Lindsey Vonn ended the World Cup downhill season in style by dominating the final race on Wednesday.
The American overall champion, who had already won the downhill title, timed 1 minute, 46.56 seconds on the Streicher course to beat Marion Rolland of France by 0.92 seconds. Tina Maze of Slovenia was third.
Vonn won her … More
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part series.
The American Journal of Sports Medicine (Jan. 20, 2012) recently published a study on snowboard injuries versus skier injuries. Much of the data published in the study is synonymous with what we see in our offices. Snowboarders have a slightly higher rate of injury than skiers. The most common type of injury for snowboarders is wrist injuries; while for skiers, it’s an ACL sprain.
According to the study, wrist injuries account for 28 percent of all … More