TORONTO FOOT SPECIALISTS DISCUSSES WHY WOMEN ARE MORE AT RISK FOR SPORTS INJURIES

MOST PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THAT WOMEN ARE MORE SUCCEPTIBLE TO INJURIES WHEN INVOLVED IN SPORTS THAN MEN. THIS IS DUE TO THE PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN.  THE FACT THAT WOMEN HAVE WIDE HIPS, DIFFERENT THIGH AND FOOT STRUCTURE, WEAKER MUSCLES AND ARE PREDISPOSED TO OSTEOPOROSIS, ALTHOUGH LESS LIKELY IN ATHLETES.  THIS INCREASES WOMENS RATE OF STRESS FRACTURES AND FOOT INJURIES WHEN COMPARED TO MEN.

DESPITE THESE FACTS, WOMEN PLAY A LARGE ROLE IN THE SPORTING WORLD, ENGAGING IN NEARLY EVERY SPORT THAT MEN PARTICIPATE IN.  AT OUR FOOT CLINIC, ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS WE TREAT A WIDE RANGE OF SPORTS INJURIES IN BOTH MEN AND WOMEN.  ALL OF OUT FOOT SPECIALISTS ARE HIGHLY TRAINED TO DEAL WITH ALL TYPES OF FOOT, ANKLE AND LOWER LIMB INJURIES.  WE ALSO HAVE AN ACTIVE TWO WAY REFERRAL NETWORK WITH SOME OF THE BEST SPORTS ORTHOPODS IN TORONTO IF YOU REQUIRE A REFERRAL.  ARRANGING AN MRI, X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND IS NOT A PROBLEM AND CAN USUALLY BE ARRANGED IMMEDIATELY.  IF YOU HAVE SUFFERED AN INJURY TO YOUR LOWER LIMB, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE TO GET YOU ON THE ROAD ASAP.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE, TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINIC.

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