Tag Archives: Sports Injuries

AGE SPOTS!

Posted on July 11, 2012 by lratner

  Also known as sunspots or lentig­ines (freck­els), are flat, brown dis­col­orations of the skin that usu­ally appear on the neck, face, and on the back of hands of peo­ple older than 40 years of age.  Age spots are caused … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Awareness, Children's Health, Doctors, Factoids, Health Tips, Holiday Tips, hydration, Impact Urgent Care, News, Teens, UV Safety | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

IT’S UV SAFETY MONTH!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by lratner

Skin can­cer is the most com­mon type of can­cer in the United States. Ultra­vi­o­let (UV) rays from the sun are the main cause of skin can­cer. UV dam­age can also cause wrin­kles and blotchy skin. These are just some of … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Awareness, Children's Health, Factoids, Health Tips, Holiday Tips, Teens, UV Safety | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Concussion Baseline Testing

Posted on August 16, 2011 by lratner

Recent advances in the recog­ni­tion and man­age­ment of head injuries and con­cus­sions in stu­dent ath­letes are dra­matic.  There is plenty of media cov­er­age com­mu­ni­cat­ing the impor­tance that the sci­en­tific evi­dence sup­ports in regards to the neces­sity for bet­ter screen­ing and … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Children's Health, Health Tips, Impact Urgent Care, Sports Injuries, Teens, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Teen Athletes Should Get Concussion Test Score Before Play

Posted on July 9, 2011 by admin

Impact Urgent Care is San Antonio’s leader for treat­ment of sports-related head injuries. We are proud to be one of the few web­sites in the state that offers base­line con­cus­sion test­ing online. By Robert Preidt Indi­vid­ual con­cus­sion base­lines need to … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Concussions, Sports Injuries | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

We are now offering Online Baseline Concussion Testing

Posted on May 8, 2011 by admin

Are your chil­dren Ath­letes? If so you may want to con­sider tak­ing this test. The ImPACT™ Sys­tem (Imme­di­ate Post-Concussion and Cog­ni­tive Test­ing) is a com­pre­hen­sive and com­put­er­ized con­cus­sion screen­ing pro­gram devel­oped at The Uni­ver­sity of Pitts­burgh Med­ical Cen­ter . It is … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Concussions, Impact Urgent Care, Sports Injuries | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Take steps to avoid soccer injuries

Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

Source: Mysa.com This is an arti­cle from MySA.com Below are just the tips from the arti­cle the full arti­cle can be read here. Get smart: Kids can learn to avoid some dan­ger­ous sit­u­a­tions. “If I’ve got the ball and I … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Sports Injuries | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Concussions

Posted on January 4, 2011 by admin

by Dr. Evan Rat­ner M.D. The topic of con­cus­sions in ath­letes has really been in the spot­light recently. There have been mul­ti­ple sto­ries on the local and national news, news­pa­pers, and the most recent cover of Sports Illus­trated. From the NFL … Con­tinue read­ing →

Posted in Concussions | Tagged , | Leave a comment