Sailing strains
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Information about the vulnerability of sailors to injury caused due to overuse and repetitive motion seen in all levels of competition and degrees of physical fitness and age, which varies by boat type and crew position, is presented. Five common sailing injuries are highlighted with sports-medicine specialist Dr. Anne B. Allen's analysis and rehab recommendations are designed to get sailors back into action with the idea that such can be prevented.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
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Tips from the Top: Preventing sailing injuries
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Dr. Anne Allen has developed a fitness program for sailing to enhance balance, agility, strength, flexibility, and cardiovascular conditioning for better results and expend less energy by using proper posture and body position. Some of the tips for preventing injuries that include grinding, hiking, trimming, lifting, jumping halyards and steering by using biomechanics, ergonomics and fitness training are presented.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
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Rescue at sea
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In June 2003, Brian, and his crew were on passage from Florida via the Azores to Portugal. Two days and nights after Brian's symptoms began, they were still nearly a week's sailing from Horta, in the Azores, who was in moderate pain and had blood in his urine. The dangerously ill Brian was to be evacuated at sea, but help from a Greek tanker, a U.S. Navy supply ship, and a helicopter that came to his aid saved him.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2005
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