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A4 I APRIL11,2018 BERTIE LEDGER-ADVANCE Opinion No gain from pain. The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 m ■ Kristen Warren P.A. Health Span We all know that regular exercise is an essential part of a healthy lifestyle. Exer cise makes you look good and feel good - promoting greater muscle strength, en durance and flexibility, weight control, and cardiovascular fitness. However, too much of a good thing can lead to an injury that can sideline you from the activities you enjoy. You don’t have to be a competitive athlete to get a sports injury, which is simply an in jury that commonly occurs during sports or exercise. A sports injury can happen to anyone at any age, although sports injuries are more common as we grow older, and more often occur among women, due to differences in body structure. Sports injuries can involve any part of the body, but generally refer to an injury that involves the muscles, bones or a connective tis sue, such as cartilage. These types of in juries usually come about from improper training or conditioning, insufficient warm up and stretching before an activity, using the wrong equipment, or doing too much, too fast. Sports injuries fall into two primary categories: acute and chronic. An acute injury involves an active sudden event that causes trauma, such as a, fall or a col lision. A chronic injury happens gradually, through repetitive motions and cumulative strain on the musculoskeletal system. Prompt treatment of both acute and chronic injuries is important in avoiding further injury. Chronic injuries left untreat ed or not allowed to fully heal can lead to repeat injuries, or develop into more seri ous long-term problems, such as osteoar thritis. It’s important to distinguish muscle soreness from injury in deciding whether to seek medical help. The traditional credo of rest, ice, compression and elevation is effective for home care. However, if you’ve tried these steps immediately after injury and regularly for 48 hours, and pain and swelling do not improve, contact your doc tor. Signs that your injury needs medical attention include severe pain, swelling or numbness, inability to put weight on the area, or new pain in the site of an old in jury, accompanied by increased swelling, or an abnormal appearance. If you suspect you’ve sustained a sports injury, a good place to start is with your primary care provider. He or she may consult with a sports medicine specialist to help with diagnosis and treatment. De pending on your injury, you may receive care from an orthopedic doctor or a reha bilitative therapist. An orthopedic doctor specializes in diagnosis and treatment of the musculoskeletal system. A physical therapist works in partnership with your sports medicine doctor to rehabilitate your injury - designing a specialized treat ment plan to make the injured area stron ger, more flexible and less susceptible to future injuries. Treating a sports injury is gradual. Get ting the area moving again is the first step to help speed healing. Rehabilitation is based on a progression of activities to help build flexibility, endurance and strength; as well as proper balance and body mechan ics. In addition to exercise, your therapy may include electrostimulation (mild elec trical current to reduce pain and swelling and increase muscle strength), cryothera py (ice packs to limit blood flow to injured tissues), heat, ultrasound and massage. Arthroscopic surgery, an operation that employs small incisions to diagnose and fix joint problems, has greatly enhanced physicians’ ability to repair some athletic injuries without invasive surgery, with less trauma and downtime for the patient. Benefits of rehabilitative therapy include restoration of function, less pain; improved range of motion, a quicker return to sports and recreation, better health, strength, movement and safety, muscle strengthen ing and coordination. About the Author: Kristin Warren, PA is on the medical staff of Roanoke Orthopedics. mm speciMs rneie tf i5.,.YOU love ^ griiied.eteWaeB wjiticnicn,lettuces wrai would vw , iiKeYourdri0?iiice». -t, mm ... . WK3BSS/CSSJ dBff#. )oumfdel)iT, cardnw Spring, where are you? While spring is officially here, 1 just hope the warmer tempera tures will eventually be here to stay. 1 am extremely cold natured. 1 will tell anyone if it is not at least 75 de grees, 1 am cold. This is not a joke. 1 am probably one of the few people that can wear long sleeves throughout most summer and still be comfort able. During the sum mer, it is hard for me to dress comfortably. 1 can walk outside in normal summer clothing and be comfortable but as soon as 1 walk in the office, my house or a build ing, 1 need to apply several more layers of clothing. During a normal business day, 1 can be found at my desk wrapped in a blanket with a heater on high. People will always joke me about my iron being low or offer some other medical explanation as to why 1 am always so cold. Leslie Beachboard Small Town Girl 1 am an average healthy female. 1 get my yearly health screening, and there has never been an indi cation of any problem that would lead to my extreme inability to tolerate cold. My question is, why can’t 1 toler ate colder temperatures better? 