This week Jon Anderson and OFFduty offer up tips to get fit -- and prevent injury -- from the military's top sports doc. Jon writes:
So you're all amped up on an Olympic-sized sports buzz and you're ready to get out there for a little homegrown competitive glory of your own.
Enough with the timid twilight of armchair coaching by the TV screen. It's time to get into the arena for some dust and sweat and blood and pain of your own.
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Well, maybe not too much blood and pain.
A little of both is expected, even necessary, for many sports. But in the long run — and the short sprints — some sports injuries not only can threaten your quest for athletic greatness, but also put a cramp in your military career.
That's why OFFduty caught up with the military's top sports-medicine doc for his advice on preventing and fixing the most common sports injuries.
