During the winter, a teenage girl visited my office. For the third time in a few years, she had injured her right wrist. Each of these injuries was due to the hours of practice and competition the ...

WASHINGTON (7News) — With kids now back in school and fall sports in full swing, doctors in the DMV are warning of overuse-type injuries. No matter what sport you play, you can suffer from an overuse ...

Whether it’s throwing a baseball, typing at a desk, turning a wrench or jogging the usual route, your regular activities can wear your body down. At first you may ignore the twinge, but a simple ache ...

Most runners know the frustrating experience of having a nagging pain or chronic injury explained away with the word “overuse.” A vague catch-all term that feels unhelpful, and oddly accusatory, it ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the past month, I’ve encountered three people wearing wrist braces. Because I was curious, I asked all three what they did to ...