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568: How to stretch, train, & workout to avoid injury | Miho Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
About this episode
“The future of women's sports medicine is multidisciplinary,” says Miho Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D.
Miho Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D., orthopedic surgeon with a speciality in sports medicine, joins us to discuss injury prevention, stretching, and muscle balance, plus:
- How to prevent injury (~2:30)
- Stretching (~4:42)
- Increasing load without injury (~6:41)
- Common risks of injury (~8:20)
- ACL injuries (~10:50)
- Muscle balance (~11:45)
- Gender differences in injury (~15:37)
- Sports and injury (~16:15)
- Achilles injuries (~17:10)
- Women in orthopedics and sports medicine (~21:15)
- Tanaka’s dream study (~24:55)
- Hormones and injury (~24:00)
- Recovery (~30:30)
- Treatment for female athletes (~31:54)
- Recovery times (~33:43)
- Nutrition for injury prevention and recovery (~37:20)
- Tanaka’s recommendations (~38:33)
- The future of sports medicine (~39:35)
Referenced in the episode:
- Learn more about Tanaka (https://drmihotanaka.com/)
- Follow her on Instagram (mihotanakamd)
- Check out her research (https://drmihotanaka.com/research)
- Research on relaxin and ACL injuries (DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2008.09.005)
- Research on oral contraceptives and ACL injury (DOI: 10.1016/j.arthro.2020.12.063)
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