Sports Injuries, Treatments and Medical Tourism (history of soccer)
No commentsBy Mumtaz Pachisa
Sports injuries are inevitable when indulging in physically demanding or contact sports. So much so that there is an altogether separate branch of medicine dedicated to the treatment of sports injuries and is called sports medicine. While minor wounds can heal in a few days or weeks, major ones may require surgical attention. However, just like any other surgery, surgical treatment of sports injuries may be expensive in the United States and other Western countries. But thanks to medical tourism, now these treatments can be obtained for cheap.
Injuries are an inevitable part of playing any sport, be it tennis, squash, football, baseball, hockey, cycling, golf or any other. Just like defeats don’t stop an athlete from moving on, physical injuries should not prevent you from playing sports because there almost always is a way to treat the injury and even major injuries can now be treated affordably through medical tourism.
TYPES OF INJURIES
Sports injuries may range from bruises and muscle strains, to fractures and head injuries. The most common sports injuries are:
Ligament sprains and muscle strains
Swollen muscles
Knee injuries (torn meniscus, runner’s knee or patellofemoral pain syndrome, jumper’s knee, articular surface problems, problems with the kneecap)
Knee ligament injuries (torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), torn posterior cruciate ligament (PCL), torn medial collateral ligament (MCL))
Shoulder injuries (rotator cuff tears, glenoid labrum tear)
Tendon injuries (Achilles tendon injuries, DeQuervain’s syndrome or washerwoman’s sprain or mother’s wrist)
Pain along the shin bone (shin splints)
Bone fractures (scaphoid fracture, hip fracture)
Dislocations (shoulders, fingers, knees, wrists, elbows)
Spine injuries (herniated disk, sciatica, lumbar spinal stenosis)
TREATMENT OPTIONS
To accelerate the overall healing process it’s important that the initial phase (inflammatory phase) of the injury be minimized with the initial treatments. Treatment often begins with the RICE (Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation) regime to relieve pain, reduce swelling and speed healing. Other possible treatments include pain relievers, keeping the injured area from moving, rehabilitation and sometimes surgery.
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF INJURIES
Surgery is recommended when the more conservative methods of healing and physical therapy have failed to relieve pain and restore normal function. Based on the site and extent of injury and evaluation by your doctor, the surgical approach used could be traditional or laparoscopic (keyhole).
The most common surgeries to treat sports-related injuries are:
Knee replacement (total or partial)
ACL repair or reconstruction
Meniscectomy
Arthroscopic surgery (knee arthroscopy, shoulder arthroscopy, spinal arthroscopy, wrist arthroscopy, ankle arthroscopy, hip arthroscopy)
Tendon repair surgery
Laminectomy or laminotomy
Discectomy or microdiscectomy
Bone fracture repair surgery
Hip replacement
Hip hemiarthroplasty
Birmingham hip resurfacing
Spinal decompression surgery
MEDICAL TOURISM AND SURGERY
If you are insured, your insurance may cover the cost of surgery. But if you have to pay for the surgery out of pocket it may cost you a fortune to have the surgery in the US. Therefore, Americans are increasingly shopping for surgical care in other countries - medical tourism - where the cost of surgery is much less while at the same time the quality offered is superior to what is available in the US.
When William Nilsson, an uninsured American, sustained knee injuries while playing football and tore his knee ligaments while playing golf, he resorted to an Indian hospital to get a total knee replacement surgery so he could return to his sports hobbies. Assisted by Healthbase, a medical tourism facilitator based in Boston, he managed to have his surgery for $6,500. The same surgery in the US would have cost him between $30,000 and $40,000.
Similarly, Daniel Biggs broke a tendon in his hand when playing golf. He had his tendon repair surgery coordinated by Healthbase in Panama for which he paid $5,500 - a price that was a mere 20% of what he was quoted in the United States.
These are just two examples of the hundreds and thousands of people traveling overseas to seek affordable health care for sports-related injuries as well as non-sports related conditions. Countries such as Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica and India are popular medical tourism destinations for such treatments.
Price differential is the leading factor for the popularity of medical tourism. Other benefits of using medical tourism are access to high quality and immediate care. You may find more information about affordable medical tourism on the Healthbase website.
About the author:
The author works for Healthbase (www.healthbase.com), a medical tourism facilitator that connects patients to high quality surgical and non-surgical healthcare and dental care abroad for a fraction of cost in the US, Canada and UK.