1 have googled it, and researched it and nothing helps me from feel ing like 1 have ice water running through my veins. There are many places 1 would like to travel to, but my destina tions lend themselves to tropi cal, warm and full of sunshine locales. Although 1 would love to see New York City at Christmas 1 al ways frown upon the thought 1 would only see it from the com forts of my hotel room window. There is no way 1 could walk around in New York City or any other place with frigid winters be cause my body cannot physically handle it. Since the spring is here and my house is almost complete, 1 look forward to spending time working on my yard. 1 will be working away probably in a sweatshirt and will be some- JlM Green Around Here 1 am channeling the active spirit of David Friedman, sports colum nist for the Bertie Ledger-Advance and the Martin County Enterprise & Weekly Herald. David, at times, likes to write a little about a lot of sub jects. So that’s what 1 am doing. My mom had a phrase she’d use whenever 1 would start with one top ic and completely change topics with in the same conver sation. “You’re talking about this, that and the other,” she would say. “Land your plane.” So here goes. Hold on tight be cause it could be a bumpy ride. • 1 was heartbroken to learn of the tragedy over the weekend in volving the Humboldt Broncos, a junior hockey team based in Sas katchewan (Canada). The team, made up of 16-to- 21-year-olds, was traveling to a playoff game when their bus was T-boned by a lorry (truck) ap proximately 20 miles from their destination. So far, we have learned that 15 people on the bus were killed. These included players and what too warm but not wanting to take off the sweatshirt because 1 will get cold. This is a problem in my life in the spring because if affects my travels, projects and watching my children play sports. 1 am sure 1 stand out when 1 go to events. Everyone else is dressed comfortably in short sleeves, and there 1 am wrapped up for a bliz zard with a sweater and my heavi est coat. The layers help keep me warm, but they can get in the way when 1 am trying to take photographs for work. 1 can’t move because all of the layers of clothes 1 have on. Is there anyone else like me? And if there is, did you ever find anything that helped? 1 am tired of feeling Elsa from “Frozen” has hit me with her mag ical powers and now the only feel ing 1 know is cold. Leslie Beachboard is a Staff Writ er for the Bertie Ledger-Advance and the Martin County Enterprise £ Weekly Herald, who is currently writing this column wearing a coat and wrapped in a blanket. She can be reached via email at Ibeach- board@ncweeklies. com. This, that and the other.. coaches. Fourteen others were injured. What an unspeakable tragedy this is. Anyone who knows anything about that prairie area in western Canada knows how much hockey means to that community. We are all extremely saddened and are praying for everyone af fected by this horrific incident. Forever, we will be Humboldt Strong. • On a positive note, 1 am happy that the Nashville Predators - of which 1 have been a fan for the past five-plus years - won the President’s Trophy in the National Hockey League for being the team with the most points this season. The Preds came up short in their bid for a Stanley Cup last year against the Pittsburgh Pen guins, but I am hoping for a differ ent result this year. 1 was a Carolina Hurricanes fan for many years, and still will pull for them when they aren’t playing Nashville. 1 enjoy the Predators’ style of play - dubbed “Smash- ville” - and plan on going to a game in the near future when they play Carolina in Raleigh. • The website Deadspin hit the nail on the head when it said my San Diego Padres baseball team lost in the dumbest way possible Saturday night against the world champion Houston Astros. Houston had a runner on sec ond base with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning of a scoreless game when Alex Breg- man popped a 3-2 pitch straight up in the air. Easy out, right? Nope. The catcher, pitcher, first base- man and third baseman all seem ingly converged on the ball, and no one caught it. Winning run scores, game over. After being encouraged when the Padres beat the Astros the night before, 1 was embarrassed, because this was ridiculous. San Diego is in another rebuild ing year, and it’s going to take time to become a legitimate contender in the National League West. The Padres have one of the best farm systems in baseball. They have bats but not enough arms right now. 1 will still wear my Padres gear proudly, hut losing a game on a ball hit up in the air less than 20 feet from home plate and then having it drop is inexcusable. It might be a long year for me as a fan. Jim Green is Sports Editor for the Bertie Ledger-Advance. He can be reached via email at jgreen® ncweeklies.com. Bertie Ledger-Advance The fabric of Bertie County since 1832 The Bertie Ledger-Advance was established in 1928 through the HERITAGE OF ThE WINDSOR LEDGER AND ThE AulANDER ADVANCE. The newspaper traces its history to 1832 when it was first published AS the Windsor Herald and Bertie County Register Kyle Stephens Leslie Beachboard Group Publisher Staff Writer kstephens(a)ncweeklies.com lbeachboard@ncweeldies.com Ihadd White Deborah Griffin Editor Staff Writer twhite@ncweeklies.com dgriffin@ncweefclies.eom Jim Green Sports Editor jgreen@ncweeklies.com Michelle Leicester Creative Services mleicester@ncweeklies.com Jessica Mobley Advertising Manager jmobley@ncweeklies.com Lanny Hiday ‘ Copy Editor bertienews@ncweekUes.com The Bertie Ledger-Advance (ISSN 051 -700) is published each Wednesday for $26.69 (plus tax) per year [h Bertie, Hertford, Martin, Northamp ton, Chowan and Washington counties) by Cooke Communica tions North Carolina, LLC, 109 S. King St., Windsor, NC 27983. Periodicals postage paid at Windsor, NC and entered at additional mailing offices. Postmaster; ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE Bertie Ledger-Advance, P.O. Box 69, Windsor, NC 27983. 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