There are plenty of simple steps that can help keep you from being sidelined by a sports injury. First, make it a rule to start and end every workout with a warm-up and a cool-down. The warm-up is meant to increase your heart rate and blood flow to muscles. Start with some light cardio, like brisk walking or power walking, for your warm-up. After 3 to 10 minutes, focus on increasing flexibility in the muscles you'll use during your workout by stretching them through a full range of motion. Dynamic stretches better prepare the body for activity than traditional static...

The Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers still aren’t sure whether he'll be able to return to play this season, but the Packers quarterback confirmed that he had screws inserted in his fractured right collarbone during surgery Oct. 19 in Southern California. In a taped appearance on TBS' "Conan" that airs Thursday, Rodgers told host Conan O'Brien that doctors used "13 screws" to repair his collarbone, which he injured during the first quarter of the Packers' 23-10 loss at U.S. Bank Stadium on Oct. 15. Wearing a sling on his right (throwing) arm and with a bandage showing beneath his black shirt, Rodgers told...

According to new research about exercise and premature death, running may be the best effective exercise to increase life expectancy. The new study found that, compared to non runners, runners tended to live about three additional years, even if they run slowly or sporadically and smoke, drink or are overweight. No other form of exercise that researchers looked at showed comparable impacts on life span. The findings come as a follow-up to a study done three years ago, in which a group of distinguished exercise scientists scrutinized data from a large trove of medical and fitness tests conducted at the Cooper...

Steelers' Alejandro Villanueva continues to have highest-selling gear Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Alejandro Villanueva became the best-selling player in the NFL by midday Monday, September 25th. And he continues to do so with increasing sales from fans purchasing his jersey and merchandise that has his name and number on them. A spokesman for Fanatics, which runs the NFL's online store, confirmed to ESPN that, over the past 24 hours, more Villanueva gear, including jerseys, name, number, T-shirts hats, and posters/photos, have been ordered than that of any other NFL player. Villanueva beat out New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady for the top spot.  Many Steelers fans and Alejandro...

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