Taking A Look At Stock Car Racing
By MIKE SELVON
Stock car racing is one of the most popular forms of racing in America today, as is evidenced by the popularity of the Nascar Nextel Cup. The term “stock car” is derived from the fact that all of the cars used must be original production cars. These cars may be modified for performance, but they cannot be specially designed for racing.
An example of a popular modification is the rear spoiler that is added to every stock automobile used in racing. This spoiler forces the air moving over the automobile to provide enough downward pressure to stabilize the vehicle and provide some degree of protection from overturning during a stock car race.
In car racing sports, a stock car race is normally played out on a track that is oval in design and can be made from dirt or asphalt. There is also the stock car race that is run on roadways, but they are very rare.
The tracks vary in length from the short track, which is approximately one quarter of a mile in length, to the super speedways which can be up to 2.66 miles in length. Maximum speeds on the short tracks can range up to 220 mph; however, the speeds at the super speedways are now restricted to a maximum of 187 mph.
Stock car racing originated with the moonshine runners of the prohibition era. There was such a need to outrun the law when running moonshine that the runners soon began modifying their cars to make them run faster and more efficiently.
This soon became a competition between the runners and the early 1930s saw the sport of car auto racing start to become organized. Because the rules for racing were so varied, many wanted more uniformity. In 1948, NASCAR became a reality.
There are many stock car racing circuits other than Nascar. Some examples of these include the IMCA, or International Motor Contest Association, the ARCA, or Automobile Racing Club of America, and the CRA, or Championship Racing Association. These are the “minor leagues” of stock automobile races.
As well as these and the Nascar circuit, you will find other clubs, such as the Craftsman Truck Series and the Busch Series. As in baseball, drivers do not start out in Nascar.
They must enter the sport at the bottom and work their way to the top. They must go out and prove themselves and then wait to be invited to drive for a professional car racing team.
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Hamilton Edges Out Massa to Win Brazilian Grand Prix
By Roger Munns
It was a nail-biter of a race. The 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix had race fans on the edges of their seats until the very end. The final race of the 2008 Formula One series appeared for a time to be Felipe Massa’s. However, a last minute effort by Lewis Hamilton resulted in his becoming the world’s first black Formula One champion.
Lewis Hamilton fans were elated when he secured first place at the China Grand Prix in Shanghai. He had been predicted by many Formula One watchers as the front-runner. Hamilton needed that win to be in the running for World Champion heading into the Brazilian Grand Prix.
His two year career with Formula One has been fraught with high hopes and subsequent disappointments. His association with the sport and team McLaren actually began long before his induction to Formula One. Lewis Hamilton began as one of the first drivers to receive instruction in the Young Driver Support Programme. The school was started in 1998 as a joint effort between McLaren and Mercedes-Benz. Hamilton was just 13 at the time.
His rookie season looked promising at the start. He had nine podium finishes in a row and four first-place finishes. It wasn’t quite enough in the end though. The 2007 Grand Prix season saw Lewis Hamilton take the runner up position to World Champion Kimi Raikkonen. Still, it was an impressive finish for the British rookie.
His fans waited eagerly to see if he could step it up in 2008. He took five first-places in the season. He narrowly missed a sixth in Belgium. Hamilton was at first declared the winner, only to have his title stripped from him. He lost his ranking at the Belgian Grand Prix due to an illegal manoeuvre. He cut a chicane late in the race. The act got him demoted to third place.
He also narrowly missed a win in Japan in October. Lewis Hamilton had been the favored racer. Instead he managed to earn a disappointing 12th place, thanks to a penalty. His loss in Japan narrowed the gap to a small margin between him and rival Felipe Massa.
It was Massa who sped to a first place finish at the Brazilian Grand Prix, the season’s final race. It appeared initially that Massa, who also had an impressive season, would take the World Championship. Fortunately for Lewis Hamilton he was able to overtake the fifth place drive on the final lap. It was just enough to squeeze out Massa. He beat Massa by a mere one point.
Lewis Hamilton set more than driving records this season. He isn’t just Formula One’s first black champion. The 23-year-old will go down in history as the youngest driver to win the series.
Hamilton will likely spend a few weeks reveling in his newfound status. His name, after all, has been uttered in the same sentence as David Beckham’s as of late. His star will be shining bright when he returns home to England for some much needed and deserved rest. His brilliant performance and last-minute manoeuvre at the Brazilian Grand Prix will be remembered for years to come.
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