game Plan - Kids and Sports Safety

Get “the game plan” for keeping your kids safe at play this school year with the safety review and overview in this easy to read article.
The fall and winter seasons mean football, hockey, volleyball and gymnastics. Then, come spring it’s basketball, baseball, softball and tennis. Kids love sports, and there’s really no better way to […]

The Importance Of A Warm Up Prior To Soccer Training

As with any type of exercise, it is important to engage in a warm up session prior to soccer training. While you are training to increase the overall effectiveness of your skill and technique in soccer, it is important to warm up the muscles throughout the body to ensure that you reduce the chance for […]

Contact Sport And Mouthguards

If your child (or yourself) play any form of contact sport: basketball, football, hockey, martial arts etc then one of the most important pieces of safety equipment you must have is a mouthguard.
Not only can they prevent damage to your teeth, and save them being knocked out they can also help reduce the severity of […]

Using Mouthguard for the Safety of Your Child

Chances are, a child in your family probably participates in some kind of sporting activity, either in team sports or simply riding a bike. Over two million teeth are knocked out every year in the U.S. largely during sporting activities. Wearing a mouthguard could have prevented many of these incidents.
The Academy of General Dentistry says […]

The ABC’s Of Knee Pain

Knee pain and related knee problems are extremely common and can occur in people of all ages and health groups. The bones of the upper and lower leg meet in the knee. It is the part of our bodies that is responsible for allowing us to run, walk and jump. When bones meet as in […]

Re-using Water Bottles

There has been a rather large debate raging across the world over whether or not it is healthy to re-use water bottles. I’m sure a lot of people have done it, they’re getting their children ready for their latest sporting event and suddenly realise they’ve left their drink container at the previous game, so rather […]