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New data shows that almost three injured e-scooter riders are taken to the emergency department every day. 
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I thought I was in a doughnut factory. I had a heavy Russian accent for a couple of days. I was a Japanese girl, aged 11. I had no idea I was badly injured and in a hospital.
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Our precious eyes are susceptible to a range of injuries in the warmer months as we spend more time outdoors, like playing backyard cricket, tennis or gardening.
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Going without shoes, especially on hard surfaces, can lead to a range of foot problems.
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E-scooter injuries in Auckland - involving riders ranging in age from 7 to 78 years old - have cost the health system more than $1 million in less than a year, new research shows.
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She fractured her foot and it healed, but the pain just kept getting worse.
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Nearly 5 per cent of Royal Melbourne Hospital admissions are from falls and ladder injuries – and doctors say it’s mostly men of a certain age.
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When Patrick Owen tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in March while playing basketball, he assumed he would be on the surgeon’s table in a couple of weeks.
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James and Lindsay Sulzer have spent their careers developing technologies to help people recover from disease or injury. Their daughter’s freak accident changed their work—and lives—forever.
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To strengthen your injured limb, experts still recommend the old sports acronym RICE: rest, ice, compression and elevation. Here are the steps to follow.
Fatou Faye's curator insight,
October 22, 2020 8:57 AM
experts believe that once you sprain your ankle once, you are likely to sprain the same ankle over and over again. experts still recommend the same method which is the old sport acronym RICE: rest, ice, compression and elevation and they suggest the patients to let their ankle heal before resuming any physical activities until they can walk on it pain free otherwise it may worsen or never heal witch could compromise their proprioception. Moreover, experts suggest performing agility drills to strengthen the same ankle once it is healed.
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A newly released study has found that more people were injured riding standing electric scooters than by riding bicycles or traveling on foot, according to statistics from two Los Angeles hospitals. Documenting injury statistics from Sept. 2017 to August 2018, the study — published this week in the medical journal JAMA Network Open — found that many of those injuries were serious in nature, if not severe.
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Many of us can use a periodic kick in the pants to help keep us safe. I know, because I’m one of those prone to doing something foolhardy.
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