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• Safety Tips: Swimming and Diving

  To keep things as safe as possible for swimming and diving season, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Wrestling

  In wrestling, injuries are bound to happen sometimes. To keep things as safe as possible, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Volleyball

  Following these tips can help protect you from injuries while playing volleyball.

• Sports and Concussions

  As long as people play sports, there will be concussions from time to time. Find out how to protect yourself and what to do if you get a concussion playing sports.

• Safety Tips: Lacrosse

  When everyone's moving so fast and using sticks to sling a solid rubber ball around, injuries are bound to happen in lacrosse. Here's how to avoid them.

• Safety Tips: Field Hockey

  Field hockey is a contact sport, and injuries are bound to happen. To minimize your risk of injury, follow these safety tips.

• Dynamic Stretching (Video)

  These videos guide you through 8 dynamic stretches that target different muscles and areas of the body.

• Safety Tips: Cheerleading

  Cheerleading today requires considerable athletic ability. The more challenging it gets, the greater the risk of getting hurt. Find out how to avoid injuries.

• What to Expect When Your Cast Comes Off

  You probably can't wait to get back to your normal activities, but it takes a while for a limb that's been in a cast to finish healing. Here's what to expect.

• Hip Pointer

  Most hip pointer injuries can be easily treated and heal in their own time. Find out what to do in this article for teens.

• Groin Strain

  A groin strain is a tear of one or more of the muscles that help you squeeze your legs together. Find out what to do for groin strains - and why it's important not to go back to sports or other activities too quickly.

• Meniscus Tears

  The key to healing meniscus tears is not to get back into play too quickly. Find out what meniscus tears are and how to treat them.

• Safety Tips: Football

  Football is a lot of fun, but since the name of the game is to hit somebody, injuries are very common. To learn how to keep things as safe as possible on the football field, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Gymnastics

  Gymnastics is a great sport and a fun way to get a muscular, toned body. But, it also presents a very real risk of injury. To keep things safe during practice and competition, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Inline Skating

  Inline skating is good exercise and an excellent off-season training program for hockey and skiing. To stay safe while inline skating, take a look at these tips.

• Safety Tips: Running

  Injuries can be common, and runners should always be aware of their surroundings. To keep things safe while running, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Tennis

  Injuries in tennis are rare, but it's good to be aware before you play. To minimize your risk of injury while playing tennis, follow these safety tips.

• Safety Tips: Golf

  While it may seem silly to think of golf and danger in the same sentence, injuries can and do happen. To learn how to stay safe on the golf course, take a look at these safety tips.

• Safety Tips: Soccer

  Soccer is easy to learn at a young age, and it's great exercise. But it's also a contact sport, and injuries are bound to happen. To help prevent mishaps, follow these safety tips.

• Strains and Sprains

  Sprains and strains are common injuries, especially for people who play hard or are into sports. Find out what they are and how to recuperate from one.

• Safety Tips: Basketball

  It may be fun to play and great exercise, but basketball is also a contact sport, and injuries occur frequently. To help make sure you're doing everything you can to stay safe on the basketball court, follow these safety tips.

• Safety Tips: Skateboarding

  Skateboarding is undeniably cool, but it's also easy to get hurt. Keep it safe while skateboarding with these safety tips.

• Safety Tips: Baseball

  Baseball is by no means a dangerous sport. But it can present a very real risk of injuries from things like wild pitches, batted balls, and collisions in the field.

• Safety Tips: Snowboarding

  Snowboarding is a great way to have fun, but it can also present some very real dangers. Follow these safety tips to learn how to stay safe on the slopes.

• Safety Tips: Hockey

  As fun as it is, ice hockey carries a very real risk of injury. To find out how to stay as safe as possible, follow these tips.

• Safety Tips: Sledding

  Sledding is a lot of fun, but can also cause injuries, some of them pretty serious. To keep yourself safe while sledding, follow these safety tips.

• Safety Tips: Skiing

  There's a lot to love about skiing, but it can also present some very real dangers, from frostbite and sunburn to blown knees and head injuries. Follow these tips to stay safe on the slopes.

• Dehydration

  Your body is about two thirds water. When the water level dips below that level, you could be dehydrated. Read about what causes dehydration, what it does to your body, and how to prevent it.

• Sports and Exercise Safety

  Playing hard doesn't have to mean getting hurt. The best way to ensure a long and injury-free athletic career is to play it safe from the start. Find out how.