by adminmissc | Jun 5, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Injury Prevention, Sports Fitness, Sports Injuries
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Your favorite player goes down. They aren’t grabbing their knee or ankle…but their heel. You cross your fingers hoping it’s not an injury to their Achilles. Where is the Achilles tendon and why is it important? The Achilles...
by adminmissc | May 22, 2019 | Health & Fitness, Injury Prevention, Sports Fitness, Sports Injuries
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is your team lucky enough to still be in the playoffs? How are your favorite players holding up? Like any other sport, hockey players put their bodies through extremely intense situations. Unlike other sports, hockey players...
by adminmissc | Jun 20, 2015 | Sports Injuries
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CONCUSSIONS DANGERS – NEW PROTOCOLS TO KEEP ATHLETES SAFE Participation in sports is an important part of physical, mental, and social development for our youth. While it is meant to promote health, sports carry an inherent risk of...
by adminmissc | Apr 3, 2015 | Concussions
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As many of you may know, we are actively working with a non-profit organization that is trying to reduce injuries in hockey players, the Look-Up Line Safety Program. Dr. Jeff S. Pierce is serving a Chief Medical...
by adminmissc | Sep 29, 2014 | Sports Injuries
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fall has arrived, and so has the season for contact sports – football and ice hockey – and the sports injuries that accompany them. Jeff S. Pierce, DO, Medical Director of Michigan Sports and Spine and Founder of...
